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Shiva Maha Purana Lecture Notes

[Music] for shiva maha purana shiva maha purana introduction first of all sage sho'nac expressed his desire to soothe her about knowing the means which could help a man in this era of Kali to attainment Lord Shiva by cleansing all the impurities of his mind and rectifying his inherent demonic tendencies suta then described about shiva maha purana the supreme of all the Puranas which was narrated by Lord Shiva himself and which was later on retold by sage Vyasa with the permission of mahadji sonnet kumar for the benediction of common man suta said by understanding the mysteries of shiv maha purana and singing its praises a man attains greater virtues than that which could be attained by being charitable or by the performance of all the yoga's contemplating on the subject matters of shiva maha purana give auspicious fruits just like a Kalpataru a mythological tree which fulfills all the wishes shiv maha purana contains 24,000 jacques and seventh son hittas which are vaguely Shiva Rudra Shatrughna koti Rudra uma collage and via shiva maha purana is the best means for man's liberation proper method of listening to Shiva Purana sage shan act requested suta to tell about the proper method of listening to Shiva Purana so that the mankind gets complete benefit suta replied first of all an auspicious moment should be determined by an astrologer after that friends and relatives should be invited especially those who have the tendency of being away from such occasion the sages and the virtuous people should be invited to the Kutta must be helped in scared places like shiva temple any place of pilgrimage or in one's home after doing a boom a portion of the land where one intends to help the katha of Shiva Purana the canopy should be well decorated after making a resolution and doing worship of Ganpati the destroyer of all hurdles and obstacles the katha should be commenced the person who is telling the katha should be facing north and all the listeners should sit facing east the person who is telling the katha should be a scholar and should be capable of clearing all their doubts from the listeners mind there should be no kind of distraction during the katha period a devotee who listens to the katha leaving behind ball of his world least worries get complete benefits a devotee should also make donations and offerings according to his capacity and capability otherwise he would become a raged man the mantra om namah Shiva should be chanted throughout the period of katha an uninitiated person does not have the right to listen to the katha of shiva maha purana so a man desirous of listening to shiva maha purana should first get initiated a devotee who has taken the vow of listening to the katha of shiva maha purana should follow a celibate life he should sleep on the floor and should have only fruits in their diet he can have his normal dinner only after the completion of the kata the diet should be fresh and pure he should also try to avoid sinful tendencies like lust anger greed attachment and condemning other etc making donations of even meagre things give undiminished virtues after the methodical completion of the kata a devotee should perform a given conclusion of the kata which is similar to that chakra deshi or Devon the devotee should also charitably make donations to all the brahmins who have helped in the performance of kata on the next day the path of Shiva Gita should be performed if the devotee listener of the kata is a householders then he should perform heaven with degree prepared from cows milk for the pacification of the unhindered completion of the kata the harvin should be performed either with the help of Rudra Sangeeta mantras or Gayatri mantra or with the shlokas of purana part one village with Sangeeta sages inquire Veda choise Sunita which is classified into 25 chapters has a narration in its first chapter which goes as follows once upon a time the sages were performing a yoga at crayon Chaitra sage Sutra came to know about this and arrived there all the sages were very pleased to see him they requested Lord though we have heard many tales from you regarding the man's benediction but today we want to listen to something special because in this present era of Kali when all the castes have forgotten about their respective duties we want to know is there any way to prevent the deterioration in the human values suta replied or great men your inquiry has great relevance in this era of Kali I will certainly you about the way by the help of which a man can achieve benediction shiva maha purana contains the essence of Vedantic philosophy which gives worldly pleasures as well as salvation mere remembrance of it destroys all the sins of a man one who studies the Rudra Sangeeta attentively his gravest of sins are destroyed instantaneously one who studies Rudra Sunita silently sitting in front of VAT of Idol all of his aspirations are fulfilled a man gets liberated from the sin of killing a Brahmin if he studies Rudra's son hit awhile circle bulleting around the bunion creep kailash Sangeeta is even superior than Rudra Sangeeta as it elaborates upon the meaning of Omkar shiva maha purana is created by lord shiva himself it contains twelve son hittas which are whaa - whaa Rudra Vinayak uma metry a clash Rudra kailash shat Rudra koti Rudra Sahasra koti wavier and girl initially it