Legend has it that Lord Brahma is said to be very liberal with granting boons and is easily pleased when

prayed to
without any thought as to who is praying and asking him for a boon. HE is rather callous in granting boons to the
demons unguardedly.

All the deadly demons, from Hiranyakashipu to Ravana, received their boons from Brahma, which made them
singularly notorious in destroying the noble virtues of the world.
Even Mahisasura – The Buffalo Demon, with his intense prayers to Lord Brahma won over him and got bestowed the
boon that he could change between the two forms of Human and Buffalo at will and could not be vanquished by any
God or Man. With his new powers, he unleashed a wave of terror and invaded the Gods, who sought help from the
Supreme Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. But none of the Gods including the Holy Trinity could defeat him and
the Demon created havoc on heaven, earth and the nether world.

So the Holy Trinity energized the wife of Shiva, Parvati, with all their creative forces and powers, transforming her
into the beautiful, powerful and glorious Goddess Durga. Her face was sculpted by Shiva, torso by Indra, breasts by
Chandra (the moon), teeth by Brahma, bottom by the Earth, thighs and knees by Varuna (wind), and her three eyes
by Agni (fire).
“I am Durga, the inaccessible one,” said the glorious goddess. “I am Prakriti, the substance that gives form and
identity to all things. I am Shakti, the power that enables all creatures to exist, to feel, think, act and react. I am
Maya, the delusion that makes life alluring yet elusive.”
“Give me your weapons and I shall destroy he who seeks to dominate me,” said the great goddess.
Each God also gave her their most powerful weapons to her. Shiva gave his trident, Vishnu his discus, Indra his
thunderbolt, Kumara his lance, Brahma his bow and arrow, Vishwakarma his shield and Kubera his mace and the
raging lioness Narsimhi – Durga’s Mount came from Narsimha.
Thus Durga became the centrifugal force of all the unbridled, untamed, restless energies of the cosmos. She could
not be subjugated by the authority of any man, beast, god or demon.