Parvati alongside Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess Saraswati is the group of three known as Tridevi which is the feminine adaptation of Trimurti triad exemplified by Lord Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma. Other than the incomprehensible power and stories identified with the goddess, here are a couple of facts about the goddess Parvati:. Adi Parashakti is depicted in Puranas Kalika Purana, Brahmanda Purana, Devi Bhagavata Purana, and Shiva Purana as a mother, whose energy is liable for the creation, safeguarding, and decimation of the universe.
It is said that Shiva got his achievement subsequent to worshipping and meditating Adi Parashakti for a great many years utilizing the Beeja mantra. She is viewed as the supreme soul past any structure, yet can take any attractive structures. The ten enormous forms of Divine mother goddess are known as Das Mahavidya.
This Mahavidya type of goddess Parvati is viewed as the one to control and work all the nine planets and keep everything under control. During an extraordinary yajna performed by Daksha, Sati and Lord Shiva were offended, and the angered Sati took her original form of Adi Parashakti, cursed Daksha, and took her life by consuming the fire of yagna.
After the demise of Sati, miserable and discouraged Shiva vowed to never wed again and live segregated from the worldly pleasures. Nonetheless, to get the Lord again from his ascetic disconnection, gods persuaded the goddess to accept resurrection as Parvati. Ardhanarishwara is the combined form of Shiv Parvati, depicted as a single body — right half is of Shiva and another half is of Parvati. Parashakti created Shiva out of herself to balance both the feminine and masculine energies.
When Adi Parashakti devolved her power as a Parvati and became the consort of Shiva, it was important to show the whole world that Shiva and Parvati are a single entity, there are both father and mother, both ascetic and worldling both fearsome and gentle and both constructive and destructive, by showing their Ardanarishvara form.
Goddess Tara, later on, became Maa Neel Saraswati for retaining the poison inside her. Goddess Tara is the second of the Dasa Mahavidyas. She is supposed to be the person who made first seed, from which Lord Vishnu took birth as expressed in Shakti Mahabhagawat.
During Samundra Manthan agitating of the sea , when Lord Shiva drank the powerful poison Halahala and fell unconscious, goddess Parvati showed up as Maa Tara as mother and took the Lord on her lap. Goddess Tara at that point takes care of Shiva and fed him with breast milk which helped Lord Shiva to get back to normal. At some point, Lord Shiva and Parvati were contending about the significance of Prakriti nature as Shiva told that all materialistic things are illusions.
Parvati got more angry when he included that, even the food we eat is a illusion. Along these lines, so as to show the significance of food, Parvati vanished from Kailash. Due to her vanishing food likewise vanished and the world began to starve including Lord Shiva, in light of why they began asking goddess to return.
Similarly, Zeus never loved mankind. The ancient Greeks believed that the Gods were a way of defining the - that's right.. Well, the mother of the elephant whose head was cut and placed on Shri Ganesh's body is still weeping by the side of the baby elephant's body, waiting for the Godess to come and console her. Myths make interesting readings. Humans with their limited power of brains strive to understand the infinite and end up describing the same giving characteristics they are familiar with.
That's what must have happened with the Mythologies of the entire world. The Creator, I believe, is much beyond all these. HE some times may even be finding it amusing to see the way in which we humans try to perceive HIM. When I read in mythologies or religious scriptures about the "killing" or "destruction" of evils by God in violent manner, I wonder, how come He, the ultimate Omnipotent, is hardly ever shown using his creative power to transform the minds of evil, and instead,almost always shown "destroying" or "killing" them!
I believe that doing things in moderation with intention to harm no one together with the desiring to realize the unlimited potential within us,should be the qualities we should be focusing on for our own evolution. The middle path, as preached by the Budhha, is also one of the better ways to leave a meaningful life.
We should try not to harm any one, not just because God doesn't like that, but because it gives the much desired bliss to us.
We may just strive to be good to one another and to our ownselves and leave the rest to manifest itself at HIS own will. Let's keep filling our eyes with that OWE,looking at the beautiful creations surrounding us. We haven't even stepped out of our own solar system. To know or to understand the Universe beyond that would take infinite time, which we are not in possesion of.
