Story of NavDurga | Day – 3 Story of Maa Chandraghanta
Story of
NavDurga
(Day – 3)
3. Story of Maa
Chandraghanta
On the third
day of the auspicious celebration or festival of Navratri, we pray to Devi
Chandraghanta. Maa Chandraghanta, the goddess whose forehead is bedecked with a
crescent-shaped moon that also looks like the bell of a temple. 'Ghanta'
means the Bell of Temple.
In one of
her previous births, Devi Durga was born as Sati and she has self-immolated
herself. When she was born again, she was born to Himalaya and Mena, the God of
the mountains. It is said that Himalaya and Mena had done severe penance and prayed
to Adi Shakti, and Devi Durga blessed them that herself took birth as their
daughter Parvati.
Maa Parvati
on the insistence of Narad Muni went into a severe penance to win the love of
Lord Shiva. After a severe penance Lord Shiva agreed to marry her. However,
after he had lost Sati, Lord Shiva had become detached. He did not care any
longer about anything. So when he came down to Himalaya and Mena's house for
the wedding ceremony, he appeared to look scary with his matted hair, his body
covered in ash, snakes all over his body. His looks scared all the people who
had assembled there for the wedding. And so much that his wedding processions
comprised ascetics, ghouls, ghosts.
Some of the
relatives of Himalaya and Mena even fainted out of sheer fear. When Parvati saw
him, she was upset. Yes, she was scared too but she did not want to give up;
not now, not after that severe penance that she went through. So she took a
very scary form too. She was huge; she was sitting on a lion and grew ten arms.
She carried a different thing in each hand, a trident in one, a mace in one, an
arrow, a bow, a sword, lotus, goad, bell, kamandal and she left her tenth hand
to bless her devotees.
Then after
she closed her eyes with a pure heart and she prayed to Lord Shiva and begged
him to change his avatar (Look). She prays him to change his form; to come
there as a more presentable groom, and also to bring along a more presentable
procession.
Lord Shiva
heard her prayers and at once transformed into his handsome avatar. And his
wedding procession too transformed and comprised gods, goddesses. And both of
them were married with a lot of pomp and show. Since that day, the third day of
Navratri, we celebrate and pray to Maa Chandraghanta, the third avatar of Devi
Durga or Adi Shakti Devi Durga.
Conclusion:
It is said
that when devotees pray to Maa Chandraghanta with a pure heart then she
eradicates all negative energy from their lives. All their sins, all the
ghostly tribulations, anything that is negative, their depression, their mental
anxiety, tribulations, and troubles are all wiped out. When she rides a lion,
she exudes positivity, she exudes fierceness, yet she has a motherly aura
towards her devotees. Here's wishing all of you a very Happy Navratri.
Maa Chandraghanta blesses you with peace, positivity, and lots of strength.
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