contained one lakh shlokas but it was precise to twenty four thousand shlokas by sage Vyasa the present Shiva Purana is the fourth one which consists of seven son hittas the earlier three Shiva Puranas are unavailable the scientific analysis of the vedantic mysteries are the main subject of this divine Shiva Purana the study of Shiva Purana helps a man to attain germ Alta come and moksha Sutra continued with his narration during the initial period of sweat vara culpa six prominent sages collected near triveny and started debating as to who was the greatest deity among Brahma Vishnu and Mahesh their debate remain inconclusive so they went to Lord Brahma to seek the answer Lord Brahma told them or revered sages the source of Vishnu rudra all the deities including myself and all the other creations is none other Mahadev union with the Shiva should be the objective of a man to attain that objective listening to the qualities of lord shiva singing devotional songs in his praise and contemplating on him are the greatest means which helped to unite with Shiva purification of the mind by the help of doing worship and chanting the name of God is called contemplation singing devotional songs in the form of stotra or hymns of the Vedas or even in one's own language is called kirtan the above-mentioned three activities are the supreme means to attain liberation [Music] greatness of shiva linga pillar of fire own car according to suta if a person is incapable of following the above-mentioned three activities ie Shravana kirtan and moanin then he should worship the Shiva Linga even by doing this he can attain liberation from all the bondages of the world describing about the majesty of Shiva Linga Sutra says Lord Shiva is the manifestation of Almighty God Brahma himself and for this very reason he is known as Nishka because of his divine beauty shiva is called Saguna god with form the terms Saguna is also expressed in another way that is skull shiva linga is worshipped since it symbolized the form of shiva Lord Shiva is also considered to be jnana without any qualities in the first Kalpa of chouette vara a battle was fought between Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu to prove their superiority lord shiva manifested before arrogance after that he also showed them his form in the shape of Shiva Linga from that day onwards the Shiva Linga became famous non Dyke schwa ji narrates the tale of battle between Lord Brahma and law Vishnu once while traveling Lord Brahma reached the abode of Lord Vishnu he saw Lord Vishnu he saw Lord Vishnu resting on Sheshnag and being attended by Garuda and other attendants when Brahma saw that Vishnu did not get up to receive him he became very angry very soon verbal duel erupted between them it became so severe that a battle was fought between them which continued for very long time all the deities arrived from the heaven to watch the battle they became very worried when they saw no sign of battle coming to an end they decided to go to Lord Shiva to seek his help though Lord Shiva knew everything but still finding ignorant he asked about the well-being of the world the deities told him about the battle fought between Brahma and Vishnu Lord Shiva then sent his one hundred ganas to pacify both of them he too went there accompanied by mother Parvati boarded on a chariot when Lord Shiva reached there he saw that Brahma and Vishnu were about to use their deadly weapons Mahesh wa and Pashupati respectively fearing the destruction which these deadly weapons might have caused lord shiva manifested himself in the form of an al stambha pillar of fire between them bregma and Vishnu had already released their weapons Mahesh wa and Pasha but both the weapons fell into that pillar of fire and God destroyed Bradman and Vishnu were very surprised to see the pillar of fire which was so enormous in size that it reached the sky and penetrated down the earth which knew transformed himself into a ball and went to the Patal netherworld to find the base of that pillar of fire but he was unsuccessful in his attempt and came back similarly drachma transformed himself into a swan and flew up in the sky to find its limit while going through the aerial route he met a withered getkey flowers which had still some freshness and fragrance left in it Lord Shiva smiled at the futile attempts of Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu as a result of his smile the cakey flower fell down from the branch gate key flirt old drama that he had been present there since the beginning of the creation but was unable to know about the origin of that pillar of fine the flood also advised Brahma against making any effort in that direction as it would be of no use Beretta then sought the help of khaki flood to give a false witness before Lord Vishnu that he Brahma had been successful in seeing the limit of that pillar of fire yet key flaw agreed both of them went to Vishnu and Brahma told him that he had seen the limit of that pillar of fire gate key flaw gave a witness Vishnu accepted the superiority of Brahma Lord Siva became very angry with Brahma he proceeded to punish Brahma for his falsehood Lord Vishnu requested Lord Shiva to spare the life of Brahma Lord Siva became pleased with Vishnu and accorded him the same status as that of his own non Dyk schwa continuing with the tale said after according same status to Vishnu as that of his own Lord Shiva opened his third