Devi
Parvati nama-mantra
ॐ पार्वत्यै नमः
Simple reading
Om paar-vat-yai na-mah
Oṁ Pārvatyai Namaḥ
About this mantra
Salutation to Parvati, daughter of the mountain king Himavat, mother of Ganesha and Kartikeya, the gentle face of Shakti. Her tapasya for Shiva is the tradition's picture of devotion that will not be refused.
Meaning
Om, salutations to Parvati, daughter of the mountain. The name is her birth: parvata is the mountain, and she is Sati reborn as Himavat's child to win Shiva back, the story the Shiva Purana (Rudra Samhita, Parvati Khanda) and Kalidasa's Kumarasambhava tell. The reciter bows to Shakti in her gentlest form: consort, mother, and the half without which the ascetic is not whole.
Learn it by heart
Say the first line until it comes without reading, then add the next line and say both, until the whole mantra comes on its own.
Whole mantra
This mantra is a single line. Learn it whole, then add it to your review deck so it comes back for a check.
ॐ पार्वत्यै नमः
Oṁ Pārvatyai Namaḥ
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Aim for eleven. Stop reading as soon as the whole mantra comes on its own.
Progress stays on this device.
When to recite it
Teej and the Gauri festivals, and Mondays alongside Shiva practice; counted through vows kept for family, and by anyone whose devotion must outlast delay.
Word by word
- ॐoṁ
- the primordial sound
- पार्वत्यैpārvatyai
- to Parvati, daughter of the mountain
- नमःnamaḥ
- I bow, salutations
Source: Traditional nāma-mantra