The S’rîmad Devî Bhâgawatam
Composed in Sanskrit by Veda Vyasa, the text is considered as a major purana for Devi devotees.
Composed in Sanskrit by Veda Vyasa, the text is considered as a major purana for Devi devotees.
This is an excerpt from a much larger work, the the Srimad Devî Bhagavatam, which describes an incarnation of the goddess Devi who speaks on her nature and how she wants to be worshipped, particularly with Yogic practices, meditation and rituals.
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