Parvati (Sanskrit: पार्वती, IAST: Pārvatī), Uma (Sanskrit: उमा, IAST: Umā) or Gauri (Sanskrit: गौरी, IAST: Gaurī) is the Hindu goddess of fertility, love, beauty, harmony, marriage, children, and devotion; as well as of divine strength and power.[6][7][8] Known by many other names, she is the gentle and nurturing form of the Supreme Hindu goddess Adi Parashakti (Shivashakti) and one of the central deities of the Goddess-oriented Shakti sect called Shaktism. She is the Mother goddess in Hinduism,[1][9] and has many attributes and aspects. Each of her aspects is expressed with a different name, giving her over 10000 names in regional Hindu stories of India.[10] Along with Lakshmi and Saraswati, she forms the trinity of Hindu goddesses (Tridevi).[11]

Parvati
Adi Shakti, The Mother Goddess,[1]
Goddess of Creative Power and Divine Energy[2]
Member of Tridevi
A goddess probably Parvati as Durga riding on a lion present Wellcome V0045026.jpg
Parvati with her infant son Ganesha, riding a lion, surrounded by attendants
Other names
Uma, Gauri, Shakti, Urvi, Hemavati
Sanskrit transliteration
Pārvatī
Devanagari
पार्वती
Affiliation
Devi, Tridevi, Shakti, Kali, Durga, Sati, Adi Parashakti
Abode
Mount Kailash
Mantra
Sarva-Mangala-Maangalye Shive Saarvartha-Sadhike Sharanye-Trayambake Gauri Narayani Namostute; Om Namo Bhagavati Parvatey namaha
Mount
Lion or tiger or Bull
Texts
Durga Saptashati, Devi Mahatmyam, Devi Bhagwat puran
Festivals
Navaratri, Bathukamma, Durga Puja, Gauri Puja, Atla Tadde, Vijayadashami, Teej, Thiruvathira, Gowri Habba
Personal information
Parents
Himavan
Menā (Maināvati)[4][5]
Siblings
Vishnu (spiritual brother)
Ganga (elder sister)[3]
Consort
Shiva
Children
Ganesha and Kartikeya
Parvati is the wife of the Hindu god Shiva – the protector, the destroyer and regenerator of the universe and all life.[12] She is the daughter of the mountain king Himavan and queen Mena.[13] Parvati is the mother of Hindu deities Ganesha and Kartikeya. The Puranas also referenced her to be the sister of river goddess Ganga and the preserver god Vishnu.[14][3] 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.[citation needed]

Parvati is a form 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.[15][16] 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.[17][18]
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