Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 13
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
एतेन कारणेनाम्बा शैलेयी भविता तव सर्वस्यापीह जगतो गुरुः शंभुः पिता ध्रुवम्
etena kāraṇenāmbā śaileyī bhavitā tava sarvasyāpīha jagato guruḥ śaṃbhuḥ pitā dhruvam
For this reason, dear one, your mother will be Śaileyī; and indeed Śambhu—teacher of this entire world—is certainly your father.
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FAQs
Śaileyī literally means ‘mountain-born’ and commonly denotes Pārvatī/Umā, the daughter of Himavat. The epithet emphasizes her origin from the mountain lineage and her role as Śiva’s consort.
It is a theological claim: Śiva is portrayed as the supreme instructor whose knowledge and grace underwrite cosmic order, dharma, and liberation—hence ‘teacher of the whole world’.
In Purāṇic narrative it can function on both levels: it legitimizes a specific lineage within the story while also expressing Śiva’s overarching paternity as the sustaining principle and lord of beings.