In the mean time, we may keep reading the mythology and be amused ourselves to see our "ability" to reflect our own characteristics in the name of God! Hinduism is a great religion, so are the other religions of the world. Let's learn the basic things preached by each and every one of them.. I am submitting this with humbleness and with the full knowledge of my own ignorance! Kalpak February 05, Christians no offence your solutions are present in your holy books too!!!
When I was a child I would think, what about looking for scientific proof or evidence of god? I dont need this anymore though. There is so much present on the earth.
The best would be try talking to god yourself. I believe there is one ultimate god without a name in all religions and everybody believes him with different image form and story. This god stands for love more than anything else, so those christians haggin around here go back and do keep searching.
For everone else has a concience which is god inside us which tells us when we do wrong or cause harm others. No religion or god asks man to be violent or harm man I am knowledgeable about this after years of study. The most peaceful religion is not Buddhism although yes it is peaceful but it retreats from people to a closed shell which means giving up from loving and caring for all.
The other religions hold their positions where they are in surveys. Jhageer May 19, Pavanka, you had better get some education. Go and read about sexuality and its origins in spirituality.
Are you a child or simply against life? This of course was brilliant and concise and a wonderful explanation of Shakti-Shiva energy that manifest in us all and the universe we live in. Mythology is an explanation of patterns in nature. Well said, dear Lakshmi Sylvia April 26, According to me you are also god Best internet article I've found yet on Parvati, hands down. Really helped broaden my knowledge and deepen my connection with the Goddess and Siva.
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You have to be absolutely sure that it is I who have returned, and nobody else. Otherwise, I am sure that in my absence some women will try to fool you. After issuing her strict instructions, Parvati withdrew into the forest for an indefinite length of time.
All her jewellery and lovely garments she left behind so that she could give her full attention to prayer and meditation. Outwardly the demon pretended to be detached.
Inwardly he was seething with rage. He went home and came back to the gate a few days later. This time he took the form of a tiny creature. It was something like a snake. Because this creature was so tiny, it was able to pass through the gate unnoticed by the guards. She is considered to be an ascetic and mystic. During the Chola period, she was often shown as wearing her hair in a severe top knot, much like sanyasis ascetics. The Gauri Festival is celebrated on the seventh, eighth and ninth of Bhadrapada Shukla.
She is worshipped as the goddess of harvest and the protecting force behind women. This is also why this festival, mainly observed by women, is also closely related with Ganesh Chaturthi as well. The Gauri festival is popular both in Maharashtra and Karnataka. In Rajasthan, Gauri is worshipped during the Gangaur festival, which commences on the first day of Chaitra, just the day following Holi. This festival continues for a period of 18 days. Images of Issar and Gauri are made from clay and worshipped during the festival.
Yet another very popular festival is Navratri, a ten-day festival, during which all of the Devi's menfestations are worshiped for a period nine days. The festival is mostly to celebrate Her warrior appearance as Mother Durga, with her nine forms i.
The 10th day, Vijayadashami, marks her victory over the terrible demon, Mahishasura. The Gauri tritiya is celebrated from Chaitra shukla third to Vaishakha shukla third. It is said that Parvati spends a month at her parent's home at this time.
This festival is popular in Maharashtra, less observed in North India and is virtually unheard of in Bengal. This is a festival mostly conducted by married women and is somewhat similar to the Indian haldi-kumkum ceremony, where girls and women are invited to households and gifted flowers and fruits, coconuts, small gifts and packets of turmeric and saffron.
Yaa Kundendu tushaara haaradhavalaa, Yaa shubhravastraavritha Yaa veenavara dandamanditakara, Yaa shwetha padmaasana Yaa brahmaachyutha shankara prabhutibhir Devaisadaa Vanditha Saa Maam Paatu Saraswatee Bhagavatee Nihshesha jaadyaapahaa. This is a popular prayer to Goddess Saraswati, the meaning of which is as follows:. May you fully remove my lethargy, sluggishness, and ignorance. Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of learning, knowledge, music and the Arts.
Saraswati has also been identified with and likened to the Vedic Saraswati River. She is the consort of Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. Thus, with the goddesses Parvati and Lakshmi, she completes the set of the divine Tridevi the three goddesses, just like the divine Trinity. According to Hinduism, Saraswati's offspring are the Vedas.
