Kali is generally associated with great evil and destruction. In course of the battle, the demon took several forms including that of a buffalo but Durga Devi slayed his head and brought him under her feet. So the gods decided to give all their powers and weapons to vanquish their enemy. Mahishasura was the most dangerous and evil demons on the face of earth. The story of how Durga came into being is quite familiar to all of us. The most one that all of us are invariably familiar with is the mahishasura mardini story. These stories talk about the brave conquests of the Devi against several demonic forces. One of the important parts of this Holy Scripture is the stories of Markandeya which explain stories that lord Markandeya narrated to Jamini and his students. The seven mothers are Brāhmi, Māheśwari, Kaumāri, Vaisṇavi, Vārāhi, Indrāṇi, and Cāmunḍa. There is another opinion that the name should be Saptasati as it deals with the story of seven Satis. Devi Mahatmyam is also known as Saptashti because it contains 700 mantras (7= sapta and 100=ashta.) and 518 verses. It is mentioned in the Markandeya purana. Devi Mahatmyam describes the story of how Devi (mother Goddess) killed Madhu and Kaidabha as Vishnu Maya (Thamasic-base), killed Mahishasura as Lakshmi (Rajashic form-materialistic) and killed Shumbha and Nishumbha in the form of Goddess Saraswati (Sathvic-spiritual).
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