According to Hinduism and Hindu mythology , Parvati is the wife of Shiva . Parvati represents the householder ideal in the perennial tension in Hinduism in the household ideal and the ascetic ideal , represented by Shiva . In classical Hindu mythology , the `` raison dâ Ã tre '' of Parvati , and before that of Sati , is to lure Shiva into marriage and thus into a wider circle of worldly affairs .