Saraswati is a very popular Indian goddess and is propitiated to attain knowledge and wisdom. Saraswati also prominently features in Mahayana Buddhism, where she initally manifests in the Golden Radiance Sutra of the late 4th or early 5th Century, in a Mahayana Sutra.
Devi Saraswati is often portrayed as a beautiful, white-skinned woman, attired in pure white, seated on a white Nelumbo nucifera lotus. Her vahana or vehicle is the swan, which symbolizes that she is founded in the experience of the Absolute Truth. Thus, she not only has the knowledge but also the experience of the Highest Reality. Saraswati is mostly associated with the color white, which signifies purity of true knowledge.
Occasionally, however, she is also associated with the colour yellow, the colour of the flowers of the mustard plant, that bloom at the time of her festival in the spring.
Unlike the goddess Lakshmi, Saraswati is not adorned heavily with jewels, gold and heavy silks, but is shown as attired very modestly, maybe symbolizing her preference of knowledge over worldly material pursuits. Saraswati is generally shown having four arms, which represent the four aspects of human personality in learning: mind, intellect, alertness, and ego.
Alternatively, these four arms also represent the 4 vedas, the primary sacred books for Hindus. The vedas, in turn, represent the 3 forms of literature: Poetry - the Rigveda containing hymns and representing poetry; Prose - the Yajurveda containing prose; Music - the Samaveda representing music. Prose is represented by the book in one hand, poetry by the rosary of crystals, music by the veena. The pot of sacred water represents purity in all of these three, or their power to purify human thought.
A white swan is often located next to her feet. The sacred swan, if offered a mixture of milk and water, is said to be able to drink the milk alone. The swan thus symbolizes discrimination between the good and the bad or the eternal and the evanescent. Due to her association with the swan, Goddess Saraswati is also referred to as Hamsa-vahini, which means "she who has a swan as her vehicle".
Sometimes a peacock is shown beside the goddess. The peacock represents arrogance and pride over its beauty, and by having a peacock as her mount, the Goddess teaches Hindus not to be concerned with external appearance and to be wise regarding the eternal truth. The goddess's favorite abode, it is believed, is the state of Kashmir, among the Himalayas. Her favorite fruit is said to be the apple. In Hindu mythology, great significance is attached to offering honey to this goddess, as honey is representative of perfect knowledge.
The hymns of the Rigveda the first of the four vedas. The others are Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvana veda on Saraswati, liken her to a giant river with purifying, nourishing, fertile and creative properties. This theory propounds that the river Saraswati was created from the present headwaters of the Yamuna River. In the times of yore, the waters of the Yamuna, after leaving the Himalayan foothills, turned west instead of east and emerged as Paonta Saheb. This Saraswati river also flowed southwest across Punjab and Haryana, following the course of the now Ghaggar-Hakra River in a pathway, roughly parallel to the smaller Indus River to its west.
Furthermore, the Sutlej, then, is said to have flowed further east than it does today, and merged into the Saraswati somewhere near Bahawalpur. Eventually, the giant Mother river, with all her tributaries, joined into the Rann of Kutch, which, then, was a more integral part of the Arabian Sea. It is also said that the Harappan Civilization developed along the course of this very Saraswati river. Now that waterway remains dried up. According to some scholars, goddess Saraswati personified communication and the giver of knowledge due to the role of the Saraswati River in the development of written language in ancient India.
A high degree of seismic activity from the period of B. The Sutlej moved westward and joined the Indus River. The Yamuna, on the other hand, proceeded eastward and joined the sacred Ganges. The loss of water which resulted from these movements caused the once mighty river to dry up in the Thar Desert without having a chance to reach the sea. Without any water for irrigation or transportation, the dense population that had settled on the river basin shifted east, along the banks of the river Yamuna to the Ganges River valley.
Late Vedic texts record the river as literally "disappearing" at Vinasana, then quietly merging into the Yamuna and Ganges, as the invisible river. Some claim that the sanctity of the modern Ganges is directly related to its assumption of the sacred, nourishing waters of the ancient river Saraswati. Satellite mapping still shows images of the once mighty river, still flowing as a small channel, near Kurukshetra.
Further, a signboard on the main highway the GT road marks the former path of the once great ancient river Saraswati.
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