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|| 10 Mahāvidhya ||

सर्वरूपमयी देवी सर्वभ् देवीमयम् जगत।
अतोऽहम् विश्वरूपा त्वाम् नमामि परमेश्वरी।।

The Adhishthatrā powers of the ten directions are called the Ten Mahavidya, which is considered as the form of Adi Parashakti Mata Pārvati.

She takes the form of Kali in anger, Tara in summative anger, and Dhoomavati in quick anger, in love and nurture in compassion, she takes the form of Bhuvaneshwari,

Matangi and Mahalakshmi, In Shakti Sadhana we can gain knowledge and strength from the worship of Mahāvidyas.

.Mahavidya Sadhana can be practiced by any caste seeker or practitioner of any religion. According to the scriptures,

by worshiping one of these ten mahavidya dailyWe get freedom from all kinds of obstacles that have been going on for a long time and get ultimate happiness,

the belief is that the worshipping of these ten Mahavidyas is as fruitful as the Kalpa Vrikshyā

Their Sadhnā is done in the form of 2 Kulā

●Kāli Kula
●Shree Kula

Nine Devis are said to be present in each of these two 2 kulā , but acco. to some beliefs, kulā have three forms,

●Ugrā: (Kali chinnamasta, Dhoomāvati)
●Soumyā: (Tripurasundari, Bhuvaneshwari, Mātangi and Mahalakshmi)
Ugrā - Soumyā: (Tara and Bhairavi)

Origin of Dashamavidya: In the past, there was an asura named Durgam, who, after seeking a boon from Brahma ji,

began to vandalize the prūthvi and has taken the Vedas forcefully by Devaganā , because of the destructions caused by that asurā

all over the place, all the people were unhappy, seeing this sadness of the people All the devā's went to the shelter of Adishakti

and pleased her to protect all the people, otherwise all will be destroyed, after which, seeing their people unhappy in this way,

the eyes of Mother Adishakthi spill tears of compassion, for nine consecutive days in sorrow and Nine nights wept, all the peoples , medicines were

satisfied with the divine water flowing through her eyes, and thus all the Brahmins, devā's and humans were satisfied, and said,

O Adishakti,

please bring back the Veda, which is abducted by Durgamasura, , After which the mother sent the gods to their respective places by..

assuring them that she would soon bring back the Vedas as well. After this there was an uproar happens in swargā,

prūthvi and space, after hearing that asurā surrounded Devlok from all four sides, after which a fierce battle started between the devi and asurā,

Meanwhile, the Devi's body manifested with a beautiful form of 10 Mahavidhya (Kali, Tara,

Chinnamasta, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Bagalamukhi, Dhumavati, Tripurasundari, Mahalakshmi Sri Vidya, Matangi), along with 32 other form of shakti and sixty four Yoginiya's

and Adiparāshakti k!ll the monster from the edge of the trident, and re-handed the Vedas to the Devās.

At the time of worshiping any Mahavidya, worshiping Shiva on his right side is more beneficial. It is considered as mandatory at the time of ritual or special worship.

His description is as follows-

Mahavidya and Form of Shiva

1-Kali- Mahakal
2-Tāra - Achobhyā
3-Shodashi — Kameshwar
4-Bhuvaneshwari — Trayambak
5-Tripura Bhairavi —Dakshina Murthy

6-Chinnamasta — Krodha Bhairava
7-Dhoomvati -Since she is widow ,Shiva is not present.
8.Bangalamukhi - Mrityunjayā
9-Matangi -Matang
10-Kamala - Vishnu Roop

Source: Bhagwati Puran ,Shivpuran etc.