Mother of Sacred Masculine
Jai Ma Skandamata — Celebrating the divine feminine
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1 min readOct 6, 2019
Ma Skandamata is the fifth Goddess manifestation of the Navadurga (nine forms of Goddess Durga). Navaratri (the nine nights festival) celebrates the divine feminine. Her name comes from word Skanda, that is another name for war god and Mata is the term for mother.
Mother of all sons
who go to wars
to tear down evil,
who are of their
father’s moon and
their mother’s fire,
have their place
in the lotus-lap
of Ma. she blesses
them with victories
in all battles that
require to shield
the sacred feminine.
they are the protectors
of the divine rose.
~
Vaishali Paliwal