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A देवी born out of part of original nature मूलप्रकृति . Since she was born out of षष्ठी part, she is called षष्ठीदेवी . Also called देवसेना , षष्ठीदेवी is the patron-devī of children. She grants them life. She protects them as the real mother and always remains by their side. She has earned सिद्धिस् by the practice of yoga, is the best among the अष्टमातृस् (eight mothers) and is the wife of सुब्रह्मण्य .

Blessings of the देवी

She is foremost among the देवीस् , who bless children. There is a story in the ninth canto of देवी भागवत revealing the importance of षष्ठीदेवी .

Though प्रियव्रत , son of स्वायम्भुव मनु was at first averse to marriage he, at last, married, on the insistence of ब्रह्मा , a woman called मालिनी . For long he had no issues and sad at heart he got a पुत्रकामेष्टि यज्ञ performed by कश्यप प्रजापति as a result of which मालिनी got pregnant, and delivered in the twelfth year. But, the child was still-born and प्रियव्रत set out with the corpse for the burning ghat. But, he could not make up his mind to give it up and so decided himself also to court death. Then he saw a divine plane stop there with a woman in it, who spoke to him as follows: "I am देवसेनादेवी , the mental daughter of ब्रह्मा and wife of स्कन्ददेव . It is I, who grant son to the sonless, wife to the wifeless, husband to the husbandless, wealth to the poor and the results of their actions to all." So saying the देवी took from प्रियव्रत the corpse of his child and brought it back to life.