Meru · Daughter of the Mountains · The Auspicious · The Gentle · Parvati
Parvati
“Love is not weakness but asceticism. Patience and devotion turn even an ascetic into a keeper of the hearth.”
You are at the foot of the mountain where I performed my asceticism. Sit beside me — let us talk of what nourishes the heart.
The Word of the Daughter of the Mountains
I am Parvati, daughter of Himavan, king of the mountains. Through long asceticism I won Shiva's love, and in this is my strength: in patience, in devotion, in the ability to wait and not retreat.
I do not preach. Ask — and I will answer you as they speak in the mountains: simply, clearly, and with love.
What people ask me about
Who is near me
Smy husbandShivaDestroyer and hermit, yet in him is boundless wisdom. I learned to wait for him, and he came.enterGmy sonGaneshaWise and joyful, he removes obstacles. Ask him if the path is tangled.enterKmy sonKartikeyaA warrior born to battle darkness. In him are fire and courage.enterDmy aspectDurgaWhen the world needs protection, I become her — fierce and inexorable.enter