shiv vivah

We know that Lord Shiva married Goddess Parvati. Goddess Parvati is Lord Shiva’s Shakti, his power.

Do you know how they got married? The story of their marriage starts with the evil demon – Tarakasura.

Tarakasura was a very powerful demon and had performed severe penances. Neither the humans nor the Devas were powerful enough to defeat Tarakasura. Tarakasura terrorised the Devas and the humans. Though the Devas tried to fight back, they could not match the demon’s power or ferocity.

Unable to fight Tarakasura, all the humans and the Devas went to Lord Brahma for help. That was when Lord Brahma told them that only Lord Shiva’s child was powerful enough to destroy the demon Tarakasura.

The Devas were in a fix. Lord Shiva had married Goddess Sati. However since Sati's death, Lord Shiva had retreated to the Himalayas and was deep in penance. His meditation was so deep powerful that he could not be disturbed.

The Devas then again went to Lord Brahma for help. Brahma asked them to worship Mahadevi, the great Goddess of which Sati was an incarnation.

The Devas worshipped Mahadevi. Mahadevi appeared before them and told the Devas that she would reincarnate and marry Shiva. Their offspring would defeat Tarakasura.

Soon enough Himavat, king of Himalayan Kingdom and his Queen Menaka had a beautiful girl child. They named the child "Parvati". Parvati means "of the hills".

Parvati was a beautiful child, full of zest in her childhood. However she was fiercely devoted to Lord Shiva. Even in her childhood she preferred praying to Lord Shiva, instead of playing with her friends.

Parvati was very well educated and very beautiful. Fame of her beauty and intelligence spread throughout the country. Suitors came from different parts of the country to marry her. However Parvati rejected all of them. She wanted to marry Lord Shiva and no one else.

When she repeatedly rejected her suitors her father asked her, "Parvati, don't you wish to get married? Why do you keep rejecting all the princes who have come?"

Parvati looked defiantly at her father, "Father, have you seen the princes? She said looking scornfully, "I cannot marry them...They are not what I want..."

Queen Menaka said quietly, "Does that mean that there is someone else you want?" She asked smiling at Parvati.

Parvati blushed, "Mother!"

King Himavat looked surprised looking from mother and daughter. "Well, who is it?"

Parvati shyly stared at her feet and whispered, "Lord Shiva," her eyes shining radiantly.

King Himavat though flabbergasted at first, then slowly nodded his head. Yes Lord Shiva, the Lord of the three worlds was the good match for his daughter.

But then he remembered how Shiva had become an ascetic and was deep in penance. "Parvati, my child. Lord Shiva has retired to the Himalayas. How can you hope to marry him..."

"Narayana...Narayana..." A mischievous voice came from behind them. All the three of them turned around startled, to see Sage Narada behind them. Sage Narada was Brahma’s son and roamed all around world. He was a mischievous sage and always getting himself and others in trouble. The only reason he always escaped from being cursed was all his exploits always ended well for all the people concerned.

Sage Narada knew that Parvati was Goddess Mahadevi reincarnated and had come to marry Lord Shiva.

Parvati was the first one to salute Sage Narada. Sage Narada blessed her and said, "You are born to be the mother of the Worlds. You have to go and fulfil your destiny."

King Himavat and Queen Menaka also saluted Sage Narada. King Himavat then said, "Sir, Parvati wants to marry Lord Shiva...She has just told us..."

Sage Narada then turned to Parvati, "What you have chosen is not an easy path to follow. But you must succeed. Not just for your own sake but for the sake of many other people. It is your destiny." Parvati felt something deep stir within her. But she still could not fully realise that she was the great Goddess Mahadevi.

Sage Narada then turned to King Himavat, "Take your daughter to Lord Shiva. Ask him to accept Parvati's help to perform his daily prayers. "

King Himavat nodded. Sage Narada, his work accomplished vanished from there.

The next day, along with Parvati, King Himavat travelled to the foot of the Himalayas, where Lord Shiva was meditating. They waited patiently for Lord Shiva to open his eyes.

