Sri Matre Namaha,
Yesterday I have visited Srisailam a Jyotirlinga and shaktipeetha.
This is my third visit but I was amazed by looking at the original form of Bramaramba this time. She has 8 hands, 7 holding weapons to strike and one holding the neck of a beast.
Sometime ago, I was searching for the Dhyana Sloka of Vana Durga, a form of Durga very famous in Mantra Sastra. So much so that it is said that Adi Sankarachaya had invoked this form of Durga to stall Saraswathi Devi.
Vana Durga is a very powerful goddess and as the name suggests, she is the goddess of forest with 8 hands, 7 holding weapons to strike and one holding a beast.
I will not post her Moola Mantra for the fear of it getting abused but will give a brief translation as under
" O Purushi,wake up from sleep, please dispel any fear whether it is about things possible or immpossible"
Now the goddess is referred to as PURUSHI, what does it mean?
One of the qualities for some one to be called as a PURUSHA is that he should be free from any fear. Now it is well known that parashakti is the PURURSHAKARA of a PURUSHA and hence the goddess is referred to as PURUSHI.
Very rarely do we finds temples of Vana Durga, but now after observing the deity Bramaramba which is so famous as shakti peetha, I've realized that she is none other than VanaDurga herself.
Oftened Bramaramba is identified with Mahalakshmi Swaroopa, but I can definitely say that she is more close to the Vana Durga Swaroopa.
Sri Matre Namaha
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