Editing Parvati (section)

===Ganesha===
Hindu literature, including the [[Matsya Purana]], [[Shiva Purana]], and [[Skanda Purana]], dedicates many stories to Parvati and Shiva and their children.{{sfn|Kennedy|1831|p=353-4}} For example, one about Ganesha is:
: Once, while Parvati wanted to take a bath, there were no attendants around to guard her and stop anyone from accidentally entering the house. Hence she created an image of a boy out of turmeric paste which she prepared to cleanse her body and infused life into it, and thus Ganesha was born. Parvati ordered Ganesha not to allow anyone to enter the house, and Ganesha obediently followed his mother's orders. After a while Shiva returned and tried to enter the house, Ganesha stopped him. Shiva was infuriated, lost his temper, and severed the boy's head with his trident. When Parvati came out and saw her son's lifeless body, she was very angry. She demanded that Shiva restore Ganesha's life at once. Shiva did so by attaching an elephant's head to Ganesha's body, thus giving rise to the elephant-headed deity.<ref>Paul Courtright (1978), Ganesa: Lord of Obstacles, Lord of Beginnings, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|9780195057423}}</ref><ref>Robert Brown (1991), Ganesh: Studies of an Asian God, SUNY Press, {{ISBN|978-0791406564}}</ref>