Lord Shiva opened his eyes after a long time not even aware that the two of them were there. He first saw Paravti but was not able to recognise that Parvati was infact his Shakti – his beloved Sati. He then turned his attention to King Himavat. "What brings you here, King?" He asked.

King Himavat bowed, "My Lord, this is my daughter Parvati. She has been your fierce devotee from her childhood. She wishes to serve you while you do your puja."

Shiva nodded and agreed to it. "If that is what she desires, then she can help me around." King Himavat then left Paravti there and left for his kingdom.

Shiva nodded to Parvati, "I am going too need some flowers for the puja. Would you please..."

Parvati nodded and left in search of the flowers...

Soon she was with Lord Shiva and helped him in everything. While he was meditating, she would wait on him gazing at him. She would have all the things ready so that he could perform the puja after his meditation.

The Devas sighed with relief when they saw Parvati waiting on Lord Shiva. They thought that soon Parvati would convince Shiva to marry her. However, as the days passed, the Devas grew worried. Parvati's charm was not working on Shiva. Shiva remained immune to her. They were not sure how long they could hold up against Tarakasura. So in order to speed things up, they went to Kamadeva – the God of Love.

Indra the Lord of the Devas explained to Kamadeva, "I think Parvati needs our help. Shiva is not affected by Parvati's charm or beauty. I think you have to break his meditation by firing your love arrow at him so that he can atleast notice Parvati's beauty."

Kamadeva thought that over, "But Parvati would win over Lord Shiva. The Great Mahadevi promised us. Why should we interfere?"

Indra sighed, "Tarakasura is becoming a menance. None of our powers combined can match his power and he has been hurting innocent people. We have speed things up..."

Finally Kamadeva agreed and decided to help them out, "Yes. I will do it."

Kamadeva went home to tell his wife about his "assignment". Rati however was not happy. "But Shiva is deep in his penance. Won"t he be angry if he learns that you have disturbed his penance?"

Kamadeva’s eyes momentarily clouded. But then as he resolutely nodded his head and smiled, "Yes. But even if it so, I have to do this. Don’t worry my dear." He said stroking Rati’s cheek and smiled, "I will be back."

Rati gave a fearful smile and realised that her husband’s mind was made up. She gave Kamadeva a forced smile and nodded her head.

Kamadeva picked up his flowery bow with the sugarcane arrows and went to the place where Shiva was meditating.

There Parvati was helping Shiva, collect the flowers. She was arranging the flowers, when Kamadeva picked up his bow and fired five arrows at Lord Shiva.

Shiva momentarily felt a sudden jerk as if being awakened. He suddenly gazed at Parvati as if realizing for the first time how beautiful she actually was. He felt captivated by Parvati's beauty and was about to talk to her, when Lord Shiva shook his head. Something is not right. I should not be thinking of this. My Sati is dead. I am performing penance. I cannot be attracted to another woman now. Lord Shiva resolutely pulled himself together. Through his power of meditation he realised that Kamadeva had been upto some mischief because of which he had lost concentration.

Lord Shiva has three eyes. His third eye is in his forehead and is always closed, for good reason. The third eye if opened would burn up anyone in its path!

Now Lord Shiva angrily blazed at Kamadeva and opened his third eye. Poor Kamadeva! He was burnt to ashes!

After burning up Kamadeva, Lord Shiva cooled down a little. He closed his third eye. But he was still angry with himself for losing his concentration. He angrily turned to Parvati, "I do not wish you to help me. Leave me alone. Your charms will not work on me. Leave and go back to your family." So saying Lord Shiva turned on his heel and stomped off to his retreat to continue with his penance, which had been disturbed by Kamadeva.

Parvati was distressed that Shiva had spoken harshly to her and had left her. Parvati was sure that no matter how much she cajoled Shiva, he would never agree to let her help him again.

Parvati realised that she could not give up now. The days she had been with Shiva, she realised that she was more in love with him than she realised.

She wondered how she was to make Shiva accept her, when she heard a familiar voice behind her. "Narayana... Narayana..."

Parvati turned and saluted Sage Narada. Looking at Sage Narada she knew that he was here to offer her help. Narada smiled and said, "You are right, my lady. Giving up is not an option. Lord Shiva cannot be won by charm and beauty, but he can be won by devotion."