eye from it manifested whereof he ordered valve to kill Brahma whereof severe da fifth head of Lord Brahma with his sword brought ma became very terrified he was trembling in fear Lord Vishnu felt pity on his condition and requested Lord Shiva to forgive him Lord Shiva then stopped valve but told prema you spoke untruth with a desire to become worshipable it is my curse that you will not be worshipped by anybody you will posses only four heads Brett my baked his forgiveness Lord Shiva feeling pity on Brahma gave him a boon of being the presiding deity of all the Yehia similarly the key key flaw also prohibited from being used during worship but when keiki flower tendered his apology Shiva gave blessing that it would be fortunate to be offered to Lord Vishnu during the worship Lord Vishnu and Brahma made salutations to Lord Shiva and offered him a seat they then worshiped him this was the first time Brahma and Vishnu had worshiped Lord Shiva Shiva was very pleased Shiv ratri has been continued to be celebrated since that day this particular day is considered to be the most auspicious day for the worship of Lord Shiva a devotee who fasts on Shiv ratri remaining only on fruits attained virtues equivalent to the worship done for the whole year the Idol of Shiva is consecrated on this day Lord Shiva has himself told the deities that he had manifested in the form of pillar of fire in the month of a gun and during the constellation of ahdre he also said one who has my darshan on this day Shiv ratri all worships me in my form of link is dearer to me than catechol the place where I manifested in the form of pillar of fire will become famous as lean gastón because of its resemblance with the mountain of fire it will also be known Aruna chill later on Shiva brought back to life all the people who had died in the battle fought between Brahma and Vishnu Lord Shiva then preached Brahma and Vishnu on the five duties pancha criteria saying that Shrishti creation state a position sample on Nile ation thira bath concealment and a new grip obligation or kindness are the five duties by which this world functions the source of this world in saga or nature the establishment of this world is state a or position the tendency of this world to destroy is Sam her or destruction the feeling of absence of this world is tear above or concealment and moksha or salvation is obligation or anew gray Lord Shiva then goes on to explain that the first four duties like saga nature etc help in the nurture Minh of the world and the fifth duty a new gray is a giver of salvation Lord Shiva also told them bread ma and Vishnu that he Shiva had blessed both of them to look after the two duties ie Shrishti entity Rudra and Mahesh have been interested with the job of Sangha anti rebuffed the fifth duty a new gray has been kept by me said Shiva after describing about the allocation of various duties Lord Shiva described the meaning of own cart to them he said that um car signified the world and contained the power of Shiva and Shakti this powerful mantra gives all kinds of worldly accomplishment as well as salvation after that Lord Shiva initiated Brahma and Vishnu with the own car mantra and preached them on the importance of the worship of Shiva Linga rituals of the worship of Shiva sacred pilgrimages on the request of the sages Sutra describes about the methods of worshipping Shiva Linga he says one should construct a Shiva Linga either of mud rock or metal and establish it in such a place where it can be worshiped daily without any hindrance the chart mobile link should be small in size and the steerer fixed link should be large the link should be constructed did along with the pedestal the rule for constructing a Shiva Linga has been specifically described the breadth of thickness of the link should be twelve times the thickness of the devotees one who is constructing the link finger while the length should be 25 times after establishing the link in the above-mentioned way it should be worshiped after performing the shawl a soap jar the thumb also symbolized a Shiva Linga and its worship can be done while worshiping the Shiva Linga the mantra om namah shivay should be continuously chanted chanting this mantra for five crore times helps a man in attaining to the abode of Shiva worship of Shiva done during the midnight is considered to be especially fructifying there are numerous places of pilgrimage is connected with Shiva at the banks of river Ganges and river Indus River Saraswathi is considered to be a sacrosanct River and having an opportunity of living at its banks helps in attaining to the abode of Brahma similarly there are famous temples of lord shiva at kashi naimisharanya Bhadra Kshama and kadar etc there are many temples of Shiva at the banks of holy river light Ganges Yamuna Saraswati Godavari Narmada Kaveri Surya Tungabhadra etc worshipping Shiva at these places bestows on diminishing virtues and liberates a man from all of his sins conduct of the respective custom on the request of the sages Sutra described about the virtuous and in virtuous activities of a man according to their respective castes he belongs to he said a Brahman who performs the rituals as described in the Vedas only is entitled to be called a dhwaja a Brahmin who is not that proficient in the Vedas is called a Kshatriya Bronfman a Brahmin engaged in agricultural activities and business is called a Varsha Brahmin a Brahmin who is in the habit of condemning and criticizing others is called a sudra Brahmin Kshatriya who looks after the welfare of his subjects is called a king while the rest of them are known as simply Cottrell ha3 who indulges in business is called a vishakha trail similarly Akari who engages himself in the service of the three superior castes Brockman Chhetri and VII is called eschewed Raksha trail derm is considered to be of two types one dirham performed by matter and materials to them performed by indulging in physical activities the performance of yoga etc comes in the first category making pilgrimages of holy places comes in the second category during the Satya Yuga meditation was the way to attain self-knowledge during treta-yuga it was attained by penance during Baba Yaga it was attained by performing yoga while in the present era of Kali Yuga idol worship is considered to be the means to achieve self realization in virtuosity invites sorrow while virtuosity bestows joy and happiness the importance of agnya gear the sages then asked suta about the agnya gear brought Moraga and guru puja in order of importance suta said performing heaven by offering matter and materials into the sacred fire is called agni yoga this ritual is especially meant for the brahmacari celibates performing havana during the evening time brings prosperity while performance of havana during the morning times gives long life making sacrifices to the deities during the daytime is called deva yoga a Bronfman should perform brat Maha with the help of the study of the Vedas first of all Lord Shiva adopted an auspicious day for himself and named its Sunday after that he named the six remaining days of the week and attributed them to the following deities respectively Monday Doga Tuesday Skanda Wednesday Vishnu Thursday yum Friday Brahma and Saturday indra worshipping the deities on their respective days give peace property and all kinds of accomplishments appropriate place and time for worshipping Shiva in the Whiggish with Sangeeta of Shiva Purana describing about the importance of place and time for worship of Shiva says worshipping Shiva at the pure place in a house gives appropriate fruits while worship done in a cowshed gives virtue which are 10 times more than the former one worshipping Shiva at the banks of a river gives ten times more virtuous than the second one worship of Shiva done either in temple under the bus'll plant etc or at the banks of saft Ganga gives ten times more virtue than the third one if Shiva is worshipped at the seashore than the fourth one while worshipping Shiva on the peak of a mountain gives ten times more virtue than the fifth one but worship done with the fully concentrates mind gives the best fruits during the Satya Yuga performance of yoga and donations gave complete results during the treta yuga it gave half while in the present kali yuga it gives one-fourth results virtuosity performed with a pure heart does not go in vain the other auspicious days in order of their increasing importance are tsuya Sankranti - la Sankranthi and mish Sankranti lunar eclipses and solar eclipses respectively worshiping the idol of Shiva it has been mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of Veda schwas Sangeeta that all the desires of a man are completely fulfilled if he worship even in earthen Idol of Shiva for making an idol of Shiva clay should be acquired from the base of river pond well or any such other place in this clay fragrant powder and milk should be added to make it into a paste after the constructing of Idol is complete it should be worshipped by all the sixteen types of rituals surely a soap jar if the Shiva Linga is constructed by somebody else then three Sarah of Nvidia should be offered to the deity whereas if one himself has constructed the Shiva Linga then the one-fourth of it Sarah should be offered if such an idol is worshipped for 1000 times then it helps the devotee in attaining to the Satya Lok performing of a shake of such an idol helps in self purification offering fragrance gives virtues nvidia increases the lifespan and worshipping it wit group gives wealth and prosperity respectively worshiping the idol with the burning lamp gives knowledge to the devotee whereas offering betel leaves gives splendors a devotee who worships Lord Shiva in the Hindu month of mud and on Krishna chatter - she achieves longevity of life both worldly pleasures and salvation are achieved by worshipping Shiva worshipping Shiva in the Hindu month of Kartik by going Japan penance etc gives special fruits and the devotee becomes free from all kinds of diseases if a devotee worships Lord Shiva on Sunday he becomes free from rebuilt the majesty of pronoun panchuk sure the route sounds occur Oh God Macha Bindu and nod which are free from the delusions and which originates from the mother nature are called Pranav it is of two types pipe grows bee Pranav mantra M & M namah Shiva it symbolizes the unified power of Shiva and Shakti and destroys all the sins of a man a man desirous of worldly pleasures must chant the mantra Harish Woronov containing the three root sounds a you and ma which symbolize Brahma Vishnu and Mahesh respectively on the other hand am an aspiring for the salvation must chant the mantra dear Garen of containing a you ma nut and Bindu before commencing the study of Vedas pronouncing boom car is a must by chanting pronoun for 9 crore times man becomes