Uma Shankar and Shiv Parvati

I had a doubt and I hope u will be able to help me...

I always heard Uma Shankar or Shiv parvathi


Not Uma Shiv or parvathi Shankar

Is there any significance that uma is with Shankar or Shiv with parvathi

Please share your views and suggestions

Hi Manasa,

Shivji is the ascetic god of the Himalayas, living life as a yogi, Parvati as a maiden is the princess of mount himalay who sets her heart on Shivji. Uma nee Parvati gets married to Shankara the householder, and becomes one as Ardhanadeshwara! So Umashankar, Gaurishankar all refer to the family man Lord Mahadev.

I have heard of Shankar-Parvati actually, but you are right never Uma-Shiv or Shiv-Uma.

One more weird thing is it's always ShivParvathi not Parvathi Shiv where as all other names starts with ladies like Radha Krishna, Laxmi Narayana etc

Interesting..

I don't know whether there is a reason behind it or they are like that.

Originally posted by: manasa.123

One more weird thing is it's always ShivParvathi not Parvathi Shiv where as all other names starts with ladies like Radha Krishna, Laxmi Narayana etc

Interesting..

I don't know whether there is a reason behind it or they are like that.

Hi Varsha

You are right that Lord Shiva had lots of names in which one of the popular one is Shankara.

It's the same for Devi Parvathi.

I think each name represents some quality or attributes and so the name.

I read some where that Lord Shiva represents the Shiva as Yogi.

There's no difference between Uma-Shankar and Shiva-Parvati. Both represent the truth about both Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, that is, both are incomplete without each other. They represent the Ardhanaareshwar Roop, which is a composite androgynous form of Lord Shiva and His Consort Goddess Parvati. Ardhanaareshwar Roop is depicted as half male and half female, split down the middle.

Originally posted by: VividDiamond

There's no difference between Uma-Shankar and Shiva-Parvati. Both represent the truth about both Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, that is, both are incomplete without each other. They represent the Ardhanaareshwar Roop, which is a composite androgynous form of Lord Shiva and His Consort Goddess Parvati. Ardhanaareshwar Roop is depicted as half male and half female, split down the middle.

Goddess Parvati is known by various names all over the world, just like Lord Shiva. Uma, Gauri, Maheshvari, etc. She has thousand such names. So it doesn't make a difference whether they are addressed as Shiv-Parvati, Uma-Shankar, Gauri-Shankar, etc. Some prefer Goddess Parvati's name coming first while others prefer Lord Shiva's name first. But that doesn't matter at all.

Originally posted by: savithp

Shivji is the ascetic god of the Himalayas, living life as a yogi, Parvati as a maiden is the princess of mount himalay who sets her heart on Shivji. Uma nee Parvati gets married to Shankara the householder, and becomes one as Ardhanadeshwara! So Umashankar, Gaurishankar all refer to the family man Lord Mahadev.