Navratri Series: Day 02 - Brahmacharini Devi

The second day of Navratri is dedicated to Brahmacharini devi. Let us know her story in detail in this post...

Parvati as Brahmacharini, performing tapasya

<p>Before her marriage to Shiva, Parvati lived in the mountains for some time to do tapas (penance). She wanted to impress Shiva, and ask him to marry her.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>When she was almost at the end of her long austerities, an asura called Prakandasura aimed at disturbing her and attacked her with a million other asuras. Parvati was unable to save herself as that would mean stopping the tapas midway.</p><p><br></p><p>Seeing her helplessness, goddesses Lakshmi and Saraswati rushed to her aid. They fought off the million asuras but were yet unable to stop Prakandasura.</p><p><br></p><p>Finally Parvati opened her eyes slightly, and with the power of the tapas she had performed, she could now shoot fire from her eyes itself, which burnt the asura&nbsp;to death.</p><p><br></p><p>The name Bramhacharini is derived from the words Brahma (= tapas in this context) and charini (= ardent female follower).&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The second day of Navratri is dedicated to Brahmacharini devi and this year the colour of the day is red.</p><p><br></p><p><em>This story is in association with </em><strong><em>The Eternal Epics</em></strong><em>. You can check out more such hindu mythological stories on their </em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theeternalepics/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" contenteditable="false"><em>Instagram</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEvNiSFAHJs4BT39GsA7eBw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" contenteditable="false"><em>YouTube</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/theeternalepics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" contenteditable="false"><em>Facebook</em></a><em> and </em><a href="https://studio.thisday.app/editor/www.theeternalepics.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" contenteditable="false"><em>website</em></a><em>.</em></p>