The Divine Mother is the primordial (existing at or from the beginning of time) power, the Parashakti who is the cause of the universe.
The Divine Mother is the original creator and Shakti in the universe. Those manifested and non-manifested beings in this universe all have their origin in the Divine Mother. She is there without any argument as the ultimate Brahman. The Devi worshippers say that state as Adishakti; traditional Shavites say it is Sadashiva and Vaishnavas say it is Mahavishnu. In Vedas that is called Brahman; there is no change in its state as it is the ultimate. It is always full and infinite. Even when countless universes are created from it, it does not change its originality. So, it is appropriate to celebrate Her as Adishakti or Parashakti.
She is the original cause to create the universe. She is within the Brahman in unison with Lord Shiva, She gives energy or Shakti to Lord Shiva as stated in Soundarya Lahari verse one by Adi Sankara.
The whole universe arises
from the Divine Mother; it exists in Her and dissolves in Her during Pralaya.
She is the cause, and the universe is the effect; here the same effect finally
dissolves into the cause during pralaya.
The Divine Mother as Adishakti ruling the
universe.
C N Nachiappun
Singapore, 01 October 2021.
References:
1.
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 Sithbavandar
4. The infinity or completeness can be understood more in
this article: https://shlokam.org/purnamadha/
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