Kalaratri

1. Kalaratri The Seventh form of Goddess Durga is Maa Kalaratri. When the Goddess Parvati removed outer golden skin to kill demons named Shumbha and Nishumbha, She was known to be Goddess Kalaratri. Kalaratri is the fiercest and the most ferocious form of Goddess Parvati. Goddess Kalaratri complexion is dark black and She rides on a donkey. She is depicted with four hands. Her right hands are in Abhaya and Varada Mudra and She carries sword and the deadly iron hook in her left hands. She blesses her devotees with Abhaya and Varada Mudras. Because of her Shubh or auspicious power within her ferocious form Goddess Kalaratri is also known as Goddess Shubhankari Mantra of MaaKalaratri ॐदेवीकालरात्र्यैनमः Om Devi Kalaratryai Namah Prarthana for MaaKalaratri एकवेणीजपाकणणपूरानग्नाखरास्थित लम्बोष्ठीकर्णणकाकणीतैलाभ्यक्तशरीररणी॥ वामपादोल्लसल्लोहलताकण्टकभूषणा वर्णनमूर्णध्वजाकृष्णाकालरात्रिभणयङ्करी॥ Ekaveni Japakarnapura Nagna Kharasthita Lamboshthi Karnikakarni Tailabhyakta Sharirini॥ Vamapadollasalloha Latakantakabhushan Vardhana Murdhadhwaja Krishna Kalaratrirbhayankari॥