Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 246: Shri Parvati (OM pArvatyai namaH)

In Namams 199 to 248, the Divine Mother’s  Saguna or infiniteness power and glory are described. 

The Divine Mother is the daughter of the mountain (Mount Himavat or Himalaya). 

The Divine Mother is called Parvati; She is the daughter of Himavat or Himalaya or Parvatharajan; Himalaya is the biggest mountain in this world. The mountain has no life but the lively the Divine Mother, based in the great mountain, runs the whole universe. 

According to Puranas, Sati is the daughter of Daksa Prajapati and spouse of Lord Shiva. Daksa had insulted Lord Shiva and Sati. To protest the insult, Sati offered herself into the fire created by Her yogic power, named Agneyi. Then the Divine Mother was born as daughter of Himavat, the King of mountains. Great sage Kalidasa also had referred this Divine Mother’s self sacrifice in the fire yoga pit (by Sati) in his Kumarasambhava. 

To add glory to the Himalaya, the Divine Mother became the daughter of Parvatharajan. The nama Parvati fits in well for the Divine Mother.

 

Goddess Parvati Devi, the consort of Lord Shiva

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 26 September 2020. 

References:

1.       The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San Ramon, California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2.       Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Trichirapalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3.       The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sithbavandar.