Parvati, also known as Uma and Gauri, is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood. In her complete form, she is a physical representation of Mahadevi also known as Adi Shakti, the primordial power behind the creation of the universe, the creator and destroyer. She is one of the central deities of the goddess-oriented sect called Shaktism, and the supreme goddess in Shaivism. Along with Lakshmi and Sarasvati, she forms the Tridevi.

लयकर्तुः परमशिवस्य शक्तिरूपा पार्वती । सैव तस्य पत्नी च । विघ्नेश्वरस्य गणपतेः, स्कन्दस्य च माता सा । तस्याः नामानि रूपाणि च अनेकानि । हैमवती, गिरिजा, दाक्षायिणी इतीमानि नामानि । सा हिमवतः पुत्री, जन्मान्तरे दक्षप्रजापतेश्च पुत्री आसीदिति वदन्ति । एवमेव शिवा, मृडानी, रुद्राणी, शर्वाणी इतीमानि तस्याः नामानि सा महादेवस्य रुद्रस्य महिषी इति कथयन्ति ।