Himavat

Children

• Parvati

Children in alternative accounts

• Parvati: Shiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of ParvatiShiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)

Domains

• earth

Relations

• parent of: ParvatiFather of Parvati (Haimavati, daughter of the mountain).Kalidasa Kumarasambhava 1; Shiva Purana Rudra Samhita Parvati Khanda (primary)
• parent of: GaṅgāFather of the river-goddess Ganga in the Puranic genealogy, elder sister of Parvati.Kalidasa Kumarasambhava 1; Puranic genealogy (primary)
• spouse: MenāShiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)

Sources

• existence: Kena Upanishad 3.12; Kalidasa Kumarasambhava 1; Shiva Purana Rudra Samhita; Mahabharata (primary)