The supreme goddess and warrior deity who defeated the buffalo demon Mahishasura. Durga represents the power of the Supreme Being that preserves moral order and righteousness in the universe.
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Durga Mahishasuramardhini
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Nava Durga — Nine Forms
Maa Durga — Raja Ravi Varma
Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu — Power
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता।\nनमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu Shaktirupena Samsthita\nNamastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah
Salutations to the goddess who resides in all beings in the form of power. I bow to her, I bow to her, I bow to her again and again.
📚 Devi Mahatmya, Markandeya Purana 5.78
Ya Devi — Intellect Form
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु बुद्धिरूपेण संस्थिता।\nनमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu Buddhirupena Samsthita\nNamastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah
Salutations to the goddess who resides in all beings in the form of intelligence. I bow to her, I bow to her, I bow to her again and again.
She is Durga, the remover of suffering, the dispeller of difficulties, the destroyer of the impassable, the achiever of the difficult, the destroyer of all that is hard to cross.
📚 Durga Dwatrinsha Naamamala
Aigiri Nandini — Opening Verse
अयि गिरिनन्दिनि नन्दितमेदिनि विश्वविनोदिनि नन्दनुते\nगिरिवरविन्ध्यशिरोऽधिनिवासिनि विष्णुविलासिनि जिष्णुनुते।\nभगवति हे शितिकण्ठकुटुम्बिनि भूरिकुटुम्बिनि भूरिकृते\nजय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥
O daughter of the mountain, who brings joy to the earth and delight to the universe, praised by Nanda — dwelling on the great Vindhya peak, beloved of Vishnu, praised by Indra — O consort of the blue-throated Shiva, glory to you, O Mahishasuramardhini, the slayer of the buffalo demon!
