Mother Goddess as Yogini – Brahmacharini Ma

Tonight, on the second night of the waxing Moon, Navratri Day Two 2025, Tuesday, September 23, we worship Durga Ma as the tapasvini, Brahmacharini Ma, who we also know as Uma Sati, who performs unthinkable austerities to become the consort of the Lord of Consciousness, Shiva, as predicted by the sage Narada. She holds her rudraksha mala in her right hand counting eternity, and a kamandal full of amrit, the Nectar of Immortality, in her left, dangling a lotus flower. She wears effulgent white cloth, and is noticeably barefoot. She is steadfast, unshakeable, and her pure consciousness manifests as ultimate love. In the Storytelling, she also exposes arrogance even in great beings such as that of her own father Daksha Prajapati. In this way Her worship is a remedy for anger, lust, and arrogance.

She may be worshipped with lotus flower and hibiscus, and the following mantra:

YA DEVI SARVBHUTESHU SRISHTI RUPEN SAMSTHITA NAMASTASYAI NAMASTASYAI NAMASTASYAI NAMO NAMAH KARPADMABHYAMAKSHAMALAKAMANDALU DEVI PRASIDATU MAYI BRAHMACHARINYANUTTAMA