Appearance of Hindu Goddess Parvati Devi, the divine wife of Lord Shiva. Goddess Parvathi Maa is usually represented as a fair and beautiful woman but she has absorbed more and more goddess into her appearances.
Appearance of Goddess Parvati
When shown with Shiva she carries a blue lotus in full bloom, showing the Abhaya Mudra and with mostly, Lord Ganesha on her lap. Muruga can be seen playing nearby. She has a languid appearance of her eyes as she has just emerged from a deep meditation.
When shown alone, Goddess Parvati Devi is depicted with 4 hands and sometime 8 hands. One of her arms are mostly seen in the Abhaya mudra (fearlessness) or Varada mudra (blessing). She will be seen holding any of the various weapons such as trident, discus, mace, bow and arrow, spear, sword (longsword), lotus flower, battle-axe, thunderbolt and elephant goad.
There are also images of Parvati wearing a sacred thread something not many women are associated with and her hair styled in a top knot like a rishi during the Chola period in the 9th century A.D. Goddess Parvati’s vahana or vehicle is considered to be the mountain lions native to the Himalayas. Some depicts her vahana as Tiger.
Various manifestations of Goddess Parvati
Devi Bhagwata Purana and Lalitha Sahasranama mentions various manifestations and aspects of Parvati Devi. The Goddess is worshipped in both nurturing and benevolent aspects as well as destructive and ferocious aspects.
Popular worshipping forms of Goddess Parvati:
Goodess Gauri
Goddess Annapurana
Meenakshi
Kamakshi
Bhavani
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