Parvati (Sanskrit: पार्वती, IAST: Pārvatī), Uma (Sanskrit: उमा, IAST: Umā) or Gauri (Sanskrit: गौरी, IAST: Gaurī) is the Hindu Goddess of power, nourishment, harmony, devotion, and motherhood
She is Devi in her complete form
Along with Lakshmi and Saraswati, she forms the Tridevi
Parvati is the wife of the Hindu god Shiva
She is the reincarnation of Sati, the first wife of Shiva who immolated herself during a yajna (fire-sacrifice)
Parvati is the daughter of the mountain king Himavan and queen Mena
Parvati is the mother of Hindu deities Ganesha and Kartikeya
The Puranas also referenced her to be the sister of the river goddess Ganga and the preserver god Vishnu
She is the divine energy between a man and a woman, like the energy of Shiva and Shakti
Devi Parvati was Sati in her previous birth
Sati was also a direct incarnation of Adi Parashakti
However, Sati died and was reborn as Parvati
Parvati is shown as kind and loving mother-Goddess
She can take various forms, such as the Nava-Durga’s, Dasa-Mahavidya’s, and Sapta-Matrika’s
Known by many other names, she is the gentle, nurturing, complete physical representation of the Goddess Mahadevi, and is one of the central deities of the Goddess-oriented Devi Shakti sect called Shaktism
She is the Mother Goddess in Shaktism traditions of Hinduism, and has many attributes and aspects
Parvati is an embodiment of Shakti
In Shaivism, she is the recreative energy and power of Shiva, and she is the cause of a bond that connects all beings and a means of their spiritual release
She is also well known as Kamrupa (one who give a shape to your desire) and Kameshwari (one who fullfill your all desires)
In Hindu temples dedicated to her and Shiva, she is symbolically represented as the argha
She is found extensively in ancient Indian literature, and her statues and iconography grace Hindu temples all over South Asia and Southeast Asia