in hinduism, shakambari is an incarnation of ishwari, consort to shiva. she is the divine mother, called "the bearer of the greens.".in hinduism any vegetarian item is considered as the prasad of shakambari devi. == story == thumb|shakambari mata, sakarai, rajasthan a demon named ruru was a great devotee of the trinity (brahma, vishnu and lord shiva). the trio were so pleased by his worship and deeds, that they blessed him immensely and gave an assurance that their blessings and protection will always be on him and his family. ruru had a son named durg. durg was a very ambitious demon. he grew up to be a powerful being. shukracharya advised him to do penance to gain the heaven. he got to know about the boons asked by various demons like tarakasur and mahishasur. shukracharya warned him to be careful while asking for any boon. durg also got to know about the vedas in which all the worldly knowledge is present and the vedas were present with lord brahma. hence to gain the vedas from brahma, he started to worship brahma. finally, lord brahma appeared before him. durg asked for the vedas or immortality as a reward for his penance. brahma had no other option and unwillingly had to give the vedas to him. as vedas went in the hands of durg, brahma was then unable to do his work of creation without the vedas and also the human beings became devoid of religious values. hence, they stopped doing rituals and venerations as a result of which, gods become weak. at this very time, durg attacked over the heaven. the weakened gods no longer possessed the power to battle the demons and hence left from the heaven at once. from then durg came to be known as durgamasur. the condition over the earth became worst as in the absence of moral values and knowledge, everything came to a standstill. earth had become completely dry as biscuit. rain god could not shower the rains as a result of which nothing grew that could be eaten. extreme drought conditions were faced by the human beings. trinity were helpless due to the assurance of protection, they had given to durgamasur's father and his family. there, goddess parvati went to himalayas where gods were praying to her. gods informed her about the droughtful condition over the earth. seeing the dreadful condition of the earth, parvati started crying with uncountable eyes and all of sudden, rivers started flowing full of water. this form of goddess is called as satakshi devi, she rained her tears to bring back all the rivers for thirst. soon after which goddess parvati took form of goddess shakambhari and presented back the greenery to the earth and natural food like fruits, grains, vegetables etc. grew in milliseconds. parvati got to know about durgamasur's evil intentions, so she appeared to him in the form of a lady messenger to make him to give the vedas back to brahma and also to give back the heaven to indra. durgamasur didn't want to, 
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