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శాకంబరి మూల మంత్రం Shakambari Root Mantra

🌹శాకంబరి మూల మంత్రం 🌹 "ఓం అం శాం శాకంభరీ-దేవ్యై నమః."

శాకంబరి దేవి ఆశీర్వాదం కోసం మరొక మంత్రం: - "ఓం అం శం శాకంభరీ-దేవ్యై సకల-స్థావరా జంగమ-రక్షకీ ధన-ధాన్య వృత్తి-కారిణ్యై నమః."

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मां शाकम्भरी की कथा || Shakumbhari Devi Ki Katha || शाकंभरी पूर्णिमा की...

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Shakambari (Shatakshi) Mahatmyam

शाकंभरी   (शताक्षी)   माहात्म्यम् Devi Shakambari Shakambari (Shatakshi) Mahatmyam Devi Shakambari 1 & 2. King Janmejaya asked: Why is the Devi known as Satakshi? जनमेजय उवाच विचित्रमिदमाख्यानं हरिश्चन्द्रस्य कीर्तितम् । शताक्षीपादभक्तस्य राजर्षेधार्मिकस्य च ॥१॥ शताक्षी सा कुतो जाता देवी भगवती शिवा । तत्कारणं वद मुने सार्थकं जन्म मे कुरु ॥२॥ Janamejaya Uvaaca Vicitram-Idam-Aakhyaanam…

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Today is the annual celebration, Jayanthi (birthday) of Goddess Shakambari - She Who Nourishes.

Long ago, a very evil demon, Durgama,  longed to be more powerful than the gods, and so did many years of spiritual practice to win a boon from Lord Brahma. Durgama received all the rights to the sacred texts used to pray and perform ceremonies.  Without prayer and ceremony, the gods were weakened, and the rains ceased to fall.  The drought went on and on and on, lasting for one hundred years!  The earth and all living things were in a terrible state.  Some few wise elders who still had strength decided to make a journey up to the Himalayas and gather in a sacred cave.  They could not pray or chant, so they silently meditated on The Great Goddess, The Divine Mother.  She heard them calling Her with their hearts and so She appeared in the form of Shatakshi Devi, She with a Hundred Eyes. She looked down on the earth from the mountain top and saw such devastation, destruction and death, tears of compassion came from all Her hundred eyes.  As the tears flowed, the rivers and streams began to fill, and grasses and grains sprouted.  Then She transformed Herself into She Who Nourishes, The Bearer of the Green, Goddess Shakambari and from Her body came fruits, flowers and vegetables, taking away all hunger and thirst, and it is said, even our fear of death.

The world was given partial relief, but  Demon Durgama still held the power of The Vedas.  Of course, he was furious when he saw nature's gifts appearing. He mobilized his hideous legions for action against the Great Mother Goddess.

Goddess Shakambari placed a ring of fire around the sages and the gods to protect them and then emanated countless Goddesses from her own body to stand against the demon hordes led by Durgama.

There followed a battle which shook both heaven and earth, and in the end the Goddess' troops conquered the demon army.  Durgama was enraged with an anger so dense and so vast it threatened to destroy the entire earth.  He roared at Her and challenged Her to fight him solo.

Goddess Shakambari indeed did battle with him maintaining one form.  For many days and many nights, the Goddess and the Demon fought throughout the cosmos, shaking the mountains, and changing the course of the stars with the power of their blows.  The Goddess prevailed and giving the demon a blessing, absorbed him into Her body.   So, The Vedas were returned, and the sacred ways were restored to earth.  As She was victorious over Durgama, Shakambari has come to be known as Goddess Durga.

You may celebrate the restoration of reverence and of nature's gifts by Goddess Shakambari, with an offering of fruits, flowers and vegetables, and an attitude of gratitude for our beautiful planet and for every compassionate action taken to preserve and protect all living beings.

Jai Shakambari Mata!  Victory to She Who Nourishes!

retelling from The Devi Bhagavata Purana by Lily L. Diamond