Shri Mahalasa Narayani Prasanna!
The
Glory of Shri Mahalasa Narayani
Three: The arrival in Gomantak
| However,
in Mardol, Mahalasa is dissociated from Shiva-Parvati concept and entirely
regarded as the Mohini Roopa of Lord Vishnu only. The nomenclature Mahalasa
Narayani distinctly corroborates this concept.
The deity, it may particularly be noted, also wears the holy thread, 'Yadnyopavitra', which is its unique feature. The worship of this deity prevailed from the very ancient times among the Saraswat Brahmins from times before their settlement in Goa, or Gomantak as it was known. In the Sahyadri Khand of the Skand Puran, it is said that Parushuram brought ten Saraswat families in Gomantak from their settlements in Trihotra in the North. These ten families brought with them their following family deities: Mangueshi, Mahadeva, Mahalaxmi, Mahalasa, Shantadurga, Nagesh and Saptkoteshwar. |
 Shri Mahalasa as seen in Suvarnamuhalankar |
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