[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.2067 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2067 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2067 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2067](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2067) 8) Other details. (i) Pārvatī shines in the court of Brahmā. (Śloka 41, Chapter 11, Sabhā Parva). (ii) When the Pāṇḍavas were in exile Pārvatī guarded Arjuna always. (Vana Parva, Chapter 37, Śloka 38). (iii) Once Pārvatī appeared in person and blessed Dharmaputra. (Chapter 6, Virāṭa Parva). (iv) Once Śrī Kṛṣṇa pleased Pārvatī and she granted Kṛṣṇa boons. The first was that he would have sixteen thousand wives. The next was a beautiful form for Kṛṣṇa and the next was love of his relatives. Another boon was that Kṛṣṇa would have the prosperity to be able to give food for seven thousand travellers daily. (Śloka 7, Chapter 15, Anuśāsana Parva). (v) It was because of a curse of Pārvatī that devas do not get sons by their own wives. There is the following story behind that. Śiva and Pārvatī went to the Himālayas after their marriage and started living there. Śiva and Pārvatī were so much engrossed in their amorous sport that they were oblivious of the happenings outside. After a long time when their sport continued without a break the devas went in and informed Śiva that the whole universe was trembling by their sport and if Śiva produced a son the world would be incapable of bearing it and so he should withdraw from the act of producing a child. Śiva agreed and drew his virile strength upwards. Pārvatī did not like that and she cursed the devas that they would never have sons of their own wives. (Chapter 84, Anuśāsana Parva). (vi) Pārvatī once taught Gaṅgādevī the duties of women. (Śloka 33, Chapter 146, Anuśāsana Parva). (vii) Pārvatī resides in the mount of Muñjavān in Kailāsa with Paramaśiva. There is a mount called Muñjavān in the Himālayas. Bhagavān Umāpati (Śiva) shines there on treetops, underneath the trees, on the mounts and in caves. (Chapter 8, Aśvamedha Parva). (viii) The Mahābhārata uses the following synonyms for Pārvatī : Ambikā, Āryā, Umā, Bhīmā, Śailaputrī, Sailarājasutā, Śākambhari, Śarvāṇī, Deveśī, Devī, Durgā, Gaurī, Girisutā, Girirājātmajā, Kālī, Mahābhīmā, Mahādevī, Mahākālī, Maheśvarī, Parvatarājakanyā, Rudrāṇī, Rudrapatnī and Tribhuvaneśvarī. 9) Pārvatī pratiṣṭhā. The installation of the goddess Pārvatī in temples is done with the following sacred rites. - [Previous: c8.2066](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2066) - [Next: c8.2068](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2068) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2067](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2067) · Pramāṇa