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Goddess Skanda Mata worshiped on fifth day

Navratri Day 5: Devotees offer prayer to Goddess Skanda Mata

She usually holds Lord Skanda in his infant form and a lotus in her right and left hands slightly raised upwards. She has four arms, three eyes and a bright complexion. The other 2 hands respectively display defending and granting gestures. It is said that by the mercy of Ma Skand mata, even the idiot becomes an ocean of knowledge.