The eighth Mahavidya is Tripurasundari, also known as Kamala. A form of Mahalakshmi, She symbolizes wealth. Her body is golden in color and She is seated on a gold lotus. Here is the story of Her origin. One day Indra, the ruler of the heavens, saw Rambha and was lost watching her beauty. At that […]
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Das Mahavidyas Worship Questions
~~OM~~ Is the puja to the Das Mahavidyas done as a whole? Swamiji Says: You can perform either individually for each deity, or collectively as a whole.
Story of the Origin of the Das Mahavidyas
Sati, the consort of Shiva was the daughter of Daksha Prajapati, a descendant of Brahma. Sati had married Shiva against the wishes of her father. The vain Daksha performed a great Yajna (Sanskrit: यज्ञ; IAST: yajñá) or Yagya(also Yagna) literally means “sacrifice, devotion, worship, offering” (with the sole aim of insulting Shiva), to which he […]
The Goddess is Everywhere
This compilation of Shree Maa’s singing is intoxicating and wonderfully memorable. It includes original Shree Maa songs such as Jaya Kali Bhavani Maa, Jago Jago Maa with wonderful musical accompaniment by devotees.
These songs are Divine rivers of sound that arrest the wandering mind and bring it to rest in devotion at the feet of our beautiful Divine Mother.
Oh Dark Night Mother
“Oh Dark Night Mother” presents devotional songs in English. Some are translated from Bengali, and some are written by Shree Maa herself. They are such with such feeling, gentleness, and humility…
These songs will lift your heart, soothe your soul, and bring comfort to your mind.
Story of the Das Mahavidyas
~~OM~~
Sati, the consort of Shiva was the daughter of Daksha Prajapati a descendant of Brahma. Sati had married Shiva against the wishes of her father. The vain Daksha performed a great yagna (with the sole aim of insulting Shiva), to which he invited all of the gods and goddesses except his son-in-law Shiva. Sati learned about her father’s yajna from Narad Muni. She asked Shiva’s permission to attend the yajna, saying that a daughter did not need an invitation from her father. Shiva said that Daksha was trying to insult him, and so even if Sati attended the yajna, the fruit of the sacrifice would not be auspicious. Therefore he bade Sati not to attend the yajna.
Sati became furious – She thought that Shiva was treating her like an ignorant lady and not as the mother of Universe. So to show Shiva who she really was, she assumed a different form – the one of the Divine Mother. The oceans raged and the mountains shook, the atmosphere was filled with the wonder of her form. Shiva began to shake and tried to flee. In every direction that he tried to flee, the Divine mother stopped him. The Divine Mother had multiplied herself into ten different forms guarding the ten different directions and try as Shiva might, he could not escape from her, as she had blocked every escape route.