u003cbr/u003eDurga is the illusory energy (Maya) of Sri Krsna, the supreme personality of Godhead. She manifests as the material energy (Prakriti), which our physical reality is composed of. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn the Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Durga incarnates through several different personalities. My favorite story from the Bhagavatam about Durga is her incarnation as the daughter of Prajapati Dakṣa named Sati. Sati is married to Lord Siva, who Dakṣa doesn’t like. Dakṣa takes Siva’s austere appearance and company of low-natured beings to be inauspicious.  u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDuring an assembly, in a meditative trance, lord Siva doesn’t stand up to offer Dakṣa respect, and his wife’s father takes that as offensive. Dakṣa’s slandering Lord Siva brings shame to Sati, who sacrifices her own body in an act of self-immolation, because she can’t bear to have taken birth from someone who would slander Lord Siva. Her actions at the yajña arena of her father demonstrate the material detachment a yogi or devotee should feel when faced with aparadh (offense) to the Lord. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYou can u003ca href=u0022https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/4/u0022u003eread the whole account in the 4th canto of Srimad Bhagavatamu003c/au003e, chapters 2-5.