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The Devi-Mahatmya is not the earliest literary fragment attesting to the existence of devotion to a goddess figure, but it is surely the earliest in which the object of worship is conceptualized as Goddess, with a capital G.
As the earliest Hindu scripture "in which the object of worship is conceptualized as Goddess, with a capital G", [41] the Devi Mahatmya also marks the birth of "independent Shaktism"; i.e. the cult of the Female Principle as a distinct philosophical and denominational entity.
While goddesses were worshiped in India before this period, the Devi Mahatmya is significant in that it is the earliest appearance in the high Sanskritic literary and religious tradition of a treatise in which the Goddess is elevated to a place of ultimate prominence.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Devi-Mahatmya is not the earliest literary fragment attesting to the existence of devotion to a Goddess figure, states Thomas B. Coburn – a professor of Religious Studies, but “it is surely the earliest in which the object of worship is conceptualized as Goddess, with a capital G”.
Durga Saptashati (दुर्गा सप्तशती) or the Devi Mahatmya (देवी माहात्म्य) is a centuries-old text recited by many Hindus especially during Navratri. It is among the loftiest of puranic compositions and is a part of the Markandeya Purana (one of the oldest 18 Maha Puranas in the Hindu tradition).
The Devi-Mahatmya is well-known to both devotees and scholars of the Indian Great Goddess. It is the first comprehensive account of the Goddess in Sanskrit, and it has maintained its centrality...
Apr 16, 2014 · Ithi Markandeya purane savarnike manwanthare, Devi Mahatmye, Devi Charitha Mahatmyam name, Dwadaso adhyaya, This is the twelfth chapter in Devi Mahatmya dealing with The greatness of the story of Devi Occurring in the Savarnika period of Markandeya Purana. Chapter 13: The getting of boons by Suradha and Vaisya.