Parvati looked at Narada and realised what she had to do. She would perform penance to win her love. Parvati was not afraid of the penance. In fact she welcomed it. Without saying a word, she saluted Narada and went to a grove in the Himalayas. No matter how hard it was , she would win her love.

Rati came to know of her husband’s death and came sobbing to Parvati as she was too scared to go to Lord Shiva. She cried her heart out to Parvati, who comforted her. "Rati, listen to me. I will win Shiva." She said resolutely, "And when I do, I promise Kamadeva will be reborn." Parvati spoke knowing that it would happen, perhaps not immediately. But it would.

Rati nodded her head tearfully and left the grove.

Parvati began her penance. She did not care about the hardships she had to face or about the harsh weather around her. All she cared about was that she had to win Lord Shiva.

She worshipped Lord Shiva for years, but the Lord never appeared. As Parvati meditated fiercely, she realised the truth about herself. Parvati realised that she was an incarnation of Mahadevi and that it was her destiny to become Shiva’s Shakti.

She realised that she was Sati in her previous life who had given up her life because Daksha – Sati’s father has insulted Shiva. She realised that her love for Shiva transcended everything, because she was for all purposes Shiva’s...half. Both Shiva and Parvati were incomplete without each other.

With her meditation, Parvati became very powerful. With her powers of penance, she soon gave up all food, water or even air. The other sages meditating in the Himalayas would come and visit Parvati and admire her tenacity. Parvati was so engrossed in her meditation that she never noticed any of them.

However Parvati’s penance was so powerful that the Devas could bear it no more. The whole kingdom of the Gods began to get hot as Parvati meditated. The Gods rushed to Brahma. Brahma and Vishnu together went to Shiva and told him that Parvati’s penance was to end, or the whole Kingdom would burn.

Shiva realised that Parvati was not just another mortal and that she was special. But could she be my Sati. He wondered...

The next day as Parvati was about to begin her penance, when she saw a young ascetic staring at her.

Parvati looked at him, "Is there a reason you are staring at me like that?"

"Yes" The ascetic said looking at her mystified. "My lady, I have watching you for a few days. Once you start performing your penance I have never seen anything like it. You have not eaten. People come and go, you do not seem to realise it. Your meditation is very powerful. Why would you..." He stopped.

Parvati nodded asking him to continue.

"...What would prompt such a beautiful lady like you to perform such a penance." The ascetic said shrugging his shoulder, "I mean, what would be worth that..."

Parvati smiled, "Love, young sir. Love. I do all this for love."

The young man looked at her baffled, when Parvati smiled, "Lord Shiva. I wish to marry him. I will win him over by my devotion." She said simply.

When Parvati finished, the young ascetic looked surprised and then burst out laughing. Parvati looked surprised seeing the ascetic laugh.

"You wish to marry..." he said still laughing, "...Shiva. You mean the three eyed God..." He said still unable to control himself. "I mean... why waste your beauty and intelligence on someone like that... who smears ashes on himself and wears skulls... And my Lady, did I forget to tell you he is homeless and just roams around in graveyards...Do you mean that Shiva..."

Parvati eyes started blazing when she heard the ascetic making fun of Lord Shiva, "Yes. I mean that Shiva and also the Shiva who is the master of the three worlds." She said pride shining in her voice. "That Shiva who cannot be understood by pathetic puny minds like yours..." She said scornfully, wishing she had never spoke to the ascetic.

The young ascetic opened his mouth to talk, when Parvati held up her hands fiercely, "DON’T SAY ANOTHER WORD" She said emphasising each word, angry through and through. "It is not only a sin to talk like this, it is bigger sin to listen to this rubbish..." Saying she stomped and was about to turn away, when she saw a flash. The young ascetic disappeared and standing in that place was the man whom she had dreamed her entire life. Lord Shiva...her Shiva.

Shiva looked tenderly at Goddess Parvati, thinking her words That Shiva and also the Shiva who is the master of the three worlds... She had said that with pride. When she had said that, something changed in him. He realised that she was his Shakti. She was indeed his wife reborn...

