Shailaputri

Who is Shailaputri?

Navratri is a period of nine days in which the nine Durgas are worshiped as the divine feminine known as "Nava Durga". An incarnation of Goddess Durga is worshiped every day during Navratri.

How was Shailaputri born?

According to Shiva Purana and Devi Bhagavata Mahapuran, Shailaputri is the daughter of the mountain king “Himavat”, and is the manifestation and form of the Hindu mother goddess Mahadevi, who represents herself as the pure form of Goddess Parvati. She is the first Navadurga who is worshiped on the first day of Navratri and is an incarnation of Goddess Sati.

The Form of Shailaputri

The first incarnation of Mother “Parvati” is Shailaputri, who is depicted with two hands and a crescent moon on her forehead. He has a trident in his right hand and a lotus flower in his left hand. She rides a bull named Nandi.

Shailputri was the daughter of Which King?

Shailaputri is "Adi Parashakti", who was born in the house of mountain king "Parvat Raj Himalaya". The name "Shailaputri" literally means daughter of the mountain. She is known as Sati Bhavani, Mother Parvati or Hemavati, the daughter of King Himavat of the Himalayas.

Why Sati Burnt Herself in the Fire of Yagya?

The incarnation of the power of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. She rides a bull and holds a trident and a lotus in both her hands. In her previous life she was Sati, the daughter of King Daksh Prajapati. Once Daksha organized a big Yagya and did not invite Lord Shiva. But Sati being stubborn reached there. After this Daksh insulted Shiva. Sati could not bear the insult of her husband and burnt herself in the fire of Yagya. In her second birth she became the daughter of Himalaya by the name of Parvati. Married to Hemavati and Shiva. According to the Upanishad, he had broken the ego of gods like Indra Dev. They all were feeling ashamed, and bowed before Shakti and started praying.

How many Vidyas of Mother Parvati?

In her next birth she became Goddess Parvati, daughter of the mountain king Himalaya. The second incarnation of Navadurga is the incarnation of Mother Parvati, she is also incarnated in the form of “32 Vidyas”, who were again known as Hemvati.

In her Hemavati form she defeated all the major gods. Like her previous birth, in this birth also mother Shailaputri married Lord Shiva after all.

Shailaputri and Mooladhara Chakra

She is the goddess of the root chakra called the Mooladhara Chakra, which when awakened begins its upward journey. Your first journey through the Mooladhara Chakra while sitting on a bull. Like from her father to her husband, awakening Shakti, starting the search for Shiva or taking steps towards her Shiva. So that, on the first day of Navratri Puja, Yogi should keep his mind focused on Mooladhara Chakra in the beginning. This is the starting point of his spiritual discipline. He starts his yoga practice from here. In yogic meditation, Shailaputri is the Mooladhara Shakti that is felt within the self and sought to higher depths. It is the basis of spiritual prestige and the entire world gets strength from the Shailaputri form of Purna Prakriti Durga.

Shailaputri Vedic Mantra