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An 18th century CE painting depicting Shiva and Parvati with their sons Ganesha and Kartikeya. Indian religious literature describes Kartikeya and Ganesha as sons of Shiva and Parvati. Shavite puranas such as Ganesha Purana, Shiva Purana and Skanda Purana state that Ganesha is the elder of the two.
[10] [12] Parvati is also noted for her motherhood, being the mother of the prominent Hindu deities Ganesha and Kartikeya. [ 6 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Philosophically, Parvati is regarded as Shiva’s shakti (divine energy or power), the personification of the creative force that sustains the cosmos.
Parvati playing with baby Ganesha. While Ganesha is popularly considered to be the son of Shiva and Parvati, the Puranas relate several different versions of his birth. [5] [6] These include versions in which he is created by Shiva, [7] by Parvati, [8] by Shiva and Parvati, [9] or in a mysterious manner that is later discovered by Shiva and Parvati.
The most recurrent motif in these stories is that Ganesha was created by Parvati using clay to protect her and Shiva beheaded him when Ganesha came between Shiva and Parvati. Shiva then replaced Ganesha's original head with that of an elephant. [57] Details of the battle and where the replacement head came from vary from source to source. [58]
When Shiva and Parvati decided to find suitable brides for their sons. Shiva got Buddhi (intellect) and Siddhi (spiritual power) married to Ganesha. Kartikeya on his return was enraged and went away to stay alone on Mount Krauncha in Palani in the name of Kumara brahmachari. On seeing his father coming over to pacify him, he tried to move to ...
Other flying divinities may also be pictured with them, praising Shiva and Parvati. [8] Noteworthy portrayals include the couple's two sons – the elephant headed god of wisdom Ganesha and Kartikeya, the god of war; Shiva's vahana – the bull Nandi and Parvati's lion. In some cases, animals and attendants run away, frightened by the trembling ...
[6] [7] An anachronism found in a few Kalyanasundara scenes is the presence of the yet-unborn children of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha and Kartikeya. Examples of this anachronism are found at the Rameshvara Cave of Ellora, and in a 9th-century sculpture from Uttar Pradesh now housed in Los Angeles County Museum of Art. [4] [6]
Shiva is depicted both as an ascetic mendicant (left as Bhikshatana) and as a householder with his wife Parvati and sons Ganesha and Kartikeya (right). Shiva is depicted as both an ascetic yogi and as a householder ( grihasta ), roles which have been traditionally mutually exclusive in Hindu society. [ 261 ]