"Parvati, I am sorry. I should have realized it earlier. But..." Lord Shiva shook his head.

In their eyes they saw that they both belonged to each other. They had always been together. Just with different names. Lord Shiva was the father of the universe and Goddess Parvati the mother.

Goddess Parvati shyly turned to Lord Shiva, "My Lord, you have to come to my father and ask for my hand. It is the proper thing to do."

Lord Shiva nodded and went back to Kailasa, whereas Goddess Parvati returned to her father’s home.

Then Lord Shiva came and asked Himavat permission to marry his daughter. Himavat readily agreed and thus Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati celebrated their wedding with great pomp and show.

After their marriage, Goddess Parvati gave birth to Lord Kartikeyan, who defeated and killed the evil demon Tarakasura.

True to her promise, after her marriage with Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvati requested Lord Shiva to bring back Kamadeva to life. Smiling the Lord obliged and Rati got her husband back!

Mahakal ka saar

देवों के देव कहते हैं, इन्हें महादेव, भोलेनाथ, शंकर, महेश, रुद्र, नीलकंठ के नाम से भी जाना जाता है।भारतीय धर्म के प्रमुख देवता हैं। ब्रह्मा और विष्णु के त्रिवर्ग में उनकी गणना होती है। पूजा, उपासना में शिव और उनकी शक्ति की ही प्रमुखता है। उन्हें सरलता की मूर्ति माना जाता है। द्वादश ज्योतिर्लिंगों के नाम से उनके विशालकाय तीर्थ स्वरूप देवालय भी हैं। साथ ही यह भी होता है कि खेत की मेंड़ पर किसी वृक्ष की छाया में छोटी चबूतरी बनाकर गोल पत्थर की उनकी प्रतिमा बना ली जाए। पूजा के लिए एक लोटा जल चढ़ा देना पर्याप्त है। संभव हो तो बेलपत्र भी चढ़ाए जा सकते है। फलों की अपेक्षा वे नहीं करते। न धूप दीप, नैवेद्य, चन्दन, पुष्प जैसे उपचार अलंकारों के प्रति उनका आकर्षण है।

शिव ने ही कहा था कि 'कल्पना' ज्ञान से ज्यादा महत्वपूर्ण है। हम जैसी कल्पना और विचार करते हैं, वैसे ही हो जाते हैं। शिव ने इस आधार पर ध्यान की कई विधियों का विकास किया।

इस सृष्टि के प्राणी और सभी पदार्थ तीन स्थितियों में होकर गुजरते हैं-एक उत्पादन, दूसरा अभिवर्द्धन और तीसरा परिवर्तन है। सृष्टि की उत्पादक प्रक्रिया को ब्रह्मा, अभिवर्द्धन को विष्णु और परिवर्तन को शिव कहते हैं। मरण के साथ जन्म का यहाँ अनवरत क्रम है। बीज गलता है तो नया पौधा पैदा होता है। गोबर सड़ता है तो उसका खाद पौधों की बढ़ोत्तरी में असाधारण रूप से सहायक होता है। पुराना कपड़ा छोटा पड़ने या फटने पर उसे गलाया और कागज बनाया जाता है। नए वस्त्र की तत्काल व्यवस्था होती है। इसी उपक्रम को शिव कहा जा सकता है। वह शरीरगत अगणित जीव कोशाओं के मरते-जन्मते रहने से भी देखा जाता है और सृष्टि के जरा-जीर्ण होने पर महाप्रलय के रूप में भी। स्थिरता तो जड़ता है। शिव को निष्क्रियता नहीं सुहाती। गतिशीलता ही उन्हें अभीष्ट है। गति के साथ परिवर्तन अनिवार्य है। शिवतत्त्व को सृष्टि की अनवरत परिवर्तन प्रक्रिया में झाँकते देखा जा सकता है। भारतीय तत्त्वज्ञान के अध्यवसायी कलाकार और कल्पना भाव-संवेदना के धनी भी रहे हैं। उन्होंने प्रवृत्तियों को मानुषी काया का स्वरूप दिया है। विद्या को सरस्वती, संपदा को लक्ष्मी एवं पराक्रम को दुर्गा का रूप दिया है। इसी प्रकार अनेकानेक तत्त्व और तथ्य देवी-देवताओं के नाम से किन्हीं कायकलेवरों में प्रतिष्ठित किए गए हैं। तत्त्वज्ञानियों के अनुसार देवता एक से बहुत बने हैं। समुह का जल एक होते हुए भी उसकी लहरें ऊँची-नीची भी दीखती हैं और विभिन्न आकार-प्रकार की भी। परब्रह्म एक है तो भी उसके अंग-अवयवों को तरह देववर्ग की मान्यता आवश्यक जान पड़ी। इसी आलंकारिक संरचना में शिव को की मूर्द्धन्य स्थान मिला।

