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Mena

Also called: Menaka, Mainavati

Queen of the mountain king Himavat (Himachala) and mother of Parvati. In the Matsya and Skanda Puranas the goddess Night enters her as she falls asleep and colours her unborn daughter dark.

Sources: The Matsya Puranam, Part II (chapters 129-292), translated by a Taluqdar of Oudh (Sacred Books of the Hindus 17.2, 1917); The Skanda Purana, tr. G. V. Tagare (Motilal Banarsidass), Maheshvara Khanda, Kaumarika Khanda, on wisdomlib.org · see Mena's web

Relations 1

Mena parent of

Parvati (Consort)
Mena, queen of Himavat, is Parvati's mother.

Stories 1

Night colours the unborn Parvati
Legend · as the sleeping mother · 3 tellings

Cited

The Matsya Puranam, Part II (chapters 129-292), translated by a Taluqdar of Oudh (Sacred Books of the Hindus 17.2, 1917) § 154.85-95 Primary text (translation)
The Skanda Purana, tr. G. V. Tagare (Motilal Banarsidass), Maheshvara Khanda, Kaumarika Khanda, on wisdomlib.org § kaumarika.22.64-69 Primary text (translation)