Shiva likewise pairs with Parvati who later is represented through a number of Avatars ( incarnations ): Sati and the warrior figures, Durga and Kali.

Any male icon portrayed in this way is Shiva although a female icon may sometimes be portrayed with these attributes as Shiva's consort, Parvati.

He is often accompanied by his consort Parvati or shown with Nandi the bull.

He is father of Ganga and Saraswati, who became rivers, and Parvati, who married Shiva

Traditionally, the first transmission of Kama Shastra or " Discipline of Kama " is attributed to Nandi the sacred bull, Shiva's doorkeeper, who was moved to sacred utterance by overhearing the lovemaking of the god and his wife Parvati and later recorded his utterances for the benefit of mankind.

At the top of the Hindu philosophy is the formless, undefined Brahman, from whom / which come the different forms and deities, the foremost of which is the Trimurti: Brahma ( the creator ), Vishnu ( the sustainer ) and Shiva ( the destroyer ), and their individual ' Shakti ' ( commonly defined as their wives, but also goddesses in their own right ): Saraswati the goddess of learning, Lakshmi the goddess of all forms of wealth, and Parvati ( also known as Durga, Shakti, Ambika ) the goddess of courage and power.

Shakti can referred as power of any deity typically known as Parvati or Sati or Durga but Adi Shakti is not associated with any god including Trimurti.

Finally, Shiva is destroyer and re-creator, so he needs goddess Parvati, Durga, or Kali for power.

The interesting office of the god of love is held by Kamadeva, also called Ananga, the bodyless, because, as the scriptures relate, having once tried by the power of his mischievous arrow to make Siva fall in love with Parvati, whilst he was engaged in devotional practices, the urchin was reduced to ashes by a glance of the angry god.

Parvati ( Devanagri:, IAST: Pārvatī ) is a Hindu goddess.

Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess.

Parvati is considered as complete incarnation of Adi Parashakti ', with all other goddesses being her incarnations or manifestations.

Parvati is nominally the second consort of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and rejuvenation.

Parvati is the mother of the gods and goddess, Ganesha and Skanda ( Kartikeya ).

Parvati, when depicted alongside Shiva, generally appears with two arms, but when alone, she is shown having four or eight arms, and astride a tiger or lion.

In South India especially Andhra Pradesh Dussera Navaratri is also celebrated and the goddess is dressed each day as a different devi like Sraswati, Parvati, Laksmi etc.

Shiva and his wife Parvati often frequent Kubera's court, which is attended by semi-divine beings like the Vidyadharas ; Kimpurushas ; Rakshasas ; Pishachas ; as well as Padma and Shankha ; personified treasures ( nidhi ); and Manibhadra, Kubera's chief attendant and chief of his army.

Some millions of years later, three of Andhaka's generals ( Duryodhana is not the Duryodhana from the Mahabharata, Vighasa and Hasti ) happened upon Shiva and Parvati in a cave, but did not recognise them.

In a variant myth, Andhaka is raised by Shiva and Parvati, but becomes smitten with his mother and attempts to rape her, leading Shiva to tear him apart.

In the Kalika Purana, Parvati ( called Gauri here ) is described as having suspected Shiva of infidelity when she saw her own reflection in the crystal-like breast of Shiva.

It conveys that God is both Shiva and Parvati, " both male and female, both father and mother, both aloof and active, both fearsome and gentle, both destructive and constructive " and unifies all other dichotomies of the universe.

Ardhanarishvara reconciles and harmonizes the two conflicting ways of life: the spiritual way of the ascetic as represented by Shiva, and the materialistic way of the householder as symbolized by Parvati, whose raison d ’ être in Hindu mythology is to lure the ascetic Shiva into marriage and the wider circle of worldly affairs.

The interdependence of Shiva on his power ( Shakti ) as embodied in Parvati is also manifested in this form.

The niche image carved on the south wall is an ensemble of divinities assembled around the central figures of Shiva and Parvati shown getting married.

Parvati is carved as a perfect figure with coiffured hair dress, well adorned with jewellery and is draped tightly to display depressions below the waist only.

This 14 < sup > th </ sup >- century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva ( on the left ) and Parvati | Uma ( on the right ).

Note the sculpture's left is female and the right is male, depicting Shiva and his consort Parvati.

The gods Brahma and Indra, with their mystic regalia and mounts, are shown to the right of Shiva ; Vishnu riding his mount Garuda, is shown to the left of Parvati.

A tall figurine of Parvati stands to the left of Shiva, which is also seen partly broken but well bejeweled.

Vishnu ( left half, holding disc ) and Shiva ( lighter coloured half, holding trident ) combined in a single murthi form, along with Lakshmi and Parvati

Lord Shiva and the goddess Parvati left for Mammiyur, on the opposite bank of the lake.

Because she was the all-powerful mother goddess, Sati left her body in that moment to be reborn as the goddess Parvati.

Siva with Parvati then left to the opposite bank to Mammiyur.

Shiva, Parvati, Nandi at Halebidu

Many are dedicated to Shiva and Parvati, Vishnu and Lakshmi and Brahma and Saraswati

An illustration of the family of Shiva, consisting of Shiva, Parvati, Ganesha and Murugan

Sati / Dakshayani later incarnated as Parvati in her next life, and remarried Shiva, henceforth never to part with him again.

Shiva, realizing that no man or god ( male ) can defeat Mahishasura, made a request to his wife Parvati to take the role of a female goddess warrior in order to slay the demon.

Once, Kubera looked at Shiva and his wife Parvati with jealousy, so he lost one of his eyes.

After that time, Andhaka was purified by the Lord's touch and became a Gana ( attendant ) to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.

The seventh-century Shaiva Nayanar saint Appar mentions that after marrying Parvati, Shiva incorporated her into half of his body.

A conjugal dispute erupted but was quickly resolved, after which Parvati wished to stay eternally with Shiva in his body.