ब्रह्मचारिणी
Brahmacharini
Iconography
The ascetic form — fair-complexioned, walking barefoot, with no mount. She holds a japa-mala in her right hand and a kamandalu (water pot) in her left.
Significance
Parvati as the tapasvini — performing severe penance to win Shiva as her husband. She represents discipline, vows kept, and the inward turn of devotion and study.
Worship mantra
Mantra text
oṁ devī brahmacāriṇyai namaḥ
Transliteration is under scholarly review — treat as provisional.
Om, salutations to Goddess Brahmacharini.
Dhyana shloka
Mantra text
dadhānā karapadmābhyām akṣamālākamaṇḍalū | devī prasīdatu mayi brahmacāriṇyanuttamā ||
Transliteration is under scholarly review — treat as provisional.
Bearing in her lotus hands the japa-mala and the kamandalu — may the supreme Goddess Brahmacharini be gracious unto me.
Bhog for the day
Sugar or mishri (rock sugar)