वे प्रकृतिक्रम के साथ गुँथकर पतझड़ के पीले पत्तों को गिराते तथा बसंत के पल्लव और फूल खिलाते रहते हैं। उन्हें श्मशानवासी कहा जाता है। मरण भयावह नहीं है और न उसमें अशुचिता है। गंदगी जो सड़न से फैलती है। काया की विधिवत् अंत्येष्टि कर दी गई तो सड़न का प्रश्न ही नहीं रहा। हर व्यक्ति को मरण के रूप में शिवसत्ता का ज्ञान बना रहे, इसलिए उन्होंने अपना डेरा श्मशान में डाला है। वहीं बिखरी भस्म को शरीर पर मल लेते हैं, ताकि ऋतु प्रभावों का असर न पड़े। मृत्यु को जो भी जीवन के साथ गुँथा हुआ देखता है उस पर न आक्रोश के आतप का आक्रमण होता है और न भीरुता के शीत का। वह निर्विकल्प निर्भय बना रहता है। वे बाघ का चर्म धारण करते है। जीवन में ऐसे ही साहस और पौरुष की आवश्यकता है जिसमें बाघ जैसे अनर्थों और अनिष्टों की चमड़ी उधेड़ी जा सके और उसे कमर से कसकर बाँधा जा सके। शिव जब उल्लास विभोर होते हैं तो मुंडों की माला गले में धारण करते हैं। यह जीवन की अंतिम परिणति और सौगात है जिसे राजा व रंक समानता से छोड़ते हैं। न प्रबुद्ध ऊँचा रहता है और न अनपढ़ नीचा। सभी एकसूत्र में पिरो दिए जाते हैं। यही समत्व रोग है, विषमता यहाँ नहीं फटकती।

शिव की नीलकंठ भी कहते हैं। कथा है कि समुद्र मंथन में जब सर्वप्रथम अहंता की वारुणी और दर्प का विष निकला तो शिव ने उस हलाहल को अपने गले में धारण कर लिया, न उगला और न पीया। उगलते तो वातावरण में विषाक्तता फैलती, पीने पर पेट में कोलाहल मचता। मध्यवर्ती नीति यही अपनाई गई। शिक्षा यह है कि विषाक्तता को न तो आत्मसात् करें, न ही विक्षोभ उत्पन्न कर उसे उगलें। उसे कंठ तक ही प्रतिबंधित रखे।

इसका तात्पर्य योगसिद्धि से भी है। योगी पुरुष अपने सूक्ष्मशरीर पर अधिकार पा लेते हैं जिससे उनके स्थूलशरीर पर तीक्ष्ण विषों का भी प्रभाव नहीं होता। उन्हें भी वह सामान्य मानकर पचा लेता है। इसका अर्थ यह भी है कि संसार में अपमान,कटुता आदि दुःख-कष्टों का उस पर कोई प्रभाव नहीं होता। 

Ravana and atma linga

In treta yug , demon/ asur king ravan reached Kailash and started performing rigorous practices to get the "Atma Linga" from Lord Shiva, as his mother  expressed a keen desire to worship the Atma linga of Lord Shiva.
After a long practices and rituals performed by the Ravana, Lord Shiva gave the "Atma linga" to Ravana as a boon and instructed Ravana to carry it home by walking, and instructed hin that he should never place it on the earth even for a short while failing which the linga would get eternally embedded at the place were he broke his commands.
 Lord Vishnu devised a plan to install the Linga somewhere and he thought that Lord Ganapati was alone capable of doing it, he along with all the gods pleased Ganapati to execute the plan. Lord Ganapati accepts and reaches Gokarna as a Brahmin boy.
As Ravana was coming near Gokarna. Lord Vishnu who had known well that Ravana was punctual in performing his periodical rites (Sandyavandhana), hides sun with his Sudarshana Chakra (Wheel). Thinking that it was time to perform the evening rites, Ravana finds a Brahmin boy and asked him to hold the Atma linga in his hand till he came back after finishing the rites.
Lord Ganapathi agreed to hold the linga on one condition that he would do so till he would be able to bear the weight of Linga and that thereafter he would call Ravana three times and if failed to come to him by then he would place the linga on the earth.
Lord Ganapathi calls Ravana three times when he was performing his rites and places the linga on the earth and he vanished. The Atma linga at once got firmly entrenched in the earth. Ravana learned that he had been tricked by the Gods.
The depressed demon king Ravana was deeply agitated and tried to pull up the linga, but the linga did not budge a little. It resulted in his throwing the coverings of the Linga to Dhareshwar, Gunavanteshwara, Murdeshwar and Shejjeshwar temples. Ravana was unable to lift the Linga from the ground again and called shiva linga as Mahabala (you are too strong). And ever since the Linga illustrious as Mahabaleshwara.
Lord Shiva learnt all these from Vayu deva (Wind god), and came on to Earth with Godess Parvathi devi and His train of Gods, He visited these five places which had now taken into five forms. He acknowledged that these five places would be His "Pancha kshetras" (Five Holy Places).

12 death signs from Shiv mahapuran

1- शिवपुराण के अनुसार जिस मनुष्य को ग्रहों के दर्शन होने पर भी दिशाओं का ज्ञान न हो, मन में बैचेनी छाई रहे, तो उस मनुष्य की मृत्यु 6 महीने में हो जाती है।

2- जिस व्यक्ति को अचानक नीली मक्खियां आकर घेर लें। उसकी आयु एक महीना ही शेष जाननी चाहिए।

3- शिवपुराण में भगवान शिव ने बताया है कि जिस मनुष्य के सिर पर गिद्ध, कौवा अथवा कबूतर आकर बैठ जाए, वह एक महीने के भीतर ही मर जाता है। ऐसा शिवपुराण में बताया गया है।

4- यदि अचानक किसी व्यक्ति का शरीर सफेद या पीला पड़ जाए और लाल निशान दिखाई दें तो समझना चाहिए कि उस मनुष्य की मृत्यु 6 महीने के भीतर हो जाएगी। जिस मनुष्य का मुंह, कान, आंख और जीभ ठीक से काम न करें, शिवपुराण के अनुसार उसकी मृत्यु 6 महीने के भीतर हो जाती है।

5- जिस मनुष्य को चंद्रमा व सूर्य के आस-पास का चमकीला घेरा काला या लाल दिखाई दे, तो उस मनुष्य की मृत्यु 15 दिन के अंदर हो जाती है। अरूंधती तारा व चंद्रमा जिसे न दिखाई दे अथवा जिसे अन्य तारे भी ठीक से न दिखाई दें, ऐसे मनुष्य की मृत्यु एक महीने के भीतर हो जाती है।

6- त्रिदोष (वात, पित्त, कफ) में जिसकी नाक बहने लगे, उसका जीवन पंद्रह दिन से अधिक नहीं चलता। यदि किसी व्यक्ति के मुंह और कंठ बार-बार सूखने लगे तो यह जानना चाहिए कि 6 महीने बीत-बीतते उसकी आयु समाप्त हो जाएगी।

7- जब किसी व्यक्ति को जल, तेल, घी तथा दर्पण में अपनी परछाई न दिखाई दे, तो समझना चाहिए कि उसकी आयु 6 माह से अधिक नहीं है। जब कोई अपनी छाया को सिर से रहित देखे अथवा अपने को छाया से रहित पाए तो ऐसा मनुष्य एक महीने भी जीवित नहीं रहता।

