Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 7
पूर्वगतिवर्णनम् (Pūrvagati-varṇana) — “Description of the Prior Course / Earlier Lineage Account”
मेनानाम्नी सुता ज्येष्ठा मध्या धन्या कलावती । अन्त्या एतास्सुतास्सर्वाः पितॄणाम्मानसोद्भवाः
menānāmnī sutā jyeṣṭhā madhyā dhanyā kalāvatī | antyā etāssutāssarvāḥ pitṝṇāmmānasodbhavāḥ
在她们之中，长女名为梅那（Menā）；次女名为达尼娅（Dhanyā）；幼女名为迦罗伐蒂（Kalāvatī）。这些女儿皆为皮特利（Pitṛ，祖灵之父）由意念所生的后裔。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
It frames Pārvatī’s maternal lineage as sacred and divinely originated—“mind-born” from the Pitṛs—implying that dharmic lineage and ancestral merit support the unfolding of Shiva’s līlā, culminating in the advent of the Mother who becomes Śiva’s śakti.
By establishing the pure lineage of Menā and her sisters, the text prepares the narrative ground for Pārvatī’s manifestation and union with Saguna Shiva; devotion to the Liṅga is strengthened when devotees see Shiva’s cosmic acts arising through orderly, sanctified genealogies rather than mere worldly chance.
The verse implicitly supports Pitṛ-tarpaṇa (ancestral offerings) and remembrance of one’s lineage as dharmic preparation; paired with Shaiva practice, one may recite the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” and offer water with reverence to ancestors before Shiva worship, especially on Mahāśivarātri.