Parvati | |
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Member of Tridevi and Pancha Prakriti | |
![]() Parvati with her son Ganesha | |
Other names | Uma, Gauri, Durga, Kali, Aparna, Girija, Haimavati, Shankari, Maheshvari, Ambika, Bhavani, Shivani |
Sanskrit transliteration | Pārvatī |
Devanagari | पार्वती |
Affiliation | Mahadevi, Tridevi, Sati, Durga, Kali, Mahakali, Tripura Sundari, Mariamman, Mahavidyas, Korravai |
Abode | Mount Kailasha, Manidvipa |
Mantra | Sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalye Śive Sarvārthasādhike। Śaranye Tryambake Gauri Nārāyaṇi Namo'Stu Te॥ |
Day | Monday & Friday |
Mount | Lion and Tiger |
Texts | Devi-Bhagavata Purana, Mahabhagavata Purana, Devi Mahatmya, Kalika Purana, Shakta Upanishads, Tantras |
Festivals | Navaratri, Vijayadashami, Teej, Bathukamma, Gauri Habba, Durga Puja, Kali Puja |
Genealogy | |
Parents | Himavan (father) Maināvati (mother)[7][8] |
Siblings | Ganga (elder sister)[5] Mainaka (elder brother)[6] |
Consort | Shiva |
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Parvati (Sanskrit: पार्वती, IAST: Pārvatī), also known as Uma (Sanskrit: उमा, IAST: Umā) and Gauri (Sanskrit: गौरी, IAST: Gaurī), is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood. She is one of the central deities of the goddess-oriented sect called Shaktism, and the supreme goddess in Shaivism. Along with Lakshmi and Sarasvati, she forms the Tridevi.[9] In her complete form, she is a physical representation of Mahadevi also known as Adi Shakti, the primordial power behind the creation of the universe, the creator and destroyer according to Shaktism.[10][11]
Parvati is married to Shiva. She is a primordial goddess in Hinduism.[12] Parvati and Shiva have taken many incarnations and divine forms together.[13] Parvati is the mother of the Hindu deities Ganesha and Kartikeya, Ashokasundari and many other deities. The Puranas also say that she is the companion of the river goddess Ganga.[6][14] For Hindus, she is considered to be the divine energy between a man and a woman, like the energy of Shiva and Shakti.[15]
Parvati is a powerful, primordial mother goddess,[16] and also has several fearsome forms and killed evil beings in forms such as Gauri, Durga, Kali, the ten Mahavidyas, and the Navadurgas.
Parvati is an embodiment of Shakti. In Shaivism, she is the recreative energy and power of Shiva, and she is the cause of a bond that connects all beings and a means of their spiritual release.[17][18] She is also well known as Kamarupa (the embodiment of one's desires) and Kameshvari (the lordess of one's desires). In Hindu temples, shrines are dedicated to her and Shiva, she is symbolically represented as the argha. She is found extensively in ancient Indian literature, and her statues and iconography are present in Hindu temples all over South Asia and Southeast Asia.[19][20]
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