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Shailaputri (शैलपुत्री), is the daughter of the Mountain King Himavat, and is a manifestation and form of the Hindu mother goddess Mahadevi, as a form of goddess Parvati. She is the first Navadurga venerated during the first day of Navratri, and is a reincarnation of Goddess Sati.
The embodiment of the power of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, she rides a bull and carries a trident and a lotus in her two hands. In a previous birth, she was Sati, daughter of Daksha. Once Daksha had organized a great yagna (fire sacrifice) and did not invite Sati's husband, Shiva. Sati, infuriated, decided to attend the feast nevertheless. Thereupon, Daksha insulted Shiva. Sati could not tolerate this insult, and thus destroyed Daksha's sacrifice by stepping into the sacrificial fire, immolating herself. In her next birth, she was born as Parvati, the daughter of Himalaya, and married Shiva again.
In yoga, she is seen as the goddess of the root chakra, Muladhara, and upon one's spiritual awakening, she is said to begin her journey upwards towards Shiva, who awaits her at the top chakra at the Sahasrara. In Shaktism, the first day of Navaratri is considered an auspicious day to begin yogic practices and to receive initiations.
Mantra of Shailaputri:
- ॐ देवी शैलपुत्र्यै नमः॥
- Om Devī Shailaputryai Namah॥
Prarthana or Prayer of Shailaputri
- वन्दे वाञ्छितलाभाय चन्द्रार्ध कृतशेखराम् ।
- वृषारूढाम् शूलधराम् शैलपुत्रीम् यशस्विनीम् ॥
- Vande Vānchhitalābhāya Chandrardhakritashekharam।
- Vrishārudhām Shuladharām Shailaputrīm Yashasvinīm॥
"I pay my obeisance to Devi Shailaputri, who bestows upon the choicest boons to the devotees. The moon in the crescent form is adorned as the crown on her forehead. She is mounted on the bullock. She holds a trident in her hand. She is Yashasvini."
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