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Durga is the external potency of the Lord, and she is associated with Lord Siva

Expressions researched:
"Durga is the external potency of the Lord, and she is associated with Lord Siva" |"Durga, or Kali, the external potency" |"Lord Siva is in charge of the destruction, which he carries out with the help of his material energy, goddess Kali, or goddess Durga"

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 2

Durgā is the external potency of the Lord, and she is associated with Lord Śiva.
SB 2.7.23, Purport:

There are many unscrupulous and ignorant commentators on Rāmāyaṇa who present the younger brothers of Lord Rāmacandra as ordinary living entities. But here in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the most authentic scripture on the science of Godhead, it is clearly stated that His brothers were His plenary expansions. Originally Lord Rāmacandra is the incarnation of Vāsudeva, Lakṣmaṇa is the incarnation of Saṅkarṣaṇa, Bharata is the incarnation of Pradyumna, and Śatrughna is the incarnation of Aniruddha, expansions of the Personality of Godhead. Lakṣmījī Sītā is the internal potency of the Lord and is neither an ordinary woman nor the external potency incarnation of Durgā. Durgā is the external potency of the Lord, and she is associated with Lord Śiva.

SB Canto 4

Lord Śiva is in charge of the destruction, which he carries out with the help of his material energy, goddess Kālī, or goddess Durgā.
SB 4.24.18, Purport:

Lord Śiva is also in charge of the tamo-guṇa, or the mode of ignorance in this material world. His potency, the goddess Durgā, is described as keeping all living entities in the darkness of ignorance (yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu nidra-rūpaṁ saṁsthitā). Both Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva are incarnations of Lord Viṣṇu, but Lord Brahmā is in charge of the creation whereas Lord Śiva is in charge of the destruction, which he carries out with the help of his material energy, goddess Kālī, or goddess Durgā. Thus in this verse Lord Śiva is described as being accompanied by dangerous potencies (śaktyā ghorayā), and that is the actual position of Lord Śiva.

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

CC Madhya-lila

When the mode of passion is mixed with the mode of ignorance, one worships Durgā, or Kālī, the external potency.
CC Madhya 24.330, Purport:

When the mode of passion is mixed with the mode of ignorance, one worships Durgā, or Kālī, the external potency. When one is simply in the mode of ignorance, one becomes a devotee of Lord Śiva because Lord Śiva is the predominating deity of the mode of ignorance within this material world.

Page Title:Durga is the external potency of the Lord, and she is associated with Lord Siva
Compiler:Sahadeva
Created:11 of May, 2010
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=2, CC=1, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:3