She is one of the most worshipped Swaroop of Durga Ma and consideres as destroyer of Evils.
Meanwhile, Mahisasura was creating lots of trouble to the Devtas his oppression was increasing day by day then all the Deva approach Vishnu ji to sought a way to
End the Mahisasura.
Later Vishnu ji behest Shivji & Brahma ji joint him and then Trinity (Brahma + Vishnu + Mahesh) emitted the flames which took form of Katyayani.
She took birth as the daughter of the Katayayan as she known as Katyayani Ma.
She was created to end the
Sins committed by the Asurs and was born as a fighter.
All devtas gifted her weopens to kill Mahisasura. Shivji gifted her 'Trishul', Vishnuji gave her 'Sudarshana Chakra' Varuna gave her Shankha, Indra gifted a Thunderbolt, Brahma gifted her a Jaap mala and
Many other weapons.
After armed, Maa proceeded towards Vindhya Parvat where Mahisasura lived.
A fierce battle took place between them later Maa defeated him and cut off his head from swords.
Hence she is also known as Mahisasuramardini.
प्रार्थना मंत्र
चन्द्रहासोज्ज्वलकरा शार्दूलवरवाहना।
कात्यायनी शुभं दद्याद् देवी दानवघातिनी॥
स्तुति मंत्र
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु माँ कात्यायनी रूपेण संस्थिता।
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नम:॥
On this day Durga Ma is worshipped in the swaroop of Skandamata she is the mother of Skanda (Kartikeyan) brother of Ganeshji.
Devi Maa represents maternal bhava holding karthik on her lap & yet ready for battle with the Asurs seated on the Lion to
Protect her child and bhakts.
Kartikeyan & Parvati Ma took birth to defeat the Asur called Tarakasura, who had a Vardan (boon) from Brahmaji that he can only be defeated by a young child who could be son of Shivji at that time a confirmed ascetic.
Thus the union of the two
Divine energies (Shiva + Shakti) resulted in the birth of the divine child, who was highly super charged who cannot be borne by other divine entity like Agni or Ganga River.
Kartikeyan was seven yrs old as a commander in chief he totally destroyed the Tarakasura in the battle.
Kushmanda refers to 3 distinct words" Ku" which means little, "Ushma" which means energy, "Anda" which means egg.
By combining 3 words the name derived the one who is the creator of "little cosmic egg". This is also a happy avtar of Maa Kushmanda. It
is said that when the universe was non existent and there was darkness everywhere, Maa produced this “little cosmic egg” with her smile.
After creating the Universe, Ma created the first beings. These were three supreme Devi with her left eye, she created a
Very angry & terrorising form and named her "Mahakali". From her center eye she created another ferocious form and named her "Mahalakshmi". From her right eye, came an extremely benevolent form, which she named "Mahasaraswati".
Maa carries a crescent shaped bell crown on her head and thus she is known as "Chandraghanta".
Maa has a third eye on her forehead that she opens only at the time of war. She is known as the protector and she carries varieties of Astra so that she
could fight with the negativity and evilness.
She is also known as the Dashabhuja dharini, the one with ten hands.
She holds a Trishul, Gada, Talwar, Kamandal on the left side and a Lotus, a Bow, an arrow and Japa mala in the right.
Story of Ma is starts at tradic note as she she tried to kill herself by jumping in the yagna in next birth she was born as daughter of Himavan in thus birth she got married to Shivji.
It is said Shivji came in bizzare style to marry her with body full of snakes & ashes after
In this avatar, Durga Maa embodies tapa.The name Brahmacharini is derived from two words “Brahma” refers to "Tapa" so Brahmacharini means Tapacharini so “Charini” means one who performs the tapa
Durga Maa took birth as the daughter of the King Himavan
She was name as Parvati.
Under the guidance of Devrishi Narada Muni, she practiced hard penances to be a soul mate of Shivji.For more than thousands yrs she only had fruits and dry leaves therefore eating only this she slept on the floor of the forest under an open sky
for years in order to successfully complete her tapa. Thus, she earned name Tapascharini or Brahmacharini which means one who follows the path of Tapa.
Finally she gave up eating fallen leaves as well & continued her tapa without food and water due to thousands of years of tapa
Shaiputri maa is worshiped just after the Ghatasthapana process.
Shailaputri is a Sanskrit name which means the daughter of the mountain Shaila means Mountain, Putri means Daughter
Maa Durga had taken birth in the home of the Parvat Raj Himalaya (Raja
of the Himalayas) Hence, this incarnation of hers got the name Shailputri.
The name of the King of the Himalayas was Hemavana. Hence, she also got the name Hemavati.
In her previous birth, she was the wife of Shivji & putri of Raja Daksha. So, she also has names like sati. Once,Raja Daksha organized a big Yajna event. He didn’t invite Shivji. But, Sati couldn’t resist it and she arrived there. During the Yajna, Daksha insulted Shivji. She
अंग्रेजी का रिलीजन शब्द सनातन धर्म से थोड़ा भिन्न है रिलीजन से विश्वास का भाव सूचित होता है और विश्वास परिवर्तित हो सकता है l किसी को एक विशेष विधि में विश्वास हो सकता है और वह इस विश्वास को बदल कर दूसरा ग्रहण कर सकता है लेकिन सनातन धर्म उस कर्म का सूचक है जो बदला नहीं जा सकता l
उदाहरणार्थ ना तो जल से उसकी तरलता विलग की जा सकती है ना अग्नि से ऊष्मा विलक की जा सकती है ठीक इसी प्रकार जीप से उसके नित्यकर्म को विलग नहीं किया जा सकता, सनातन धर्म जीव का शाश्वत अंग है एवं जब हम सनातन धर्म के विषय में बात करते हैं तो हमें श्रीपाद रामानुजाचार्य के प्रमाण को मानना
चाहिए कि उसका ना तो आती है ना अंत जिसका आदि और अंत ना हो वह सांप्रदायिक नहीं हो सकता क्योंकि उसे किसी सीमा से नहीं बांधा जा सकता जिसका संबंध किसी संप्रदाय से होता है, सनातन धर्म को भी सांप्रदायिक मानने की भूल करेंगे किंतु यदि हम इस विषय पर गंभीरता से विचार करें और आधुनिक विज्ञान