On the eighth day of the nine day-long festival of Navratri, we celebrate and we pray to Ma Mahagauri. ‘Maha’ means extremely and ‘Gauri’ means fair. When Parvatiji in the form of Kaalratri was fighting all the demons and when she came back her skin had turned absolutely dark and try as she may she just couldn’t get rid of that dark skin. She prayed to Lord Brahma and she told him that, ‘I want to get rid of this dark skin'. Once Parvati had bathed in the Manasarovar lake she emerged absolutely stunning. Her skin was now fair and radiant and once again she became the fair-skinned one and came to be known as Maa Mahagauri. Maa Mahagauri has four arms. She carries a trident in one hand and a damaru in the other. Listen to the complete story only on this podcast. नौ दिनों तक चलने वाले नवरात्रि के आठवें दिन हम मां महागौरी की प्रार्थना करते हैं। जब कालरात्रि के रूप में पार्वतीजी सभी राक्षसों से लड़ रही थीं और जब वे वापस आईं तो उनकी त्वचा पूरी तरह से काली हो गई थी और वे कोशिश कर सकती थीं कि वह उस काली त्वचा से छुटकारा न पा सकें। उसने भगवान ब्रह्मा से प्रार्थना की और कहा कि, 'मैं इस काली त्वचा से छुटकारा पाना चाहती हूं'। जब पार्वतीजी ने मानसरोवर में स्नान किया तो वह बिल्कुल आश्चर्यजनक रूप से उभरी। पूरी कहानी सिर्फ इस पॉडकास्ट पर सुनें। Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices