Here Devi is shown uplifting the hind part of a buffalo or mahisa by holding its tail with her front left hand, and piercing its neck with a trisula held in her front right hand, while the Devi stands on the mahisasura’s neck with her right leg. This posture of the Devi exactly corresponds to the DeviMahatmya description of her:
Evamuktva samutpatya sarudha tam mahasuram | Padenakramya kanthe ca sulenainamatadyayat - (III. 37 DM).
