(Padma Purana Uttara-khanda)Īccompanied by Godess Lakshmi and other associates, the chatur-vyuha (Four Expansions) headed by Lord Vasudeva are manifest in the eight directions, beginning with the east. The Vedic hymns and all sacred mantras also stay in that holy place, which is made of all the Vedas, and which is known in the Smriti-sastra as the yoga-pitha. In the center reside the deities of fire, sun and moon, Kurma-avatara, Ananta Sesha, and Garuda, the master of the three Vedas. The original (spiritual) forms of devas including Saraswati are present in the spiritual world. In some Puranas (like Skanda Purana) she is sister of Shiva (Shivaanujaa) and in some Tantras with Ganesha.
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Hindus worship her not only for "secular knowledge", but for "divine knowledge" essential to achieve moksha. In Hinduism, Saraswati represents intelligence, consciousness, cosmic knowledge, creativity, education, enlightenment, music, the arts, and power. In the post-Vedic age, she began to lose her status as a river goddess and became increasingly associated with literature, arts, music, etc. In the Rigveda, Saraswati is a river as well as its personification as a goddess. So, Maa Saraswati is symbol of knowledge its flow (or growth) is like a river and knowledge is supremely alluring, like a beautiful woman. The name Saraswati came from "saras" (meaning "flow") and "wati" (meaning "a woman"). Goddess Saraswati is considered to be the "mother of the Vedas" Maa Saraswati or Devi Sarasvati is the goddess of knowledge, music and the arts.