The Sanskrit word "Sakthi"briefly means "sacred force", "power". Sakthi is the goddess of divine feminine creative power, sometimes referred to as 'The Great Divine Mother' in Hinduism.

In Shaktism, Shakti is worshiped as the Supreme Being. However, in other Hindu traditions ofShaivism and Vaishnavism, Shakti embodies the active feminine energy Prakriti of Purusha, who is Vishnu in Vaishnavism or Shiva in Shaivism. Vishnu's female counterpart is called Lakshmi, with Parvati being the female half of Shiva.