Namaste shian,
Although I am sure others here could do better, I will try to help-
Perhaps you may have come across the description "Daughter of the mountains, She whose vehicle is a lion" in reference to Devi's form of Maa Parvati as well as Maa Durga.
Consider that in traditional warfare, the highest ground is always the most preferable when defending a fixed position; this is why ancient fortresses are situated at the peaks of mountains or hills. If the slope is steep, gravity alone will become a mighty ally against any attacker, who must exert themselves to even approach, while nudging a well-placed boulder might be the only effort needed by the defender to utterly crush an attacker.
In this light, Maa is therefore the ultimate "impregnable fortress", She is unassailable, the "one without a second"; it is not that She is "difficult to access" in terms of Her children, but "unreachable" by any who would seek to oppose Her (or presume to know Her mind, as it were).
I could probably talk endlessly about the depth and richness to be found within Maa's various names, forms, etc. ...but in a way, it is like trying to ease another's hunger or thirst by eating and drinking, all the while describing how delicious and nourishing it all is
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JAI MATA DI
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