Ma Chandraghanta, an embodiment of compassion and also the fiercest roopa of Durga, worshipped on 3rd day of Navratri!Pindaja Pravararudha Chandakopastrakairyuta।Prasadam Tanute Mahyam Chandraghanteti Vishruta॥

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Ma Chandraghanta, an embodiment of 
compassion and also the fiercest roopa of 
Durga, worshipped on 3rd day of Navratri!
Pindaja Pravararudha 
Chandakopastrakairyuta।
Prasadam Tanute Mahyam Chandraghanteti 
Vishruta॥
Devi adorned by the moon, who has a tiger 
as her vahana, just by hearing the name 
Chandraghanta all desires can be achieved. 
On the third day of Navratri, the third 
Power (Shakti) of Goddess Durga is 
worshipped. This avatar of Goddess Durga 
is known and worshipped as Ma 
Chandraghanta. Her forehead is bedecked with the crescent moon resembling the 
shape of a temple bell.
Ma Chandraghanta is the married form the 
Goddess Parvati. After getting married to 
Lord Shiva Goddess Mahagauri started 
adorning her forehead with half Chandra 
and due to which Parvati was known as 
Chandraghanta.
The story behind the birth of this Swarupa 
goes as follows. In the previous incarnation 
as the wife of Lord Shiva, Devi Sati self-
immolated in Daksha yagna. In her next 
incarnation, Ma Adi Shakti takes birth as 
Parvati. In this birth, her parents are King of 
the Mountains, Himavanta and Maina.
According to Shiva Purana, Himavanta and 
Maina had worshipped Adi Shakti to 
appease her. Pleased with their devotion,
Adi Shakti took birth as their daughter, 
Parvati.
Upon the insistence of Sage Narada, Parvati 
observed austere penance to get Lord Shiva 
as her consort. Shiva, after losing Sati, had 
become detached from worldly affairs and 
had retired into the mountains in deep 
meditation, isolation and austerity.
But after seeing Parvati’s resolve to get him, 
Shiva agrees for their marriage. On the day 
of marriage, Shiva reaches King’s 
Himavanta’s palace in a most terrorizing 
form along with the strangest marriage 
procession. 
His body was smeared with ash with snakes 
around his neck and in the matted locks of his unkept hair.His marriage procession consisted of ghosts, 
ascetics, sages, Shiva ganas, and aghoris. 
Upon seeing such a terrorizing form of Lord 
Shiva and his strange marriage procession, 
Parvati’s mother and other relatives were 
left in a state of shock. Most of them 
fainted purely out of terror.
To avoid any embarrassment to her family 
and to Lord Shiva, Parvati transformed 
herself into a Roudra Swarupa – 
Chandraghanta.
In this form, her complexion was golden 
and she had ten arms. In nine of her arms 
she wielded the following weapons – a 
trident, mace, arrow, bow, sword, lotus, 
ghade, bell and a kamandalu (water pot), 
while with the tenth hand, she is having 
Abhaya Mudra blessing her devotees. Hervehicle is a lion. This from depicts that Adi 
Shakti can take terrifying form and be 
malevolent towards her enemies while 
being compassionate and motherly towards 
her devotees.
Chandraghanta rides a tiger or lion as her 
vehicle, representing bravery. This form of 
Durga is not completely different from 
earlier forms. It shows that when provoked 
she can be malevolent. Her malevolent 
form is said to be Chandi or Chamunda 
Devi. She is otherwise the very embodiment 
of serenity.
 

In the form of Chandraghanta, she prayed 
and persuaded Shiva to take the form of a 
handsome god and also turn his marriage 
procession to noble one.Shiva thus reappeared as a charming prince 
bedecked with many jewels. Shiva and 
Parvati’s marriage was solemnized as per 
rituals. The day of their marriage is 
celebrated as Maha Shivratri every year.
By the grace of Ma Chandraghanta all the 
sins, distresses, physical sufferings, mental 
tribulations and ghostly hurdles of the 
devotees are eradicated. 
Riding on the lion, she exudes fearlessness 
in her devotees. 
During the battle between her and the 
demons, the loud terrifying sound produced 
by her bell killed wicked Rakshasa. She is 
ever in a warring posture which shows her 
eagerness to destroy the foes of her 
devotees so that they may live in peace and 
prosperity.
Divine vision is acquired by her grace. If a 
devotee happens to enjoy divine fragrance 
and hears diverse sounds, he is said to be 
blessed by the Mother.
Durga incarnated as Kaushiki, in order to 
vanquish demons Shumbh and Nishumbh 
and their hordes. The beauty of Kaushiki 
was to lure demons to their doom. Shumbh 
wanted to marry Kaushiki to his brother 
Nishumbh and thus sent demon 
Dhumralochan to bring her. When she 
resisted, Dhumralochan attacked her. 
Enraged, mata Parvati just by a mere 
'humkar' destroyed Dhumralochan. 
Otherwise Ma Chandraghanta embodies 
serenity. The devotees who adore and 
worship her with their deeds, mind andspeech, develop an aura of divine splendor 
around themselves. 
It is said that they can easily achieve success 
in every walk of life. Ma Chandraghantaa is 
ever ready to destroy the wicked being but 
to a devotee she always appears as the kind 
and compassionate mother showering love, 
peace and prosperity.

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