The representations of Siva’s wives, Durgá or Umá,
Visnu’s wife, Laksmí , and Lokesvara’s wife, Prajnaparamitá, are merlu their
embodiments. Their attributes make them easily identifiable. As the wives of
the gods, the goddesses also symbolize nature.
We already kwon that Durgá killed the Asura Mahisa.
In this episode, Durgá symbolizes the power of nature; she is born of the
coming together of the gods’powers, while the Asura symbolizes all that exists
in nature. But, all that exists in nature must be destroyed by the power of
nature, symbolized by the god or the goddess.
