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
因此，亲爱的，你的母亲将被称为“山生者”——舍伊利伊（Śaileyī）。而商布（Śambhu）——此整个世界的导师——确然就是你的父亲。
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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.