8- जब किसी मनुष्य का बायां हाथ लगातार एक सप्ताह तक फड़कता ही रहे, तब उसका जीवन एक मास ही शेष है, ऐसा जानना चाहिए। जब सारे अंगों में अंगड़ाई आने लगे और तालू सूख जाए, तब वह मनुष्य एक मास तक ही जीवित रहता है।

9- जिस मनुष्य को ध्रुव तारा अथवा सूर्यमंडल का भी ठीक से दर्शन न हो। रात में इंद्रधनुष और दोपहर में उल्कापात होता दिखाई दे तथा गिद्ध और कौवे घेरे रहें तो उसकी आयु 6 महीने से अधिक नहीं होती। ऐसा शिवपुराण में बताया गया है।

10- जो मनुष्य अचानक सूर्य और चंद्रमा को राहू से ग्रस्त देखता है (चंद्रमा और सूर्य काले दिखाई देने लगते हैं) और संपूर्ण दिशाएं जिसे घुमती दिखाई देती हैं, उसकी मृत्यु 6 महीने के अंदर हो जाती है।

11- शिवपुराण के अनुसार जो व्यक्ति हिरण के पीछे होने वाली शिकारियों की भयानक आवाज को भी जल्दी नहीं सुनता, उसकी मृत्यु 6 महीने के भीतर हो जाती है। जिसे आकाश में सप्तर्षि तारे न दिखाई दें, उस मनुष्य की आयु भी 6 महीने ही शेष समझनी चाहिए।

12- शिवपुराण के अनुसार जिस व्यक्ति को अग्नि का प्रकाश ठीक से दिखाई न दे और चारों ओर काला अंधकार दिखाई दे तो उसका जीवन भी 6 महीने के भीतर समाप्त हो जाता है।

rudra

Shiva is one of the great gods of Hinduism and perhaps more than any other attests to the complexity of the religious culture of South Asia. The name Shiva is not yet in use in the Rig Veda, but an ambiguous deity called Rudra appears, who shares many traits with the god who is later more commonly referred to as Shiva, “The Auspicious One.” In fact, Shiva is known and referred to by many different names, each reflecting different sides of his character, such as Śaṃkara, Śambhu, Bhava, and Paśupati. In classical Hindu mythology, Rudra is represented as one of the three aspects of the Hindu trinity (Trimurti): Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and

Rudra the destroyer. This indicates that Rudra’s ambiguous character remained, but from a Saiva religious perspective, Shiva is the Great Lord (Maheśvara) who encompasses this trinity and simultaneously transcends it. This article focuses on the historical development of the early deity Rudra into the later great god Shiva.

Empty all your thoughts

Human life is a God given chance to find out who you really are and where you really belong. Don’t waste it on anything else. Just try to merge into him. Put him first and be still. Empty yourself of all other thoughts but HIM. Rest in his presence so your heart can be filled with only his love and thoughts. He can't fill a heart that's already full, full of the things of the world. He can only fill empty vessels. 🙌✨🙌  Namaste Beautiful Souls. It's Transformation wednesday . 🌻✨🌻 Trust on Him, he has the power to turn any situation around. God always has the power to help you overcome any situation. So much is happening in this world and the struggle to survive is getting more difficult.  Everyone has been affected in some way. Though prayers are being offered, some may wonder if God will take take us through. Understand that in all things, God is working out a perfect plan that would strengthen you in the process. The struggles you are in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. The enemy can’t do anything to you that God knows will destroy you. You can’t lose the battle when his power is your force and your strength. Just remember that HE knows all your struggles and all your pain. It was by his will that you were created and by his will you came into this existence. He knew your name long before the foundation of the earth. There is nothing hidden from the all knowing, all present God. The wind, the waves and every storm and battle that you face must come, HE allows only that which he will cause to be used for your good. So never give up. He is working out blessings in your life that you can’t even imagine!  You may feel weak, but God will keep you from sinking if you will just keep your eyes on him. When all hope seems lost, remember that it is not all lost to the God of the impossible. He can take you through your storms and pain and bring you to a magical place. Know that not all things will work out as we hoped. We do not know the future or what is going to happen. But in spite of your struggle, he will work out all things for your good. Rest assured!! Keep chanting ~ Hari Om Tat Sat ~ Om Namah Shivaya ~ Jai Bholenath!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Divine Love, Blessings & Peace to all ~ Sarva Jana Sukhino Bhavantu!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Shivaay

ना आदि ना अंत है उसका! वो सबका ना इनका उनका! वही शुन्य है वही इकाई जिसके भीतर बसा शिवाय!

