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Shardiya Navratri 2024 Day 4 Maa Kushmanda Puja: During the 9 days of Shardiya Navratri, Navdurga i.e. Maa Durga is worshiped in 9 different forms. The presiding deity of the fourth day is Goddess Kushmanda. She has eight arms, in which she is holding Kamandal, bow and arrow, lotus nectar, Kalash, Chakra and mace. In the eighth hand of this Ashtabhuja Mata, she is chanting the rosary of Siddhis and Nidhis and her rider is also a lion.
Mother Kushmanda is the goddess who created the universe. When nothing existed then Kushmanda Devi had created this universe with her laughter. Kushmanda is also called pumpkin. That is why the sacrifice of pumpkin is very dear to the Goddess.
Maa Kushmanda Mantra
Surasampoorna kalasham rudhiraplutmev ch.
Dadhana Hastapadmabhyan Kushmanda Shubhadaastu.
Their dazzling light gives them the ability to reside in the sun world. No one else is so fast. These are incomparable. All directions and the universe are influenced by their aura.
By worshiping them man gets relief from all kinds of pain, sorrow and suffering. By worshiping him day and night, a person can experience his aura himself. He brings us happiness, prosperity and fame. Mother Goddess soon becomes pleased with the worship of her devotee. The attainment of happiness from this world (this world) to that world (that world) comes through his compassion.
According to Devi Purana, 4 unmarried girls should be fed on this day. According to beliefs, women wear green saree on this day. Green is considered to be the color of nature. According to Brahma Vavartava Purana Prakriti Khand Chapter One, Bhagwati Prakriti takes various forms at the request of the devotees or to bestow their blessings on them.
Also read: Shardiya Navratri 2024 Day 3: Today is the third day of Shardiya Navratri, know the story, worship and mantra of Maa Chandraghanta.
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