Stories of Goddess from scriptures - Page 2

Just wanted to say that too ..your soo intelligent 😳 😳 i am a dumbo in this 😆

Originally posted by: akhl

Maha Kali, Maha Laxmi, Maha Saraswati - these are forms of Durga. The form of Durga who killed Mahisasur is Maha Laxmi.
Of Laxmi also, there are many forms. The prime is Maha Laxmi. The Laxmi, which came out of samudra manthan is one form.

....are you sure because durga maa is considered maa shakti close to maa parvati but never maha lakshmi.....in fact in hindu scriptures all goddessess are considered as lakshmi but are not the same as goddess maha lakshmi.

well lets be clear before we confuse our readers.

Originally posted by: prana9

....are you sure because durga maa is considered maa shakti close to maa parvati but never maha lakshmi.....in fact in hindu scriptures all goddessess are considered as lakshmi but are not the same as goddess maha lakshmi.

well lets be clear before we confuse our readers.

I've read that Durga is a combination of Parvati, Lakshmi and Saraswati. I wasn't clear about Maha Lakshmi, Maha Kali and Maha Saraswati being different forms of their own though.

Originally posted by: prana9

....are you sure because durga maa is considered maa shakti close to maa parvati but never maha lakshmi.....in fact in hindu scriptures all goddessess are considered as lakshmi but are not the same as goddess maha lakshmi.

well lets be clear before we confuse our readers.

I have been reading scriptures since my early childhood days. Whatever things I post here are what scriptures say. According to Devi Bhagavatam, there are various forms of Durga. The first is Mool Prakriti Durga. This Mool Prakriti Durga is the one, who came directly from Parabrahm. Mahakali, Mahalaxmi and Mahasaraswati are forms of Durga. There are various other female goddesses also, who are forms of Durga. Laxmi, Parvati and Sarasvati, who are married to Vishnu, Shiv and Brahma are forms of Mahalaxmi, Mahakali and Mahasaraswati. In a way, they also are forms of Durga. Shiv's wife Parvati is often referred to as Durga.

The goddess who killed Mahisasur is Mahalaxmi.

Note that there are many Durgas, Laxmis, Saraswatis, Kalis. Also, there are many Vishnus. There is one form of Vishnu called as Maha Virat from whom various universes come out. There is one Vishnu Laghu Virat who lives in Garbhodak ocean of an universe. He is also called as Garbhodakshayi Vishnu. There is one Vishnu, who lives in Ksheer ocean and is called as Ksheerashayi Vishnu.
So, there is one Maha Virat. But there are many Garbhodaksayi Vishnus and Ksheerashayi Vishnus because there is one Garbhodaksayi Vishnu and one Ksheerashayi Vishnu for each universe. There is Vishnu in Vaikunth loka.

I understand that whatever I have written above may be confusing to many but it is all from scriptures. Please pick any of the topics that confuse you and we will discuss on that to remove the confusion.

Mool Prakriti Durga
According to Hinduism, God exists as without form and with form. He exists in various forms simultaneously.
The supreme is Parabrahm. Parabrahm is both nirgun (formless and without any attributes) and sagun (with form and other attributes). Sagun Parabrahm divided into two parts. Left part was female and right part was male.
The female part is Mool Prakriti Durga. Various goddesses are her parts. There are parts of parts and so forth.

Maha Virat was born from the union of male and female forms of Parabrahm. He is also called as Maha Vishnu.
The male form of Parabrahm divided into two parts. The left part is four handed Lord Krishn, who lives in Golok. The right part is four handed Lord Narayan, who lives in Vaikunth.
From female part i.e. Mool Prakriti came thousand handed Durga. Mool Prakriti divided into two forms - left is Radhika and right is Kamala (also called Laxmi). Radhika(also called as Radha) lives in Golok with Krishn. Kamala or Laxmi lives in Vaikunth with Narayan.
Four faced Lord Brahma, goddess Savitri and five faced Lord Mahadev were born from Lord Krishn.
Brahma married Savitri and Mahadev married 1000 handed Durga.

In previous post, I mentioned Lord Maha Virat. Numerous universes came from Maha Virat. Maha Virat divided himself into various parts and entered into those universes. These parts are called as Laghu Virat. Thus, there is one Laghu Virat for each universe.
In previous post, you read that Brahma came from Lord Krishn. A part of that Brahma came from the lotus, which came from Laghu Virat's navel. The lotus born Brahma created the universe.
You may wonder that universe was already created when Laghu Virat entered the universe. If universe was already created, then how did Brahma create it? The answer is that Brahma made the universe more detailed. As an analogy, suppose that somebody gives you raw materials for creating a house and using those raw materials (sand, bricks, paints etc.) you create the house. Likewise, you can think that the universe existed like raw materials and lotus born Brahma created various objects in the universe.

Eleven Rudras were born from the forehead of lotus born Brahma. These eleven Rudras are parts of five-faced Mahadev, who came from Lord Krishn (see previous post). Out of these eleven Rudras, Kalagni Rudra is the one who is most commonly called as Lord Shiv or Lord Shankar, who destroys the universe.

From the left side of Lord Laghu Virat, came a four handed form of Vishnu. He went to Shvet Dvip. This Vishnu is the preserver.
When people say Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, then they often mean lotus born Brahma(who was born from lotus of Laghu Virat's navel), Shwet Dvip's Vishnu(who came from left side of Laghu Virat) and Kalagni Rudra(who came from the forehead of lotus born Brahma).
So, we see that there are so many Vishnus. Narayan of Vaikunth is called as Vishnu. Maha Virat is also Vishnu. Laghu Virat is Vishnu. Shwet Dvip's Vishnu.
There are many universes. In each universe, there is one Laghu Virat, one Shwet Dvipt's Vishnu, one Kalagni Rudra(i.e. Lord Shiv/Shankar/Mahesh).
Thus, there are so many Brahmas, Vishnus, and Shivs.

Come on friends. Please contribute to this thread.

Thanks Marthika. Nice contribution. 😊

akhl, thank you so much for clarifying....well one question please...though not related to scriptures or any goddess but I could not get help anywhere....

can you tell us something about Meditation....how to do it......'cause its usually mixed upwith concentration....whats your throw on meditation