"By you this universe is borne, by you this world is created. By you it is protected, O Devi and you always consume it at the end. O you who are the form of the whole world, at the time of creation you are the form of the creative force, at the time of sustentation you are the protective power, at the time of the world's dissolution, you are the power of destruction."
-Devi Mahatmyam