Mahishasura Mardini Stotram
Mahishasura Mardini Stotram: Mantra with Meaning Mahishasura Mardini Stotram is a very popular devotional stotra of Goddess Durga, an incarnation of Goddess Parvati (Consort of Lord Shiva), composed by Guru Adi Shankaracharya. This stotra is addressed to Goddess Mahishasura Mardini, the Goddess who killed buffalo-demon Mahishasura. Mahishasura Mardini is the fierce form of Goddess Durga, where the Goddess is depicted as a fearless woman having ten arms each carrying a weapon, and sitting on a lion or tiger. Durga, also known as Devi (Shakti), is a principal and popular form of Hindu Goddess. She is the warrior of goddess, whose mythology centers around combating evils and demonic forces that threaten peace, prosperity and dharma of the good. She is the fierce form of the protective mother goddess, willing to unleash her anger against wrong, violence (for liberation) and destruction (to empower creation). The legend of Mahishasura: Rambha, the king of Asuras, was enticed by the...