Navratri Story of NavDurga | Navratri Day 1 Story of Maa Shailaputri
NavDurga Story | Navratri
Hello
friends, welcome to the milliondollarknowledge.com, today we are going to be
discussing the nine-day-long Hindu festival of Navratri that is celebrated in
India. Navratri is the celebration of Devi Durga (Hindu Goddess) and her nine
forms.
Devi Durga
is also synonymous with Shakti. Shakti means energy, power, and empowerment.
Shakti celebrates the female energy of the universe. The energy that brings
about equilibrium and balance. The nine forms of Devi Durga are Maa Shailaputri, Maa Bramhacharini, Maa Chandraghanta, Maa Kushmanda, Maa Skandamata, Maa Katyayani, Maa Kaalratri, Maa Mahagauri and Maa Siddhidatri.
(Day – 1)
Maa Shailaputri
This is the
goddess that is worshiped on the first day of the nine days long Hindu festival
of Navratri. Maa means mother and Shailaputri means the daughter of the
mountains, but before we get into the story of Shailaputri Maa it's important
to know the stories of her previous births.
Birth where
she was born to Daksha Prajapati, one of the sons of Lord Brahma as Sati. Sati
was in love with Lord Shiva and she wanted to marry him but her father Daksa
Prajapati was absolutely against this marriage. According to him, Shiva was a
dirty ascetic not meant for marrying girls from respectable families. But this
did not affect Sati's love for Lord Shiva and she married him even though her
father was against it, and she started living with Lord Shiva in Kailash Parvat
(Mountain).
After a few
years of her marriage, she got to know that her father Daksa Prajapati was organizing
a huge yagna in which all gods and goddesses were invited. She was very excited
because she missed her parents and she wanted to go home and visit them. But
unfortunately, they did not receive an invitation.
Sati could
not believe it and she thought, maybe there was a mistake, it was obvious, you
know, daughters are always welcome in their homes, aren't they? So she decided
to go and visit her parents even though Shiva tried to tell her that, 'No if we
haven't received an invitation maybe we are not expected there and we shouldn't
be going there.' But Sati did not listen; she did not pay heed to Shiva's words
and went to Daksha Prajapati's home.
Sati was
excited to meet her parents after so many months of being married and the
moment she reached. She received a cold shoulder not just from her father but
also from all the relatives who had gathered there. It was only her mother who
welcomed her and embraced her but Sati was heartbroken. She could not bear the
thought of being unwelcome in her own house. The very same house where she grew
up, the very same house where she had those lovely memories, and her father,
whom she loved so much, humiliated her, humiliated her choice of her husband.
Sati could
not bear it and she entered the huge fire that was burning and she
self-immolated herself. The moment this news reached Lord Shiva, he was livid
and reached there. He was so angry that he pulled the half-burning corpse of
his wife from the fire. He was so enraged that he took the form of an angry god
Veerbhadra and caused immense destruction over there. So that he even beheaded
Daksha Prajapati.
Lord Shiva
took the half-burning corpse of his wife with him dragging it in fury, in rage.
On the way, different body parts of Sati fell on different places and these
places are called Shakti Piths. There are 52 Shakti Piths in India.
Daksa Prajapati was later forgiven because of the intervention of Lord Vishnu
and he was given the head of a ram. He even completed his Yagna in the presence
of all the gods.
Sati took
birth again and this time as the daughter of the Himalayas. She came to be
known as Shailaputri, which means daughter of the Himalayas. In the same
incarnation, she had two other names Parvati and Hemavati. In this birth too
she was married to Lord Shiva. Shailaputri is considered one of the most
powerful forms of Durga, and we pray to her on the first day of the Navratri
festival.
Maa
Shailaputri is immensely powerful she rides a bull called Nandi, and she
carries a trident and a lotus. She's known for her many glories. If you like
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about all the nine forms of Devi Durga and also why we celebrate Navratri.
Here's wishing all of you a very happy Navratri. May you too get the power of
Maa Shailaputri and may you too fight always for what is right. Happy
Navratri
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