Menā, the devoted wife of Himavat, the lord of mountains, approached her husband and spoke with deep reverence. She said, “From the austerities performed by both of us, a daughter has been born—not merely for our joy, but for the welfare of all beings.” This extraordinary child was adorned with matted hair, possessed four faces and three eyes, and radiated a brilliance that surpassed the ordinary. She was a wondrous mystery: at once with attributes and beyond them, manifest before all, yet transcending both existence and non-existence. As Himavat beheld this remarkable vision, awe and a touch of fear filled his heart. With hands joined in humility, he addressed the Supreme Lady standing before him, “O gentle one, I do not truly know who you are. Please, tell me as I ask, reveal your true nature.” The Supreme Lady, the giver of fearlessness to yogis, turned her gaze upon the great mountain king and spoke. “I am unique, imperishable, and one—beheld by those who seek liberation. I am the very embodiment of eternal sovereignty and knowledge, the source from which all activity springs.” Then, with boundless compassion, she granted Himavat divine sight, saying, “Behold my sovereign form.” In that moment, she revealed her own supreme, divine appearance. Her form was resplendent, adorned with thousands of garlands of flames, blazing like hundreds of fires at the end of the world. In her hands she held a trident and a wild boar, her aspect fierce and awe-inspiring. Her body was marked by the moon’s signs and shone with the radiance of ten million moons. She was adorned with celestial garlands and garments, anointed with divine fragrances. This Supreme Lady was both within and beyond the cosmic egg—immanent and transcendent, present both inside and outside all creation. At her lotus feet, even Brahma, Indra, Upendra, and the greatest lords of yogis offered their worship. Himavat beheld her pervading and abiding in all things. Though overcome by awe and fear, his heart brimmed with joy. With devotion, he praised the Supreme Lady with a thousand and eight names, extolling her true nature: “She is peaceful, the great power of Shiva, eternal, everlasting, and the supreme imperishable. She is without beginning, undecaying, pure, divine in essence, all-pervading, and unshakable. She is the great power of Shiva, truthful, the great goddess, and stainless. She is Nanda, the soul of all, knowledge itself, the very form of light, immortal and imperishable. She is the form of space, abides in space, supports space, imperishable and immortal. She is the ritual, the first-born, the navel of immortality, and the refuge of the Self. She is the mistress of life, the very form of breath, and the sovereign of both primordial matter and spirit. She is the controller of all actions, the goddess of all beings and their lords. Born of space, established in union, she is the goddess of the lords of great yoga. She is the source of worldly existence, complete, and the origin of all powers. She is the power of life, the knowledge of breath, a yogini, and the supreme art. Beginningless, of infinite power, devoted to the highest purpose, she is the fire for the spirit. She is the source of sound, composed of sound, called Nada, and of the form of sound. Ancient, made of consciousness, the origin of beings, and of the form of the cosmic person. She transcends birth, death, and old age, and is endowed with all powers. She is the power of the knower of the field, marked by the unmanifest, and free from impurity. Born from great illusion, of tamas, of the spirit, and constant. She does not act, yet is the mother of action, always possessing the nature of creation. She is the womb of Brahma, composed of the fourfold Vedas, whose essence is Padmanabha and Achyuta. She is the support of all, of great form, endowed with all sovereignty.” Thus did Himavat, in awe and devotion, witness and praise the Supreme Lady, who is the eternal source, sustainer, and sovereign of all that is.