 Shailputri "Shail" means mountains, "Putri" means daughter. Parvati, the daughter of the King of the Mountains Himavan, is called 'Shilputri". Her two hands display a trident and a lotus. Her mount is a bull! | 
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N. Madasamy Shailputri : The Power of Awakening Shailputri means "The Daughter of the Mountain," the abode of Shiva and of the father of Parvati. So Shailputri has a double identity: One as a daughter and another as a wife. This dual role of Shailputri denotes also the great transformation a woman undergoes - not just spiritually but physically - when she turn from a daughter to become a wife. Shailputri, the Devi of the first night of Navratri, symbolizes the beginning of that journey of transformation. Shailputri too in my opinion can be interpreted as the very power that awakens us. Awaken to what? Awaken us to undertake this spiritual journey. She is the power that bring forth the urge to get up and move for without this urge, nothing will happen. There will no beginning. When you have been "asleep" for a long period of time, it does need a great force to awaken us. Shailputri is that very force. She is also the Devi of the root chakra, who, upon awakening, begins Her journey upwards. Sitting on Nadi , and making her first journey from the Muladarachakra? To where? From her father to her husband - the awakening Shakti, beginning Her search for Shiva or making a move towards her Shiva? (Could each Navdurga represent a charka; the seven that all aspirants know; plus the two Tantric charkas that are never named?) Mountains in general are associated with strength, beauty, panorama and variety. They are not manmade like cities. They denote height and depth, grandeur and gravity etc. Mountains represent the obstacles one faces in scaling the spiritual heights in the course of one's efforts at sadhana. Sep 26, 2006 virendra qazi On the auspicious first day of Navratra, let me sent this message of "Shakta- Vimarsha". It is written by a scholar Pandit Chaman Lal Rainal Shaila-putri means the daughter of the Himalaya. Shila means a rock, a stone. SHAILA is the derivative of the word SHILA. It is the rock of spiritual standing and the whole world gets strength from the Shaila-Putri aspect of Purna Prakriti DURGA. From the Yogic point of view, the First Navaratra is considered to be very auspicious day. This is the Yogic start for being in tune with the Divine Mother Durga. Those who want to have any kind of initiation in the Shakti Mantras, can have it on the First of Shukla Pratipda. The aspiration of a devotee is to reach higher and further higher, for spiritual evolution, and for the attainment of Siddhi, which is perfection associated with Ananda/ bliss. Verily, Shaila Putri is the Mooladhara Shakti to be realized within Self and sought for higher depths, in the YOGA-maditation. This is an experience in the soul-searching of Immutable within human existence. Shilaputri is the physical consciousness of the Divine Mother Durga. She is truly PARVATI.---daughter of the King Himvan, as described in the Shiva Purana. Shaila putri is the manifestation of this earth planet, which includes what is apparent on this earth, and within the globe. Shaila putri covers all the hills, vales, water resources, seas and oceans, including atmosphere. Therefore,Shila putri is the essence of the earthly existence. Her abode is in the Mooladhara Chakra. The divine Energy is latent in every human being. It is to be realized. Its color is crimson.The Tattva/element is Earth, with the Guna/quality of coherence, and with the Bheda/distinct characteristics of Ghraana/ the Smell. Its Mantra is La+Ma, i.e.Lama, of the Sanskrit Varnamala. Its focus is on the tip of the tongue, and lips. Dhyana Mantra Of Shaila Putri:-- VANDE VAANCHHIT LAABHAAYA CHANDRARDHA KRITA SHEKHARAAM VRISHAARUDHAAM SHULADHARAAM SHAILA- PUTRIM YASHASVINIIM I pay my VANDANA obeisance to the DIVINE MOTHER SHAILA-PUTRI, 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 lance in her hand. She is Yashasvini ---the CELEBRATED MOTHER DURGA. |