Parvati

Daughter of the mountain Himavat, consort of Shiva, mother of Ganesha and Kartikeya

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

• parent: HimavatShiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)
• parent: MenāShiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Shiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati

  deity by descent in this account.

  • parent: HimavatShiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)
  • parent: MenāShiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)
  Shiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)

Children

• Ganesha
• Kartikeya

Children in alternative accounts

• Ganesha: Śvetakalpa: Pārvatī calls her creation her son (not biological birth)Shiva Purana 2.4.13.5–6, 20–28 and note 3 (primary)
• Nandi: Called son by Śiva and Pārvatī at coronation (social kinship)Shiva Purana 3.7.10–22, 31–57, coronation and marriage (primary)

Domains

• fertility
• marital devotion

Powers

• Win Shiva as husband through severe austerity
• Create a living son from her own bodily substance

Epithets

• उमा sanskrit · Umā · epithetPrimary name of the consort of Shiva, daughter of HimavatKena Upaniṣad 3.12 (Umā Haimavatī); Kumārasambhava of Kālidāsa (primary)
• गौरी sanskrit · Gaurī · epithetThe Fair/Golden OneŚiva Purāṇa; Skanda Purāṇa (primary)
• हैमवती sanskrit · Haimavatī · epithetDaughter of the mountain HimavatKena Upaniṣad 3.12; Kumārasambhava of Kālidāsa (primary)
• अन्नपूर्णा sanskrit · Annapūrṇā · cultShe who is full of food; bestower of nourishmentAnnapūrṇā Upaniṣad; Kāśī (Varanasi) Annapūrṇā temple tradition (primary)

Relations

• spouse: ShivaDaughter of Himavat; consort of Shiva; mother of Ganesha and Kartikeya, both of whom already register her as parent.Shiva Purana, Rudra Samhita (Parvati Khanda) (marriage of Shiva and Parvati) (primary)
• parent: HimavatShiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)
• parent: MenāShiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)
• reincarnation of: SatiShiva Purana 2.3.6.2 describes the goddess who previously cast off her body taking birth again.Shiva Purana 2.3.6.1–17, birth of Parvati (primary)
• incarnation: Padmā (Pippalāda’s wife)Shiva Purana 3.25.2–21, Pippalada, Padma and their children (primary)

Sources

• existence: Shiva Purana (primary); Kumarasambhava (primary)