Kaal refers to time as well as death Ratri refers to night or darkness.
Hence, Ma Kaalratri is the one which brings the death of darkness or the one who ends ignorance. She is also known as Kali Ma.
Once two Asurs Shumbha & Nishumbha invaded Devlok
And defeated Indra dev and his army after losing the Swarglok Indra and other devtas move towards himalaya to seek help.
They prayed to Parvati Maa to sought thier problem and get there Swarglok back.
Later Parvati Ma created Chandi and send her to kill the Asur, In the
Battle Shumbha & Nishumbha send Chanda & Munda.
Chandi created another Devi (Kali Maa) to fight against them Kali Maa killed both of them and thus came to be known as "Chamunda".
Another Asur, Rakhtbeej was sent to kill Ma Kali Rakht(blood) beej(seed) he was also had Vardan of
Brahmaji that as soon as drop of blood would fall on the ground another look alike Rakhtbeej would get created.
When Kali Maa saw this she realised it impossible to kill him then Ma Kali started drinking each drop of Rakhtbeej that she attacked to prevent the blood from
Dropping on the ground. This way she killed Rakhtbeej.
She also killed Shumbha & Nishumbha thus Indra and other devtas get their Swarglok back.
Maa Kali is the roop of Adi shakti that destroy evils and thus end cruelty.
मां कालरात्रि की स्तुति-
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु मां कालरात्रि रूपेण संस्थिता।
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
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
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