She alone is the greatest holy place of pilgrimage. Tripura Sundari is most often mentioned in the Lalitopakhyana of Brahmanda Purana and Tripura Rahasya.
She is called Tripura because she is manifested in Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva as the creator, preserver and destroyer of the universe. She is also known as Tripura as her mantra has three clusters of letters. She is called Tripura because it is similar to the triangle (triangle) that symbolizes the yoni and forms her circle. Tripura Sundari means the most beautiful woman in the three worlds. The word Tripura (त्रिपुर ) means three cities or three worlds, Sundari (सुन्दरी) means beautiful woman. In this rendering of the goddess, she is self-emergent, as the Sri Chakra is identical with the goddess herself". In another case, she is depicted as growing from the Sri Chakra, the yantra of Tripura Sundari. Kinsley says, "In one instance she is said to be sitting on Shiva's lap in the Kameshwara form, the 'Lord of Desire'. She is described as the supreme consciousness, ruling from above Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. The Tripura Upanishad places her as the ultimate Shakti (energy, power) of the universe. She is known as Adi Parashakti in Lalitopakhyana of Brahmanda Purana.Īccording to the Srikula tradition in Shaktism, Tripura Sundari is the foremost of the Mahavidyas, the supreme divinity of Hinduism and also the primary goddess of Sri Vidya. She is glorified in many Shakta texts, with Lalita Sahasranama, Soundarya Lahari being the most popular one. Tripura Sundari ( Sanskrit: त्रिपुरा सुन्दरी, IAST: Tripura Sundarī), also known as Rajarajeshwari, Shodashi, Kamakshi, and Lalita is a Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of supreme goddess Mahadevi mainly venerated in Shaktism, the goddess-oriented sect of Hinduism.
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