pure by chanting it for further 9 crore times a man develops a control over natural forces like wind smell and birth etc this printer of mantra is considered to be most powerful and helps the man to attain the abode of Shiva worldly bondages and salvation in the 18 chapter all the sages requested Sutra to explain the meaning of bondages of life and salvation Sutra replied because of the eight types of bondages which a man feels on this earth the soul is also known as Jeeva the Jeeva becomes liberated only after becoming free from these eight bondages these eight bondages are nature intelligence qualitative ego and the Panchen matras ie sound touch appearance taste and smell each soul is binded by these eight aspects of the nature the actions performed as the result of these bondages is called Karma a man reaps the fruits of his actions whether good or evil he either enjoys pleasures or suffers because of sorrow due to this karma the soul takes rebirth in a cyclic was binded by the effects of his comas the eighth chakra are nothing but the forms of the nature Shiva is beyond the reach of these eight chakras on the contrary he has full control these eight chakras so a man can become free from the bondages of this world only by worshipping Shiva Linga the link is both gross as well as subtle there are five types of link on this birth Tatsu ambling Bindu Ling practice titling char Ling guru link a person desirous of worldly pleasures should worship the cross Shiva Linga where as one who is desirous of attaining salvation must worshipped as such a Shiva Linga the worship of party VAR link suta then explains the greatness of worshiping a party volleying party val link is the most supreme among all the Shiva lingas all the aspersions of he duties as well as men are fulfilled by the worship of part of link during the era of Satya dwell was considered to be of prime importance where as during treta-yuga and Baba Yaga gold and mercury had the prime importance respectively in the present era of Kali a party Valen holds this place of honor the worship of party Val link baguettes more virtuous than even pinions just as Ganga among the rivers Kashi among the sacred places of pilgrimages own car among all the mantras are considered to be superior in the same way part of Linga is considered to the supreme among all the link worshiping a party val link twitter nish Komarov helps a man to attain liberation suta elaborately describes about the methods of doing worship of party volleying after becoming fresh in the morning a man should wear a Rudra garland in his neck and apply Bosma ash on his forehead he should then worship the part evil ink he should chant the various names of Shiva while worshiping the Tiwa Ling like her Mahesh wah Shambu shul fanny Mahadev etc after worshiping the party volleying it should be immersed in the river then the mantra om namah shivay should be counted with complete devotion this is the method which has been described in the Vedas for the worship of part evil link the numbers of party volleying differ according to one's desires for example a man who is desirous of learning and knowledge must worship 1000 part evil Inc a man who is desirous of wealth must worship 1500 part evil in goss a man who is desirous of attaining salvation must worship one crore part evil in goss party valine which is equivalent to the height measured by the forefingers and which has been established on a beautiful pedestal is considered to be the best part evil link which is the half of the above-mentioned height is considered to be medium and still half then the second category is considered to be inferior part evil link it is better and advisable to worship a single part evil link daily because it is equivalent to the worship of the whole world nobody is barred from worshipping Shiva except the people whose ancestors had been cursed by the sages like the Ricci Gautham such people should also worship the eight idols earth water fire air sky Sun Moon and the hosts along with the part evil Inc a Bronfman should worship part evil link as per the methods described in the Vedas worship should be done facing north importance of Nvidia and Bill believes suta then described about the importance of Nvidia offered to Lord Shiva a devotee gets liberated from all of his sins merely at the site of the Nvidia which have been offered to Lord Shiva he attains great virtues by having the prasada a man must not accept the prasada if the worship have been done under supervision of a chandala but some of the Shiva lingas like bang Linga Siddha Linga and swayambhu link are exceptions to this rule the prasada which has been offered to the Shiva Linga and remains lying on it is prohibited from having but the Prasad which is not touching the Shiva Linga should be accepted bilwa fruit is considered to be a form of Lord Shiva its greatness has been eulogized even by the deities himself it is believed that all the places of pilgrimages dwell in the bill relief Lord Shiva is believed to have his aboard in the roots of the bill watry a devotee who waters the roots of the bilwa tree attains greater virtues than offering water to the deities of all the places of pilgrimages similarly a devotee who worships the roots of the bill watry attains to the abode of Lord Shiva Sutra then goes on he explained the greatness of Shiva's name and the importance of Bosma ash and rudraksh beads in his worship the name