Adi Parashakti, the Goddess, Devi....the Supreme Being and also known as Adyashakti Mahamaya.

Adi Parashakti, the Goddess, Devi....the Supreme Being and also known as Adyashakti Mahamaya. The Devi Bhagwata Mahapurana suggests that Adi Parashakti is the original creator, observer and destroyer of the whole universe. Hence Adi Parashakti is Parama Prakriti. Goddess Durga is the original manifested form of Mother Adi-Parashakti. Goddess Durga is Adi- Parashakti herself.‪ Durga or Parvati, the goddess of power and beauty, is considered as her saguna svarupa, human form. That is, Parvati or Durga is the truest material form of the Goddess, possessing the three qualities (Sattva, rajas, or tamas). However, the Goddess Adi Parashakti is also considered to be truly supreme spirit without form. She is the Great Goddess, and therefore the source of all other goddesses. She is supreme, but to bring back Lord Shiva in Sansar, she took birth in human form to marry him.! Jai Maa Adi Shakti!
Aap Sab ko Ashtmi ki Shubhkamnayein ~ Happy Ashtmi! Jai Mata Di!