DASA MAHAVIDYA

               DASA MAHAVIDYA

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, the mountains shook, and the atmosphere was filled with the wonder of her form.

Shiva began to shake and tried to flee. But inn every direction that he tried to flee, the Divine mother stopped him. The Divine Mother had multiplied herself into ten different forms, guarding each of the ten directions, and try as Shiva might, he could not escape from her, as she had blocked every escape route.

These ten forms of Divine Mother are known as the Das Mahavidyas. Each form has her own name, story, quality, and mantras.

Thus originated Dus Mahavidya- the great Goddesses of Wisdom. These Mahavidya guide us, inspiring us to search for and find the spiritual beings lying dormant within us.

THE DASA MAHAVIDYAS ARE :-

. Kali the eternal night 

. Tara the compassionate goddess 

. Shodhasi the goddess who is sixteen years old

. Bhuvaneshwari the creator of the world 

. Chinnamasta the goddess who cuts off her own head 

. Bhairavi the goddess of decay 

. Dhumavati the goddess who widows herself 

. Baglamukhi the goddess who seizes the tongue  

. Matangi the goddess who loves pollution 

. Kamla the last but not least.