Parvati Penance

पार्वतीतपोवर्णनं नाम द्वाविंशोऽध्यायः

Parvati penance description Chapter 22




ब्रह्मोवाच | 

Brahma said (to Narada)




आहारे तयक्तपर्णाऽभूद्यस्माद्धिमवतः सुता |

तेन देवैरपर्णेति कथिता नामतः शिवा || 49 || 

Having become free from the diet of leaves, Shivaa, the daughter of Himavan was therefore called by the name Aparna by the Devas.