Creative Images Stock Illustrations, Vectors & Clipart including JPG, PNG, and PSD Format about Goddess Shailputri for the first Navadurga of the Navratri festival. On the feet of the goddess Shailputri, worshippers offer pure ghee. It is thought that donating pure ghee gives the devotees a life free from illness and disease. The original birth of Goddess Durga is Goddess Shailputri. She rides a bull named Nandi while holding a Trishul and a lotus in each hand. Since Shail signifies the mountain in Sanskrit, the goddess Parvati is also known as Shailputri because she was born as the Himalayas daughter.