Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 481: Shri Tvaksthaa (ōṃ tvaksthāyai namaḥ)

In Namams 475 to 534 represents the Divine Mother’s Yogini forms. 

The Divine Mother is the deity of the organ of touch (Skin); Tvak means Skin. 

Whatever had been eaten by the humans and universal beings get digested by using the body agni (fire) while the waste is being eliminated. The essence of the digestion turns into skin; the Divine Mother is in that Skin form. 

The Divine Mother is having a special skin. As per ideology, for each part of human body, there is a ruling deity. For organ of touch, the skin, the ruling deity is Dakini Devi, who resides in the Visuddhi chakra, throat area. For plants only the touch element works, and they make a living on such touch element. The Divine Mother’s this attribute is thinkable. For humans five sensing attributes sound, touch, form, taste and smell are added by thinking power, meaning that humans have six senses.

The Divine Mother as Dakini Devi providing for humans.

 C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 20 May 2021.

References:

1.       The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San Ramon, California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2.       Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Trichirapalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Chithbavandar