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Mahadevi

Also called: Devi, Yoganidra, Mahamaya, Bhuvaneshvari, Adi Shakti

The Great Goddess of the Shakta frame. In the Devi Mahatmya she is the sleep in which Vishnu lies and must leave his body before he can wake and kill Madhu and Kaitabha; in the Devi Bhagavata she creates the three gods, carries them to her island Manidvipa and shows them their dependence on her by making them women for a hundred years. Her three functions are carried by the Tridevi — Mahasaraswati, Mahalakshmi, Mahakali.

creation boon

Sources: Devi Mahatmya, chapter 1: the slaying of Madhu and Kaitabha — devimahatmya.com; Manidvipa — Wikipedia; Mahadevi — Wikipedia; Devi Bhagavata Purana, Book 3 (Wisdom Library, Swami Vijnanananda translation) · see Mahadevi's web

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Mahadevi source of

Brahma (God) Shakta · Who made whom: the Devi Bhagavata's frame
Created by the Goddess for creation; made a woman on Manidvipa for a hundred years.
Vishnu (God) Shakta · Who made whom: the Devi Bhagavata's frame
Created by the Goddess for preservation; made a woman on Manidvipa for a hundred years.
Shiva (God) Shakta · Who made whom: the Devi Bhagavata's frame
Created by the Goddess for destruction; made a woman on Manidvipa for a hundred years.
Saraswati (Consort) Shakta · Who made whom: the Devi Bhagavata's frame
As Mahasaraswati, one of the Tridevi born of the Goddess (Book 3).
Lakshmi (Consort) Shakta · Who made whom: the Devi Bhagavata's frame
As Mahalakshmi, one of the Tridevi born of the Goddess (Book 3).
Parvati (Consort) Shakta · Who made whom: the Devi Bhagavata's frame
As Mahakali, one of the Tridevi born of the Goddess (Book 3).

Mahadevi granted a boon to

Madhu (Asura) Shakta · Madhu and Kaitabha
Devi Bhagavata: death only by their own consent.
Kaitabha (Asura) Shakta · Madhu and Kaitabha
Devi Bhagavata: death only by their own consent.

Mahadevi blessed

Vishnu (God) Shakta · Madhu and Kaitabha
Leaves his body as Yoganidra so he can wake; deludes the demons into granting the boon.

Mahadevi worshipped by

Brahma (God) Shakta · Madhu and Kaitabha
The Brahmastuti / Ratri Sukta, the text's first hymn.

Stories 3

Madhu and Kaitabha
Legend · as Yoganidra / Mahamaya who releases Vishnu (Shakta) · 3 tellings
Who made whom: the Devi Bhagavata's frame
How a tradition frames it · as the creator of the three · 1 telling
The so-called Trimurti cave at Mahabalipuram
In stone and bronze · as as Durga on the panel · 2 tellings

Cited

Devi Mahatmya, chapter 1: the slaying of Madhu and Kaitabha — devimahatmya.com Primary text (translation)
Manidvipa — Wikipedia Encyclopedia unverified
Mahadevi — Wikipedia Encyclopedia unverified
Devi Bhagavata Purana, Book 3 (Wisdom Library, Swami Vijnanananda translation) Primary text (translation) unverified