IN FURTHER SCHEME OF THINGS, GODDESS PRODUCED FROM HER OWN BODY, A FIERCE ENTITY, CALLED - 'MAHALALI', WHO WAS PITCH BLACK; IN HER NECK, THERE WAS A GARLAND OF HUMAN SKULLS; SO DREADFUL LOOKS SHE CARRIED THAT AS SHUMBH SAW HER, AS HE WAS STROLLING IN THE HILLS, HIS LIVINGNESS, ITSELF, WAS AFRAID. BOTH THE MOTHER AND HER COMANION CAME TO A GARDEN, IN THE TOWN OF GODS, RIDING UPON THE LION. durga.