Why did Shiva marry Parvati? Why does Shiva who spends time meditating in a graveyard married Parvati?
Why should gods marry like human beings?
What do Shiva and Parvati symbolize?
The Hindu gods symbolize the seven stages in which an idea is converted into an action.
Of these the central three gods do the actual thinking and the remaining four fecilitate or retard the thought.
Of the three central gods Shiva is the most practical god.
Shiva gives four options.
- The idea gets converted into an action
- It remains in a state of suspended animation (Mrithyunjaya)
- It gets abolished
- It returns t the starting point and is processed once again.
Parvati acts as the copy of the idea that is being processed into an action. This enables comparing the idea that is to be recycled with the original copy of the idea.
Thus, Parvati makes it possible to make repeated attempts when there is failure.
Parvati can form half of Shiva as Ardhanarishavara.
This means that the starting point can keep moving up with the idea so that there is no need to return to the original starting point.
Since Shiva is the god of Logic and discipline and Parvati plays a passive role, they can have children. Shiva acts as filter from ideas processed by Ganesha and Subramanya.
This is in marked contrast to Vishnu and Lakshmi, who are very versatile and can’t have children. The idea from Ganesha and Laksmi would change dramatically when they reach Vishnu stage.
Thus, Parvati plays a vital role in the life of Shiva. - Rangaswamy Sundar Raj
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