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Tuesday, 6 January 2026

Sarasvati Parvati Panchavati

 


Goddess Sarasvati
  • Role: Goddess of wisdom, music, art, speech, and learning.
  • Affiliation: Wife of Brahma, part of the Tridevi (with Lakshmi & Parvati).
  • Worship: Celebrated during Basant Panchami. 
Goddess Parvati
  • Role: Consort of Lord Shiva, goddess of power, love, and devotion.
  • Affiliation: Mother of Ganesha and Kartikeya, a manifestation of the supreme goddess Durga.
  • Significance: Embodies divine feminine energy (Shakti). 
Panchavati
  • Meaning: "Five Banyan Trees," a holy place in Nashik, India.
  • Significance: Where Rama, Sita, and Lakshman lived during their exile; features holy sites like Sita Gumpha, Kalaram Temple, and Ramkund. 
Connection
  • While Sarasvati and Parvati are distinct goddesses, they are often seen together as manifestations of the divine feminine (Shakti) within Hinduism, alongside Lakshmi, forming the Tridevi. Panchavati is a sacred site where divine figures like Rama and Sita resided, connecting it to the broader realm of Hindu

Bael

Skanda Purana narrates that one day while Parvati was resting some drops of sweat fell from her forehead on the mountain Mandara, from which grew the bel tree.
  1. Girija lives on the root , 
  2. Maheswari on its shoulder, 
  3. Dukshayani on its branches, 
  4. Parvati among its leaves, 
  5. Katyayani in its fruit, 
  6. Gaori in its flowers 
  7. while in thorns the numerous Saktis find a home. 
  8. Lakshmi the Goddess of Wealth, forms trunk

Friday, 28 November 2025

Vehicle



 The Devîs, the wives of the several Devas, then went, to the battlefield in their respective forms with ornaments and Vâhanas as generally on such occasions. 

  1. The S’akti (wife) of Brahmâ named Brahmâni, mounting on the back of Her Swan came there with a string of beads and Kamandalu (an wooden waterpot used by ascetics). 
  2. The Vaisnavî with Her yellow robes came there mounted on Garuda (the sacred bird of Visnu, the carrier of Him) with conch, discus, club, and lotus in Her hands. 
  3. The Devî S’ankarî, the wife of S’iva, the Auspicious One, arrived on the back of Her Bull. The emblem of half-moon was on Her forehead while in Her hands She held snake, bracelet, and trident (Trisûla) and the sign of fearlessness for Her devotees. 
  4. The beautiful wife of Kârtika, Kaumâri Devî, looking like Kartika, came to fight there mounted on a peacock. 
  5. The fairfaced Indrânî, decked with ornaments on Her several limbs, came there to fight, with thunder-bolt in Her hand, mounted on the elephant Airâvata. 
  6. The Vârâhî Devî looking like a female boar, came also, seated on an elevated seat of departed souls (Preta). 
  7. The Nârasimhî, resembling Nrisimha (the Man Lion Incarnation) came there. 
  8. The wife of Yama, looking fearful like Yama arrived there on the battlefield smiling and with staff in Her hand and mounted on the back of a buffalo. 
  9. Thus the wives of Kuvera, Varuna, and other Devas came there with proper forms, Vâhanas, ornaments, accompanied by their forces and all excited. 

https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk05ch28.htm

Sunday, 16 November 2025

Five

 


According to Shri Brahma Vaivarta Purana, there are 5 principal goddesses controlling the entire universe under the direction of the Supreme Almighty God Shri Krishna/Vishnu. Their names & functions are as follows:-
1) RADHA:- in charge of Devotion to God, Love, Affection & Beauty.
2) MAHALAXMI:- in charge of Opulence.
3) DURGA:- in charge of Power & illusion.
4) SARASWATI:- in charge of Mundane Education.
5) GAYATRI:- in charge of Spiritual Education.

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