of Shiva is as sacred as Ganges similarly bhisma and rudraksh aren't as holy as the river Yamuna and Saraswati therefore a devotee who possesses the name of Lord Shiva on his lips who applies Bosma on his person and who wears a rude rock in his neck attained the virtues similar to that of taking a bath in the Sangam in ancient times a king by the name of andrina got liberated from the bondages of the world just by chanting the name of Shiva the importance of Bosma ash in Shiva's worship Bosma are of two types one ma Havas ma an to slop of asthma Schroeter listener smart rights according to the spiritus and yogic worldly are considered to be the Mojave Ozma there are many types of slop of asthma rota and smart are meant only for the Brahmins for the rest of the castes rocky Bosma is appropriate a Brockman must apply Bosma only after initiating it with the mantras the ashes which remains after burning dry cow dung is called agnya Bosma applying trip unda on the forehead with the ashes after the completion of yoga is to the open assured rituals like Sandia and Japan should only be performed after applying trip unda on the forehead importance of Rudraksha Rudra is very dear to lord shiva and hence all the sins of a man get destroyed if he chants the name of lord shiva using Rudra beads he also attains salvation after his death it is believed that the origin of Rudra is connected with Shiva penance once while Sadashiv was performing his penance his eyes opened due to some disturbances he was so remorseful that tears rolled down from his eyes these teardrops are believed to be the origin of the Rudra trees root rocks of specific colors have been prescribed for different castes for example a Brahmin acturally a vaisya and sudra have been instructed to put on road rocks off-white color red color yellow color and black color respectively a person who weighs 1100 road rocks on his body he unites with Shiva rude rocks are of various types he a koopa Rudraksh one opening to Rudraksh with 14 opening each type of rudra has specific mantra and specific deity connected with it Sri frequent part to Rudra Sangeeta the sages expressed their desire of knowing about the manifestation of shiva and uma their marriage and their life as a house holder and the other aspects of Shiva's divinity Sutra narrated the story of nadas attachment and lust how they were ultimately destroyed he also narrated of nas deep desired to know about Shiva victory of nada over comma once upon a time but now doubt was performing a penance in the cave of Himalayan mountain Indra becoming fearful centcom they've to obstruct his penance but commtiva was unsuccessful in his attempt as the place where now that was doing penance was the same place where Lord Shiva did penance after the completion of his penance now they became arrogant that he had defeated calm Deva he went to Kailash Mountain and narrated about his feet to Lord Shiva now that was naive not to realize the fact Hetty's happened only because of the divine power of Shiva Lord Shiva listened to his arrogant statement he advised now though not to reveal this secret to anybody but now they went to premier Luca and boasted about his feet to lord brahma lord brahma listened to his boisterous statements and advised him not to reveal this to anybody but nada was not satisfied he wanted to give the news of his achievement to Lord Vishnu so he went to Lord Vishnu 'he's aboard and boasted about his feat of defeating come Deva Lord Vishnu with a desire to subdue his inflated ego manifested his illusionary power with the blessings of Lord Shiva while nada was returning from Vacanti Luca he saw a beautiful city this city was ruled by a king named Sheila thee the King had a daughter and her Swayamvar was being organized numerous Kings had arrived to take part in that Swayamvar nada curiously entered the place where swayam verb was being held the King requested now doc to study the lines of the farm of the princess now da was infatuated by the princess beauty he returned back to Lord Vishnu and expressed his desire of marrying that princess he also requested Vishnu to make him as handsome as himself Vishnu Lord Vishnu made now does whole body very beautiful except his face which he made like a monkey now that being unaware of this happily went back to sway my sight now they sat among the Kings his face resembling like a monkey Lord Vishnu too was present there the princess saw nada whose face was looking like a monkey she was amused ultimately she put the garland around the neck of Lord Vishnu and went to vaikunthaloka along with him some of the Shiva's gun two were present there in the guise of a Brahmin their names were Marut ganas when they saw now doubt to see the reflection of his face in the water when now the saw his face in the water he saw that he was looking like a monkey he became very furious and cursed the Meru ganas to be the born as demons even though being Brahmins by birth furious now that then went to Lord Vishnu and cursed him you too would suffer due to separation from your wife during your incarnation of Rama and the monkey would come to your help Lord Vishnu accepted now the Oscars without any hesitation he then removed the illusionary powers by which nowadays mind was influenced now now they regretted his actions Lord Vishnu told now that that everything happened because of Shiva's divine illusions you did not pay heed to his advice and hence