In the sacred tradition, a wondrous vision unfolds of the divine forms and their attributes. Hari stands, supported by Śrī on one foot, glorified by Vimalā and others. His navel blooms with a lotus, and from this seat, he gazes with four faces, embodying both Hari and Śaṅkara. On his right, he wields a spear and lance, while his foot bears the mace and discus. His hair is that of Rudra, adorned with Lakṣmī’s auspicious signs, and he is accompanied by Gaurī and Lakṣmī. Hari’s hands hold the conch, discus, mace, and the Vedas, and his head takes the form of a horse. His left foot is supported by Śeṣa, the serpent, and his right rests upon the back of a tortoise. Dattātreya appears with two arms, Śrī seated in his left lap, while Viṣvaksena, a member of Hari’s retinue, holds the discus, mace, plough, and conch. Then, the Blessed Lord speaks of Caṇḍī. She is depicted with twenty arms, her right hands bearing a trident, sword, spear, discus, noose, shield, weapon, and the gesture of fearlessness. In her left hands, she holds a drum, a dart, a serpent-noose, shield, axe, goad, bow, bell, banner, and mace. Caṇḍī is also shown with ten arms, holding a mirror and mallet, and beneath her lies the buffalo demon, his head severed and fallen. From the demon’s neck emerges a furious man, brandishing a weapon, holding a trident, blood streaming, adorned with a blood-red garland, hair, and eyes. The buffalo is being devoured by a lion, its neck tightly bound by a noose; the lion itself is trampled by Yāmyā’s left foot, and the demon lies low. This Caṇḍikā, three-eyed and armed, the destroyer of enemies, is worshipped in her own form at the place of the nine-petaled lotus, as Durgā. At the beginning, middle, and head of Indra and others, in order, with the nine principles, Caṇḍī appears with eighteen arms on the right, holding a head and shield. She holds a mirror, a threatening finger, bow, banner, drum, noose in her left, and spear, mallet, and trident. The goddess is furnished with thunderbolt, sword, goad, arrows, discus, and rod; the remaining forms have sixteen arms. Setting aside the drum and threatening finger, nine fierce forms are named: Rudra-Caṇḍā, Pracaṇḍā, Caṇḍogrā, Caṇḍanāyikā, Caṇḍā, Caṇḍavatī, Caṇḍarūpā, Aticaṇḍikā, Ugracaṇḍā, and in the middle, Rocanā, Bhāruṇī, and Asitā. Nīlā, Śuklā, Dhūmrikā, Pītā, Śvetā, and the lion-riders stand, while the buffalo and the armed man grasp the demon’s hair and fist. The nine Durgās, standing in the ālīḍha posture, are installed for the increase of sons and prosperity, along with Gaurī, Caṇḍikā, and others, holding a pot, rosary, and fire. Lalitā herself, accomplished in the forest, appears without fire; on the left, her hand rests on her shoulder, while in the second, she holds a mirror. In the southern direction, Saubhāgyā stands with hands joined holding fruit, and above her is Lakṣmī, with a lotus in her southern hand and fruit in her left. Sarasvatī holds a book, rosary, and vīṇā; Śvetā, shining white, holds a lotus and sits upon a makara as Jāhnavī. Yamunā, dark in hue, sits on a tortoise, holding a pot; Tumburu, fair, holds a vīṇā; the trident-bearer stands before the Mother, mounted on a bull. Gaurī, four-faced as Brāhmī, holds a rosary and a demon; Kuṇḍakṣapātriṇī, white, rides a swan as Śāṅkarī. In her right hands are a bow and arrow of autumn hue; in her left, a discus and a bull-shaped bow. Kumari, adorned with peacock feathers and red in color, holds a spear and has two arms. On the left, Lakṣmī holds a discus and conch, and a mace; Varahi, standing on a buffalo, bears a staff, conch, sword, and mace. Aindri, on the left, holds a thunderbolt and is thousand-eyed for accomplishment; Camunda, with sunken eyes, fleshless, and three-eyed, stands, her hair upright, her belly thin. On the left, she wears a tiger skin, holding a skull and sword. In her right hand is a trident and knife; she rides a corpse and is adorned with bones. Vinayaka appears in human form, with a large belly and elephant face. Her trunk is broad, wearing a sacred thread, her face seven digits wide, and her trunk measures thirty-six fingers in breadth and length. Twelve digits is the measure of a kala; the neck, with a vein and half a kala, is thirty-six fingers long; the secret part is one and a half fingers. The navel and thighs are each twelve fingers; the shanks and right foot likewise. In the right hand, a tooth; in the left, an axe, sweet ball, or blue lotus. She is beautiful-faced, with cat-like eyes; at her side is Skanda, riding a peacock. Swami, Shakha, and Vishakha, two-armed, appear in child form. On the right is Shakti and a rooster; sometimes with one face, sometimes six-faced; with six arms, or twelve in the village, or two arms in the forest. She is equipped with spear, arrow, noose, sword, shield, and gesture of warning; with a spear in the right hands, and likewise in the six left hands. Adorned with peacock feathers, she holds a shield, banner, gesture of fearlessness, and a rooster; in fierce and gentle forms, she bears a skull, knife, trident, and noose. Wearing an elephant skin, with face and feet uplifted, is Rudracarcika, this goddess, eight-armed, adorned with a head and girdle. Thus she is Rudra-Camunda, the Lady of Dance, dancing; this very Mahalakshmi is seated, four-faced. She devours men, horses, and buffaloes held in her hands; ten-armed and three-eyed, she bears weapons, swords, and a trident. In her right hand she holds a bell and a shield; a club and a trident as well; she is called Siddha-Camunda. The goddess Siddha-Yogeshvari bestows all accomplishments; another form is red, adorned with noose and goad. Bhairavi, the form of knowledge, is endowed with twelve arms; these eight fierce mothers, born of the cremation ground, are thus remembered. Thus, the divine forms and their attributes are revealed in splendor and awe, each embodying their own powers and mysteries, to be worshipped and revered for their blessings and protection.