Parashakti

This article is about the Saivite concept. For Supreme being form of Shaktism, see Adi Parashakti. For other uses, see Parasakthi (disambiguation).

Parashakti (IAST: Paraśakti, Sanskrit: पराशक्ति) or Parā refers to Shakti in her unmanifest state before manifesting in the physical realm.

In Siddhantic perspective, Parashakti is the counterpart of Paramshiva—an epithet for the ultimate form of Shiva in Shaiva Siddhanta and Kashmiri Shaivism. Parashakti is the power of this primordial Shiva, and is emanated from him.

In the Trika system of Kashmir Shaivism, Parashakti is one of the three chief goddesses along with Aparā and Parparā. Parashakti is the supreme being in puranic Shaktism and Shri Vidya traditions.

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