Divine Chants of Parvati - Maa Parvati - Ketaki Bhave-Joshi

Parvati (Sanskrit: पार्वती, Pārvatī), Uma (Sanskrit: उमा, Umā) or Gauri (Sanskrit: गौरी, IAST: Gaurī) is the Hindu goddess of fertility, love, beauty, marriage, children, and devotion; as well as of divine strength and power. Known by many other names, she is the gentle and nurturing aspect of the Supreme Hindu goddess Adi Parashakti (Shivashakti) and one of the central deities of the Goddess-oriented Shakta sect. She is the Mother goddess in Hinduism, and has many attributes and aspects. Each of her aspects is expressed with a different name, giving her over 100 names in regional Hindu stories of India. Along with Lakshmi and Saraswati, she forms the trinity of Hindu goddesses (Tridevi).

Parvati is the wife of the Hindu god Shiva – the protector, the destroyer (pure evil) and regenerator of the universe and all life. She is the daughter of the mountain king Himavan and queen Mena. Parvati is the mother of Hindu deities Ganesha, Kartikeya, Ashokasundari. The Puranas also referenced her to be the sister of the preserver god Vishnu. She is the divine energy between a man and a woman, like the energy of Shiva and Shakti. She is also one of the five equivalent deities worshipped in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta Tradition of Hinduism.

With Shiva, Parvati is a central deity in the Shaiva, in Hindu belief, 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. In Hindu temples 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 grace Hindu temples all over South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Other Names

Sati, Adi Parashakti, Shakti, Mahakali, Bhadrakali, Shailaputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayani, Kaalratri, Mahagauri and Siddhidhatri, Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari, Shodashi, Bhuvaneshvari, Bhairavi, Dhumavati, Chhinnamasta, Uma, Gauri, Maheshvari, Bhavani, Shankari, Lalita, Mahadevi, Ambika, Annapurna, Aparajita, Kuleshani, Aparna, Durga, Chamunda, Jagdamba, Girija, Shivashakti, Mahashakti, Prakriti, Mulaprakriti

Affiliation
Tridevi, Adi Parashakti, Shakti, Devi, Kali, Durga, Tripura Sundari, Navadurga

Abode
Mount Kailash

Mount
Lion (Dawon) and Nandi

Consort
Lord Shiva

Children
Ganesha, Kartikeya, Ashokasundari

Parents
Himavan, Menā (Maināvati)

Siblings
Ganga as elder sister, Lord Vishnu as elder brother

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