Shiva by his allusions has taught you a lesson Shiva is beyond the reach of the three basic qualities sattva Rajas and Tamas therefore you must worship and contemplate on the name of Shiva all of your sins will be destroyed after preaching nada Lord Vishnu vanished from his sight now then descended down to earth and while having darshan of numerous Shiva lingas he saw two of the Meru ganas whom he had cursed he told both of them that they would take birth from a giant SS boom but their father would be sages he also told them that they would become very famous due to their devotion now they went to Lord Brahma and requested him to tell about the divinity of Shiva Bret ma preaches now the own origin of Vishnu and Brahma on nadas request Brahma said during the period of mahaprabhu final annihilation nothing exists except Shiva the power which Shiva manifested from his own self came to be known as Ambika this Ambika is understood to be the Kois of the whole world as well as the nature Lord Shiva then created a Shiva Luca which is known as Kashi it is the abode of Shiva and Parvati a man who makes a pilgrimages of Kashi attains salvation Lord Shiva felt the need of somebody who could look after the creation in his absence as he wanted to retire along with Ambika at Kashi the unified energy of Shiva and Ambika resulted into a radiant physical form of a child the child asked Shiva about his name and purpose of his being Lord Shiva named the child as Vishnu and advised him to do a penance which would help him to attain all kinds of accomplishment he then offered him the knowledge of Vedas through his bread for this reason it has been said Yoshi Aneesh was eaten vada meaning whose exhaled air is Veda Vishnu followed the instruction of Shiva and did a tremendous penance for 12 years but still he was not successful in having addition of Lord Shiva for the second time he became worried he heard a heavenly voice instructing him to do further penance Vishnu then recommenced his penance it continued for many days by the blessings of Shiva numerous fountain of streams are update from his body which spread in all directions in the form of Brahma Vishnu was very pleased to see that stream he went to sleep in that streams due to which he also came to be known as narayan one who has his abode in the water after that all the five elements manifested from his self the three qualities Salva Rajas and Tamas as well as the ego manifested from his body similarly five ten mantras subtle form of matter pancha goethe sky water air fire and earth and ultimately five sense organs and five organs of action also manifested from altogether twenty four types of element manifested from the body of Shri Vishnu Brahma told nada while Vishnu was sleeping in the water a lotus flower manifested from the navel of Vishnu according to the wish of Shiva on that Lotus was seated with four heads I did not see anything except that lotus flower I had a desire to know about my identity so I entered into the hollow tubular stock of that lotus flower but I was not able to find their source I returned back to the same place suddenly I heard a voice which instructed me to do penance I did a tremendous penance for 12 years with a desire to know about my Creator being pleased with me lord vishnu manifested before me within his church or good form but i could not identify him being influenced by the illusionary power of shiva i quarreled with him shiva ins brahma vishnu dispute and shabda brahma i asked him as to who he was vishnu replied that he was the fulfill of all of his desires but i replied to him that i only was the creator nurturer and the supreme soul of this world which knew became angry and said that undoubtedly I brought ma was the creator of this world but he wish knew was the one who had created me Brahma and the whole world which knew also ordered me to take his refuge and promised to protect me but being an ignorant I did not believe him a fierce battle was fought between both of us a shiva linga manifested between us to end the battle we requested that shiva linga to show its real identity that shiva linga had destroyed our pride we heard a sound boom we became curious to know the origin of that sound vishnu saw a litter towards the south of that shiva linga he also saw their letters U and M Center towards the north of the shiva linga and in its center respectively he also saw the mantra boom which was dazzling like a Sun there was no beginning and end to this mantra oompa as we were making efforts to know about its origin suddenly Shiva appeared in the form of a sage he gave us the knowledge regarding whom he also revealed to us that I originated from the letter A Wish new originated from letter U and Shiva himself originated from letter M the little R signifies creation u signifies new German and signifies salvation the three letters day we and also symbolized the basic causes of creation I or Brahma also symbolized the same in you or Vishnu symbolized the vagina and the sound of whom is Mahesh were the combined sound of a you an M all the three United from which manifested a golden egg this golden egg remained submerged in the water for 1,000 years the almighty then cut that egg into two halves from which appeared heaven and earth we also saw the divine beauty of Mahesh WA then we saw all the vowels and consonants emanating from the physique of Mahadev Vishnu saw the 48 letters within Omkar which in