Goddess Dhumavati is one of the Mahavidyas, among the ten Tantric 'Devi', originally she was called as "Devi Sati" . Out of ten Mahavidyas, forms the seventh of 'Adi Parashakthi'. Goddess Dhumavati characteristics is chilling in appearance, outlook is scary, in a smoky form. She looks similar to death, craving, deprivation, and all sort of pessimistic and unpromising outlook called from the scripture "Pranatoshini Tantra". Once she was craving for food, was living in an mountain area with Lord Shiva, being the first wife. Lord Shiva was unable to fetch any food for her and out of hungry she swallowed Lord Shiva and became a widow. Lord Shiva through his eternal power reached her and managed to convince Goddess Dhumavati and Lord Shiva was brought back and out of anger he cursed Goddess Dhumavati to turn ugly and utter a widow appearance. She resembles Goddess Shakthi as an eternal widow, without the presence of Lord Shiva. Despite she admits this image, she has been worshipped by so many devotees praying from negativities and relieve them from the odds and events she faced and safeguard them from poverty and diseases, she underwent.
Goddess Dhumavati is also termed as "Alakshmi" a person without brightness, wealth and primordial. The unconscious curse expressions has depicted her with old age, unsightly relict (ugly widow) was aging-gracefully in her attire, with humongous opportunity and strength, passing through the darkness explicitly the beauty of love and affection reflecting from her soul, symbolically shows that she has the pleasure in sharing what is natural. Though her face are marked with the lines of good and bad, sufferings and sacrifices, but greatly accomplishing her born duties and responsibilities comfortably, in her own skin, unapologetically. She never used Frankincense to reduce the aging defects, but used this quality to stimulate cosmic cells to master anthropology, strengthening the minds of living creatures with will-power, courage, talents, creativity in life, protecting lives of people you love, defeating the aging of devotees to live longer, looking healthy, handsome and beautiful, bestow with boons.