Parvati
पार्वती pārvatī'She of the mountain' - daughter of Himavat, consort of Shiva, mother of Ganesha and Kartikeya, and the Shakti through whom Shiva acts. She first appears in the Kena Upanishad as Uma Haimavati, the one who reveals Brahman to the gods.
Explained in depth in Who is Parvati?Where this term appears
- The Navagraha: The Nine Planetary Powers Deities
…one kept his eyes lowered, knowing what his gaze would do, and it was Parvati, the mother, who insisted he look, refusing to believe the warning, and when he raised his eyes the child's head was burnt away, and…
- Who is Durga? Deities
Durga and the one Devi This raises the question every newcomer asks: is Durga the same as Parvati, the gentle consort of Shiva?
- Who is Ganesha? Deities
How Parvati made a son, and how he lost his head The stories everyone knows, the ones that explain the elephant head, come from the Puranas, the great compendia of myth and devotion compiled and expanded across…
- Who is Ganga? Deities
She is a daughter of Himavat, the personified Himalaya, and of Mena, which makes her the sister of Parvati, the mountain's other daughter.
- Who is Murugan? Deities
He is the son of Shiva and Parvati, and the younger brother, in the usual telling, of Ganesha.
- Who is Saraswati? Deities
… the Tridevi , the three great goddesses, beside Lakshmi, wealth, and Parvati, power, the feminine counterparts of the three great gods.
- Who is Shiva? Deities
The fully Puranic Shiva, the dancer, the husband of Parvati, the destroyer in the trinity, is not there yet.
- Who is the Goddess? Deities
Later writers naturally identified her with Parvati, Shiva's consort, also called Uma, also daughter of the mountain Himavat.