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The Devi Mahatmya is a devotional text, and Thomas Coburn states that its aim is not to analyze divine forms or abstract ideas, but to praise. [29] It accomplishes this with a philosophical foundation, wherein the female is the primordial creator; she is also the Tridevi as the secondary creator, the sustainer, and destroyer. [ 29 ]
The Devi Mahatmya, literally "glorification or praises of the Goddess", constitutes chapters 81 to 93 of the Markandeya Purana. [6] It is the primary bhakti text of those who revere Durga or Chandi as the Shakti. [8] This text is studied on its own, and sometimes titled as Saptasati or Chandi-mahatmya or Chandipatha. [8]
The story of Shumbha and Nishumbha begins in the fifth chapter of the Devi Mahatmya.. Durga retells how two asura brothers sought to conquer the three worlds by subjecting themselves to severe penance and purification rituals so that no man or asura could destroy them. [1]
Consisting of 35 chapters, the canto mentions the glory of Devi (Devi Mahatmya), fight between Durga and Mahishasura, killing of Sumbha and Nisumbha and other demons. Devi Mahatmya - Story of Mahishasura and the origin of goddess Mahalakshmi; The conquest of the Heavens by Shumba - Nishumbha and Birth of Devi Kaushiki
Devi portrayed as Mahishasura Mardini, Slayer of the Buffalo Demon – a central episode of the Devi Mahatmya, and one of the most famous in all of Hindu mythology. Main article: Devi Mahatmya By far, the most important text of Shaktism is the Devi Mahatmya (also known as the Durga Saptashati , Chandi or Chandi-Path ), found in the Markandeya ...
Coburn, Thomas B. Encountering the Goddess: A translation of the Devi-Mahatmya and a Study of Its Interpretation. State University of New York Press, 1991. (ISBN 0791404463) Devī Māhātmya, The Crystallization of the Goddess Tradition, South Asia Books, 2002. (ISBN 81-208-0557-7)
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According to the Shumbha-Nishumbha story of Devi Mahatmya, Matrikas appear as Shaktis from the bodies of the gods – Brahma, Shiva, Skanda, Vishnu, Indra; [45] having the form of each, approached Chandika (identified with Devi) with whatever form, ornaments and vehicle the god possessed. In that form, they slaughter the demon army.