Navaratri with Nine Durgas

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Beloved Family,

 

Shree Maa wants us to spend our Navaratri with the 9 Durgas! Make them our best

friend , She said!

 

Today is day 5 - Day of Skanda maata.

 

Here is something Maa told us about Kushmanda and Skandamata.

 

Kushmanda

 

 

 

The fourth form of Goddess Durga is Kushmanda. At the beginning when there was

no creation, there was darkness everywhere. Kushmanda gave rise to creation and

She lives in the realm of the sun (Surya Loka). The energy in all of creation

is Kushmanda. Mother has eight hands and therefore She is often called

Ashtabhuje Devi. Her vehicle is a lion (dharma) and in Her hands mother holds a

pot (kamandal), arrows, the revolving discus (chakra), club, lotus flower of

peace, pot filled with immortal nectar and japa maala. If you worship Mother

Kushmanda, She destroys disease and sorrow and bestows the boons of long life,

fame, strength and good health. Kushmanda is the Goddess of Purifying

Austerity.

 

 

 

Skandamata

 

The fifth form of Goddess Durga is Skandamata. Mother Durga married Lord Shiva

for the purpose of blessing Devas with a commander-in-chief. In the war between

the forces of duality (asuras) and unity (devas), the devas (forces of unity)

needed a leader. Shiva and Parvati's son Kartik who is also called Skanda is

the commander of the Divine armies. As Skandamaata, Durga Devi is seen as the

Mother of Skanda and She holds him in Her lap as She sits on a lion. She has

four arms. The upper hands hold a lotus each and with one of the lower hands

She grants boons and with the other holds Kartik in Her lap. When a devotee

does puja to Skandamata, She fulfills all desires. Skandamata is the Goddess

who Nurtures Divinity.

 

 

More Durgas....coming soon!

 

Wish you a beautiful day with Divine Mother Skandamata! May She nurtuere

divinity in all of us! Om! Om! Om!