Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.8

v3.c19.8

Regarding the supremacy of Dēvī as a deity and her position as the source of all divine as well as cosmic evolution, it is worth quoting from the same authority. It is said in the Mārkaṇḍēya-purāṇa—“The Gupta-rūpi Dēvī, that is, the Dēvī who is unmanifested, takes the three forms of Lakshmī, Mahākālī and Sarasvatī, representing the