Goddess Shakthi

SHAKTI symbolises the feminine principle, the activating power and energy.

SHAKTI means energy, power, movement, change, nature. It is the maternal principle – the provider, abundance. In the human as well as in the animal kingdom the mother offers nourishment, warmth and security. There is no greater love than the love of a mother. The mother carries and nourishes the child in her own body.
 

Shakti the Goddess is Force, Power, Energy, Active, Dynamic, Feminine, God, Mother, Devi, Sacred, Protector, Punisher, Curer, Creation, Source, Good, Balance, Universal, Preserver, Divine, Desire, Kundalini, Complete, Embodiment, Supreme, One without a second, Manifest, Unmanifest, Daughter, Transcendent, the Ultimate Reality, the Power Pole of the Divine, Cosmic, Great, Life-Giving, Awakener, Grace-Bestowing, the Descent of the Holy Spirit, Light Immersion, Expression, the Dissolver, Vital, Pure, Absolute, Primordial, the Transformer, Heat, Light, Real Wisdom, Genesis, the Animator, Mantra, Essential, Wife, Queen, Destroyer, the Void, Most Glorious….Shakti is ALL.

Lord Siva’s ten incarnations corresponding to those of Shakti

Corresponding to Ten Maha Vidyas of Shakti, Lord Siva assumed Ten Incarnations

The first Incarnation was that of Mahakal and the counterpart Maha Vidya was of Maha Kali.

The next was that of Tar and the corresponding Shaki was Tara

The third incarnation of Siva was Bhuvaneswar and the complement was Bhuvanewari

while the fourth was Sodash or Sri Vidyesh and the matching Shakti was Sodashi or Sri. Parameswara’s

Fifth Avatar was Bhairav and the balancing Shakti was Bhiravi. 

Chhinnamastak Siva was the counter part of Chhinnamasta in the Sixth Incarnation

Dhumavan and Dhumavati were Siva and Shakti of the Seventh

while the Eighth Avatars manifested as Bhagala Mukh and Baglamukhi or Bhagalamba

Matang and Matangi are the corresponding names of Siva and Shakti in the Nineth Incarnation and

finally the Avatars of Siva and Mahavidyas were Kamal and Kamala.