Goddess Vishweshwari is a name used to refer to Mother
Goddess Shakti. The term is used when Goddess Shakti is referred as the queen
of all living and nonliving and the ruler of all being. As Goddess Vishweshwari
is the protector –Mother to all.
It is Devi Mahatmya that uses the term Goddess Vishweshwari
to emphasize the role of mother taken by Goddess Shakti. She who is
unimaginably ferocious towards those who practice Adharma is at the same time
kind and benevolent towards her children who follow Dharma.
Today Vishweshwari is used as an adjective to glorify
various manifestations of Goddess Shakti and also Goddess Lakshmi.