Durga Mata Katha

Bahut purani baat hai. Swarglok me devta sukh-shanti se rehte the. Lekin tabhi ek bahut shaktishali asur paida hua jiska naam Mahishasur tha. Usne kathor tapasya karke Brahma ji se vardaan paaya ki use koi devta ya koi purush hara nahi sakta.Is vardaan ke baad Mahishasur bahut hi ahankari ho gaya. Usne teenon lokon — swarg, dharti aur paatal — me apna atyachar faila diya. Devta swarg se bhaga diye gaye aur sab dukhi ho gaye.

Tab sab devta milkar Brahma, Vishnu aur Mahesh (Shiv ji) ke paas gaye. Unhone apna dukh bataya ki Mahishasur ne sab kuch tabah kar diya hai.Tab teeno devtaon ki shakti ek saath judi. Shiv ji ka tej, Vishnu ji ka chakra, Indra ka vajra, Varun ka shankh aur anya devtaon ki shakti milkar ek bahut tez roshni bani.Us roshni se ek divya shakti ka janm hua — wahi thi Durga Mata.Sab devtaon ne unhe apne apne astr-shastr diye. Unka roop bahut tej, shaktishali aur divya tha. Wo sher par sawar hokar dharm ki raksha ke liye taiyar ho gayi.

Mata Durga ne Mahishasur ko yudh ke liye lalkaar diya. Mahishasur apni badi sena ke saath yudh me aaya. Wo baar baar apna roop badalta — kabhi bhainsa, kabhi sher, kabhi haathi — lekin Mata Durga har baar use hara deti thi.
bahut din tak chalta raha. Poora sansaar is bhayankar yudh ko dekh raha tha. Mata Durga ka parakram asadharan tha.
Ant me Mahishasur ne bhainsa roop dharan kiya aur poori shakti se hamla kiya. Tab Mata Durga ne apne trishul se us par prahar kiya aur uska vadh kar diya. Mahishasur ke marne ke baad teenon lokon me shanti aa gayi. Devtaon ne Mata Durga ki stuti ki aur unhe jagat ki rakshak maana.