Parvati For the Harry Potter character , see Parvati Patil . This page contains Indic text . Without rendering support , you may see irregular vowel positioning and a lack of conjuncts . More ... Parvati A carved panel featuring Parvati and Shiva at Ellora .Parvathy Kumar Devanagari : पार्वती Sanskrit Transliteration : Pārvatī Consort : Shiva Pārvatī ( Sanskrit : पार्वती ) , sometimes spelled Parvathi or Parvathy , is a Hindu goddess . She is especially worshipped by married women to seek the health and longevity of their husbands . Also , those who pray to Parvati may be asking for help to overcome obstacles in life . In many interpretations of the scriptures , Parvati is also regarded as a representation of Shakti or Durga , albeit the gentle aspect of that goddess . Parvati 's other names include Uma , Lalitha , Gowri , Shivakamini , Aparna , the maternal epithet Mataji , and many hundreds of others ; the Lalita sahasranama contains an authoritative listing . Parvata is one of the Sanskrit words for `` mountain '' ; `` Parvati '' translates to `` She of the mountains '' and refers to Parvati being born the daughter of Himavan , lord of the mountains . Parvati 's parents are Himavat , the personification of the Himalaya mountains , and the apsaras Menā . Parvati is nominally the second consort of Shiva , the Hindu God of destruction and rejuvination . However , she is not different from Dakshayani , being the reincarnation of that former consort of Lord Shiva . Symbolism Parvati symbolises many noble virtues esteemed by Hindu tradition . Just as Shiva is at once the presiding deity of destruction and regeneration , the couple jointly symbolise at once both the power of renunciation and asceticism and the blessings of marital felicity . Kalidasa 's epic Kumarasambhavam details with matchlessly lyrical beauty the story of the maiden Parvati ; her devotions aimed at gaining the favour of Shiva ; the subsequent annihilation of Kamadeva ; the universe falling barren and lifeless resultantly ; the subsequent nuptials , in these circumstances , of the partners of many previous births ; the immaculate birth of Subrahmanya and the eventual resurrection of Kamadeva after intercession by Parvati to Shiva in his favour . Parvati thus symbolises many different virtues esteemed by Hindu tradition : fertility , marital felicity , devotion to the spouse , asceticism and power . It is said in the Saundarya Lahiri , a famous literary work on the goddess , that she is the source of all power in this universe and that because of her , Lord Shiva gets all his powers . She is occasionally depicted as half of Lord Shiva . See also Hindu Goddess Reference Hindu Goddesses : Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions ( ISBN 81-208-0379-5 ) by David Kinsley External links Parvati the Love Goddess : Tales of Marriage and Devotion in Art and Mythology Devotional hymns and eulogies on Parvati Weekly podcast on Vedic Chanting and Vedic Mythology with stories from the Puranas Hinduism | Hindu mythology | Itihasa Female Deities : Gayatri | Saraswati | Lakshmi | Dakshayani | Parvati | Durga | Shakti | Kali | Sita | Devi | Radha | Mahavidya | more ... Male Deities : Vishnu | Shiva | Rama | Krishna | Ganesha | Kartikeya | Hanuman | Lakshmana | Indra | Surya | more ... Texts : Vedas | Upanishads | Puranas | Ramayana | Mahabharata This box :   view • talk • edit  This Hindu mythology-related article is a stub . See the WikiProject Hindu mythology for article coordination . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : Hindu goddesses | Shaktism | Sanskrit terms | Hindu mythology stubs In other languages : Simple English | Dansk | Deutsch | Español | Français | Italiano | עברית | Lietuvių | 日本語 | Norsk ( nynorsk ) | Polski | Português | Русский | Simple English | Suomi | Svenska | தமிழ் | Türkçe | اردو Ellora cave29 Shiva-Parvati-Ravana.jpg A carved panel featuring Parvati and Shiva at Ellora . Parvathy Kumar Parvati पार्वती Pārvatī Shiva 