In Hinduism, there are three major sections, Shakthas in regard to Goddess Parvathi or Shakthi, Vaishnavism in regard to Lord Vishnu or Krishna, Shaivism in regard to Lord Shiva. Parvathi Devi, Daughter of the mountain is the primary personification of Shakthi herself and she is regarded as the primary deity of the Shakthas. Parvathi's consort is Shiva, her children Lord Ganesha and Muruga, but it is a fact that she is the mother of all the Gods and Goddesses, entire humanity and the creation itself. Shakthi's base is from Parvathi, she manifests her wrath as Durga and Kali; benevolence as Lakshmi and Saraswathi. And she is the manifestation of all the other Goddesses, Shakthas believe that when we worship and Goddesses, even other God, we are worshiping ultimately Goddess Parvathi. She is the sagun swaroop of Adi Parashakthi, it is said as Adi Shakthi swaroopa Devi Maa Parvathi.

Parvathi, the Devine feminine is Shakthi's second incarnation as a wife to Lord Shiva. Sati was the first wife of Shiva. After her death her divine body parts are cut into pieces by Lord Vishnu and they all fell all over in and around India. All the places where the pieces of her body fell, all have become Shakthi Peethas, the seats of the Goddess Sati or Shakthi, have become the sites od Devi's temples but due to Shathi or Sati's death Shiva turned his back completely on the world, he resumed his life as an ascetic in a remote Himalayan cave. During this time the Demon Taraka overran the earth and heaven below. Shakthi is the manifest Divinity and Shiva is the transcendent Divinity, without Shakthi to balance Shiva, the Cosmic order was in disarray. Lord Shiva has lost his interest in the world and in any event was powerless to help it(In Sanskrit Shakthi means Power or Energy). All the gods prayed to Shakthi to reincarnate once again and asked her to make Shiva back to world, so that the cosmic balance can be balanced and the world can be saved. Goddess Shakthi agreed and she took birth again as Parvathi, Daughter of Himavan, Lord of the Mountains.

Parvathi Devi grew up as a stunningly beautiful, alluring and charming woman. Her mission of her birth is to lure Shiva out of his asceticism and make him take her as a consort. So everyday she use to visit the cave of Shiva, sweep the floor, decorate with flowers and offer him fruits and offer gifts on he earth, so that she can win his Love.

But Shiva not even opened his eyes to notice her, So Parvathi asked the aid from Priti ans rati, the goddesses of Love and longing. They transformed Shiva's cave into a beautiful and sensuous pleasure garden, exotic birdsongs, filled with fragrant flowers, buzzing honeybees. Setting the stage like this Kama, the beautiful God of Love, appeared and shot Shiva with the arrows of desire. Shiva got unamused, opened his third eyes on his forehead and blasted Kama with an energy beam that incinerated him on the spot. Since Kama was blasted Love was lost from the world. Do not despair, Parvathi informed all the gods that Shiva will become my consort and when he does that Kama will be reborn.

Aspects

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Aindri, Brahmi, Kaumari, Maheshwari, Marashimi, Vahahi and Vaishnavi are the seven manifestations of Kali, a terrible form of Parvathi. These seven forms of goddesses are believed to be created by the combined energies of seven gods, Brahma, Kumara, Shiva, Varaha and Vishnu. The seven gods created them to help Kali, who was fighting against a demon. All these goddesses displays the basic attributes of the gods who created them and also they carry the same weapons.

Parvathi

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Parvata is a sanskrit word to denote mountain. So Parvathi denotes the feminine word for mountains. Also Parvathi is refereed as the daughter of Himavan, the lord of mountains and
as the personification of Himalayas. Shailaja is one more name of Parvathi which means Daughter of the mountains and Girirajaputri which has the meaning as the Daughter of the
king of mountains.
Ma Parvathi is also known by 108 names as per Durga Saptashati, the 108 names include Kali(black coloured), Shyama(dark complexioned), Bhairavi(awesome), Gauri(golden, fair), Ambika(mother), Lalitha, Uma, Aparna, Durga, Bhavani. The Lalitha sahasranamam contains all the 108 names listing. Uma is used in earlier texts for Sati, but Ramyanam uses Uma as a synonym for Parvathi, As per Harivamsa, Parvathi is called as Aparna and then she is addressed as Uma. Lalitha sahasranam lists the long list of 1008 names of Parvathi.
The contradiction we can find here is that, Parvathi is referred Gauri, the fair one as well as Kali or Shyama, the dark one. Is is explained by a Hindu myth, Once Shiva rebuked Parvathi for her dark skin colour, Ma Parvathi got angry, left Shiva and underwent severe penance and got the boon for the fair skin from Brahma.

Ma Parvathi devi is always been my favorite Goddess, so I start with the myths about her. Parvathi is the consort of Shiva. Parvathi got her name since she was the daughter of the mountains(Parvatha) also because she is the half(Parva) of the prakruthi from Shiva in his aspect of Ishwara or Purusha. Parvathi is represented as Shakthi, she has the gentle aspects since she is a mother Goddess. Some schools in Hinduism say that Parvathi is the supreme power, the Divine mother or Lordess and all the other goddess are her incarnations and manifestations. Shaktas are the community of people who consider Shakthi as the Ultimate Divine, The total energy of this Universe.
Parvathi is the second wife of Lord Shiva, one of the Trinity and responsible for the destruction and rejuvention of the universe. Even though she is not differentiated from Sati, the first wife and the former of Parvathi and wife of Shiva. Ma Parvathi is the mother of Lord Ganesha and Muruga. There is also a belief that Parvathi is the sister of Lord Vishnu, one of the Trinity, who is responsible for preserving the good from the evil. Parvathi is also believed to be the daughter of the Himalayas.
Whenever Parvathi is depicted with Shiva, she appears with two arms, but when she is depicted alone, she appears with four arms and sitting on a tiger or lion. Since Parvathi is called as Ma or mother she is always kind hearted and looks gracious with aspects like Lalitha, Shailputri and Mahagagouri, she also has fearful aspects like Chandi, Kali, Durga.