Parvati Kalyanam | Sonnet – 5 | Penance of Parvati
Posted on 04 April 2024; 07:00 PM IST. Last Updated 18 April 2024; 05:50 PM IST.Summary: Parvati Kalyanam is a series of sonnets in English language, which describe Lord Shiva's wedding with Princess Parvati. This poem describes the penance of Parvati to obtain Lord Shiva.
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Parvati Kalyanam : Sonnet - 5
Dejected and heart broken, Parvati reached her palace,
Narad told her, Shiv could be bought by penance;
Parvati became a yogini, and left her palace,
time turned her, into a symbol of, sacred resonance.
Years passed by, but penance failed, in the search,
Parvati ate nothing, and turned weak and stoic;
Faith brought at last, a young sage, at the porch,
Parvati was dissuaded, to abandon the ascetic.
Parvati turned red, in anger and rage,
branded the sly and debase, as evil to be heard;
Turned around to leave, but could not move or disengage,
astonished to find, the Lord Shiv, she revered.
Shiv Parvati forged, the entire existence,
encompassing time and space, as Nature’s confluence.
--- Pilla Gurumurty Patrudu
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Glossary:
| Parvati | Daughter of Himavat & Mainavati; regarded as reincarnation of Mother Goddess or Devi Mata. |
| Narad | A celestial Hermit. |
| Lord Shiv | God of Gods as per Hinduism; regarded as an ascetic. |
| penance |
In Hinduism it is "Sacred Worship"; |
| Yogini | A woman practicing Yoga or performing penance. |