The goddess Brahmacharini is an aspect of Parvati and wears white clothes, holding a japamala in her right hand and a kamandalu in her left.

She begins to live in mountains like Shiva and engage in the same activities he does, such as asceticism, yogin and tapas; it is this aspect of Parvati that is deemed to be that of goddess Brahmacharini.

He meets her in disguised form and tries to dissuade her by counting Shiva's weaknesses and personality problems.

After many days of fighting, the kamandalu beside Parvati falls and all the demons are washed away in the resulting flood.

Shiva appears in his true form and finally accepts her and breaks her tapas.

[10] Mantra of Brahmacharini: ॐ देवी ब्रह्मचारिण्यै नम: Oṃ Devī Brahmacāriṇyai Namaḥ Prarthana or Prayer: दधाना करपद्माभ्यामक्षमालाकमण्डलू। देवी प्रसीदतु मयि ब्रह्मचारिण्यनुत्तमा॥ या देवी सर्वभू‍तेषु माँ ब्रह्मचारिणी रूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