Do You Know That Narayanee Shakti Itself Is Goddess Parvathy?
विसृष्टौ सृष्टिरूपा त्वं स्थितिरूपा च पालने
तथा संहृतिरूपान्ते जगतोऽस्य जगन्मये
महाविद्या महामाया महामेधा महास्मृतिः
सृष्टिरूपा स्थितिरूपा संहृतिरूपा
Her three forms are mentioned here—creator, sustainer, and eliminator.
She is the creator at the time of creation—विसृष्टौ सृष्टिरूपा.
Whatever she created, she supports, makes them exist till such time pralaya comes. She administers them; she manages them. पालने स्थितिरूपा.
Then अन्ते she becomes संहृतिरूपा—संहार रूपा.
So, she is the creator, sustainer, and destroyer of the jagat.
अस्य जगतः सृष्टिरूपा स्थितिरूपा संहृतिरूपा च.
One more thing—the jagat that she creates, sustains, and dissolves is not an external object. The jagat is she herself. That means, she manifests herself as the jagat, remains like that for some time, and then disappears. That is why she is being addressed as जगन्मये.
She is Mahavidya—the great knowledge. What is this great knowledge? All knowledge that would bring the universe into existence, maintain it, and then dissolve it. We know how much knowledge goes into making of a satellite, to keep it in its path, and even to destroy it when its period is over. This is one small satellite. Now think about the whole universe, how much knowledge is needed to create it, make it work, and then eliminate it. This knowledge, this great knowledge, is you yourself.
Knowledge is one thing; ability to put knowledge into use is another thing. A book has a lot of knowledge in it, but a book cannot act on its own. Somebody has to put the knowledge to use. That needs intelligence. And she is that great intelligence also, which puts the great knowledge to work—महामेधा.
स्मृति—memory. We saw earlier the series of shows that the universe is. So many characters, roles, actors. As of today, there are about 7 billion human actors, each one playing his own or her own roles. Billions of animals, birds, insects, each one interacting with each other. The script is colossal, huge. And to remember all these and to make it work the same way, kalpa after kalpa, her memory has to be very good. You know how difficult it is to learn by heart a few pages. And see what she does. So, her memory has to be great—महास्मृतिः.
And she is Mahamaya—the maya shakti, the delusive power of Shri Hari that gives the false notion that there is universe around us.
महामोहा च भवती महादेवी महासुरी
प्रकृतिस्त्वञ्च सर्वस्य गुणत्रयविभावनी
महामोहा—she is that ignorance because of which we have the perception of 'I and mine.' I am different, and the world is external, different from me. This moha or ignorance is also her. She only creates this ignorance. She only creates ahamkara.
She is महादेवी—consort of Mahadeva.
She is महासुरी—Sura means Deva. Mahasura—Mahadeva. Mahasuri—wife of Mahadeva. So, she is shakti of Shri Hari, but wife of Mahadeva. This is what we see in Lalitha Devi. She is Narayani shakti and wife of Kamesha, Lord Shiva.
Just like Shri Hari assumed the form of Mohini and enticed Shiva. So, here shakti of Shri Hari does not mean Lakshmi, as of now. Later on, you will realize that all three—Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, and Mahasaraswathy—are manifestations of the same Jagadamba. They are interchangeable. Shakti of Vishnu is here being addressed as wife of Mahadeva.
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Devi Mahatmyam
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