“Shashan Devi” (or “Shasan Devi”) ka simple arth:

• “Shashan” = Tirthankar ka dharm‑rajya, unka updesh aur unka sampraday (Jain dharm ka vyavasthit sangh).
• “Devi” = Devī, rakshak shakti.

Isliye Shashan Devi ka matlab hua: “Vah Devī jo Tirthankar ke dharm‑shashan ki raksha karti hai.”

Jain paramparā ke anusār:

• Har 24 Tirthankar ke saath ek‑ek Yakshini / Shashan Devi hoti hai.
• Ve Jain dharm, Tirthankar ke mandir aur unke shravak–shravikāon ki raksha karne wali deviyā̃ maani jaati hain.
• Unka mukhya kām hai:

- dharm‑path par chalne wale ko sahas dena, - badhā (obstacle) door karna, - aur Tirthankar ke updesh (shashan) ko sthir rakhna.

Udāharan:

• Rishabhdev (Ādināth) ki Shashan Devi – Chakreshwari
• Nemināth ki Shashan Devi – Ambikā (Kushmāṇḍinī)
• Pārshvanāth ki Shashan Devi – Padmāvatī
• Mahāvīr Swāmī ki Shashan Devi – Siddhāyikā (Lakshmī‑roop)

Inka pūjan Jain dharm me mukhyataḥ Tirthankar ke sahayak rakshak dev‑deviyā̃ ke rūp me hota hai; uddeshya sirf dharma‑bal aur āntarik shakti prāpt karna hai, na ki sansārik bhoga ki icchā.