आँख मूंदकर देख रहा है साथ समय के खेल रहा है महादेव महाएकाकी जिसके लिए जगत है झांकी! वही शुन्य है वही इकाई जिसके भीतर बसा शिवाय!

राम भी उसका, रावण उसका! जीवन उसका मरण भी उसका! तांडव है और ध्यान भी वो है अग्यानी का ज्ञान भी वो है!

इसको काँटा लगे ना कंकर रण में रूद्र घरों में शंकर! अंत यही सारे भिघ्नाओ का! इस भोले का वार भयंकर!

वही शुन्य है वही इकाई जिसके भीतर बसा शिवाय!

Tandav

The ancient rishis had emphasised that there existed a God who destroys the universe at the end, and that God was Shiva.
No one really understood why God would need to destroy the universe, yet horror stories abounded about how Shiva would always signal the end of time for each creation.
Though this was a little strange, because surely no one would have seen the end of a universe and lived to tell about it!
Yet, graphic details about the divine holocaust were chanted in fervent whispers, as though etched in a collective memory.
Details of how Shiva literally snuffed out all life. It was whispered that He stomped His feet upon the earth in so furious a manner that it sent massive tremors through the cosmos, and that all this was a dance! The last dance called Tandav, that beginning always from Prithviloka, ended all things that had ever come into existence. Ending, as it were, existence itself; Tandav was dubbed as the dance of death.

A Timeless love

The one person that Shiva loved meeting in this cosmic mind field, the one person whose memory He would not allow to fade even when they were not together, was, unchallengeably, Parvati.
In a whole universe that had been projected by Him, She was the one being He loved immensely.
Parvati, His inseparable better-half.
Parvati, without whom, Shiva felt like ‘not Shiva’.
Parvati, without whom, Shiva didn’t feel anything at all.
Parvati, without whom, the Seers summarized, “He was Shava, a corpse.”
And without whom, as He Himself told Her once, ‘Nothing’, was actually possible.
And just as great an enigma as He was, so too was Parvati. It was She who was Sati, in a previous life. She it was, who was Shakti, the Goddess of power, in eternal wedlock with Shiva, making Him Shaktiman, the wielder of all the power there was in the Universe. She was always present in His presence. Even if that meant being reincarnated from one lifetime to another.
#SHIVA

Shiv lingam

In the Nirgun-Sagun state Shiva is worshiped as the Shivalingam
A glance at the rounded, elliptical, an-iconic image of Shivalingam placed on a circular base (known as Peedam), which is found in the Sanctum Sanctorum (Garbhagraha) in all Shiva temples, has given rise to various interpretations, without realizing the scientific truths discovered by the ancient Hindu sages. The practice of worshipping Shiva Lingam as the holy symbol of Lord Shiva, has been from time immemorial.
The worship of Shiva Lingam was not confined to India and Srilanka only. Lingam was referred to ‘Prayapas’ by the Romans who introduced the worship of Shiva Lingam to European countries. The statutes of Shiva Lingams were found in the archeological findings in Babylon, a city of ancient Mesopotamia. Further, the archeological findings in in Harappa-Mohanjo-daro, which yielded numerous Shiva Lingam statutes, have disclosed the existence of a highly evolved culture long before the Ariyan’s immigration.

Shiva

What others do to you is their karma, how you respond is your karma.
You cannot justify sin because of sin. You have a choice to be better, to respond in a more positive way, and to be civil and tact.
You cannot justify your present actions because of past actions; you especially cannot justify your present actions because of past actions from other people way before.
You have to understand that people can change, people can learn, and we're all about second chances. Give them the opportunity to be better themselves, give them the opportunity to change. And what better way to change their heart by being good? By being the example?