Mahāsatī
Mahāsatī · mahā-satī, “the great satī”
Mahāsatī is Bhagavatī, the Devī on whom Devī Pārvatī was told to meditate in the Rambhā vrata. Four-armed, adorned with all ornaments and seated on a lotus, she pervades everywhere in twelve forms.
Her dhyāna
Śrī Kṛshṇa tells Yudhishṭhira how Devī Pārvatī spoke to Bhagavān Śiva on Kailāsa of the vrata of her childhood. Her parents, Himavān and Menā, told her to sit among the five fires and to meditate on Bhagavatī Mahāsatī: four-armed, adorned with all ornaments, seated on a lotus.
Her twelve forms
Himavān and Menā told Devī Pārvatī that Mahāsatī pervades everywhere in these forms, and that she should do ārādhanā of her alone:
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 18–19
As a measure of radiance
The Uttara Parva also names her when it tells of Yogalakshmī, daughter of Ahalyā and wife of Śāṇḍilya Maharshi. In Śāṇḍilya’s house she shone like Sarasvatī, Svāhā, Śacī, Arundhatī, Gaurī, Rājī, Gāyatrī, Mahālakshmī and Mahāsatī.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 103
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 18–19, 103