Parvati Power

Parvathi stands for daughter of Parvatha. Parvatha in Sanskrit means Mountain. So, Parvathi is the daughter of mountain which is nothing but a river. So, all rivers are Parvathi. Water is the most important drink after the breast-milk from our own mom. So, we transition from drinking the breast milk of our own mom to the breast milk of the universal mother, the Sakthi, the Parvathi, which is water.

The sage Narada has a doubt. When we meditate, we mediate to some higher power like a guru or to even our parents. Then, who is on Lord Shiva is mediating upon? As Narada cannot keep any doubt with him he kept on asking to others about it. Who is the supreme Lord meditating upon? Lord Shiva is Mahakal, who is above time. He is ‘Shankar’, who clears doubt (doubt is shanka in sanskirt). He is ultimate in knowledge, and therefore, all sages worship him. He is there before anything else was there in the world. Whomever Narada approached could not give him an answer. Therefore, finally he approached Lord Shiva and asked this question. Lord Shiva replied that he mediate upon his guru. Narada satisfied and went back and told to other gods that he got his answer. Then the other gods asked Narada- who is Lord Shiva’s guru? The sage, then only realized that he did not get the answer to his question so far. So he went back to the Lord and praised him. ‘O Lord’, you are above everything. You can destroy the whole world and can create it back even better way within seconds. So, please be kind enough to understand all my doubts instead of asking you silly questions. Then, Lord Shiva replied with a smile. ‘Oh Narada, The person you and the entire world worship as their mother is my guru’. Narada surprised and replied; But, she is your wife? Then Lord Shiva said; Yes, that is the reason why she is my guru. Then he showed Narada his mediating form which we normally see in pictures. So, Narada saw Parvathi as Kundalini rising across Shiva’s spine and going across his neck and realized the reason why he is called ‘Nataraja’. Finally, he saw Parvathi at Shiva’s Crown Chakra in woman form just like the universal mother and water falling out of her mouth to feed the entire living beings. Then, Lord Shiva told to Narada: ‘Oh! Great sage, Narada, please spread the knowledge to the entire world that when one respect and believe their wife to the most, their Kundalini will start aligning with her and they will have the perfect married life. Then only, she will yield to him willfully’.

A beautiful, fierce, tale. Thank you for putting it so succinctly.