fact were the two following mantras dart Purusha vidya monje mahadeva dhimahi tan no Rudra Pratap a dot and dot savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi dhiyo yonah pretoria dot after that we also received the muhammad mje mantras like um Jim is age ROM rim Jim is age and tryin become regimen Hey after that we received the five lettered mantra om namah shivay the Chintamani mantra chou-heung the the China muta mantra om namah bhagwate the China muta Mahim megan precious waha at last we received the great mantra at whimsy Vishnu was so enchanted by this mantra that he started chanting this mantra we then prayed to shivudu creator the nurturer and the destroyer Shiva became very pleased with both of us he preached as the contents of Veda Shiva told Vishnu about the methods by which his Shiva's worship could be done he revealed to us that Vishnu actually had manifested from the left portion of his Shiva's body and myself from the right portion of his body he also blessed us that he would manifest his incarnation of Rudra from our body and also that the purpose of this incarnation would be to do uh Naya Latian Lord Shiva revealed to us that his consort uma was in fact mother nature and her power in the incarnation of Saraswathi would be my consort Lakshmi who would also manifest from the nature would be the consort of Vishnu Brahma told nada Lord Shiva informed us that my day consists of four thousand eras and similarly my night too consists of four thousand eras since the month consists of 30 days and a year consists of twelve months in this way my age was fixed to be of 100 years one day of Vishnu is equivalent to one year of Brahma Vishnu 'he's age 2 was fixed to be of 100 years the day of Rudra is equivalent to one year of Vishnu and his age also was fixed to be of 100 years the methods of worshipping Shiva on the request of the sages Sutra retold the preaching which had been narrated by Brahma to nada describing the method of Shiva worship he says a devotee should get up early in the morning and contemplate on Shiva who gives benediction after that he should finish his daily routing work and perform rituals like Sandhya and one Donna etc after that he should worship Shiva Linga according to Vedic rites like Punjab chart sword shop jar etc he should also perform a vesica various offerings at last there should beg pardon for his sins once Brett mom went to Chia saga the abode of vishnu accompanied by the deities and asked lord vishnu how a man could be liberated from his sorrows lord vishnu told them that this objective could be met by worshipping Shiva Linga all the deities then prayed to Lord Shiva who after becoming pleased instructed vishwakarma to construct a Shiva Linga for them wish vakama then made a Shiva Linga for coober a Shiva Linga of yellow diamond for the Mirage a Shiva Linga of dark colored diamond for Varuna a Shiva Linga of endurance diamond for Vishnu and a golden Shiva Linga for Brahma similarly Vishwa Deva was given a Shiva Linga made up of silver the ashvini Kumar's were given Shiva Linga made up of bronze Lakshmi was given a Shiva Linga made up of crystal aspartic Sun God was given a Shiva Linga made of copper and the moon was given a Shiva Linga made of pearl Brett ma has described the following methods for the worship of Shiva Linga after performing the rituals like our chairman and pranayama a devotee should apply a trip unda on his forehead and wear a Rudra on his body after the study of Shanti path and the performance of the autonomous cart he should make a resolution if he has any wish to be fulfilled then the worship of Shiva Linga should be done with the help of Mahima stubborn and offering flowers to the Shiva Linga the purity of the mantras should be maintained while chanting them it has been mentioned in the shiva purana that making offerings in the form of lotus shad Patra shankar push pay the leaves of wood apple tree helps a man in attaining wealth and prosperity for becoming free from disease fifty lotus flowers should be offered to the Shiva Linga mrithyunjaya should be chanted for five lakh times for all types of accomplishment one lakh natura fruits should be offered for long life worldly pleasure as well as for attaining salvation the origin of collage and vicuna brahma revealed to now how the process of creation commenced after Lord Shiva vanished from our sight I transformed myself into the appearance of a swan and vishnu transformed his appearance into that of a boar with the purpose of commencing the process of creation first of all I created the water I poured a palm full of water into it and it manifested which consisted of all the twenty-four elements this egg was very enormous in size which made me confused I did penance for 12 years Vishnu appeared before me I requested him to bring that egg to consciousness Vishnu entered into that egg as a result of this Kailash Mountain and all the seven worlds came into existence after that the static living things were created which symbolized the dark quality Tamas guna after that I created four-footed animals like cows an ox etcetera in spite of these creations I was not satisfied so I again went into meditation as a result the deities were created which symbolized the virtuous quality sattva-guna once again I meditated and the human species came into existence which symbolized the medium quality Rajas guna with the permission of Lord Shiva I then created spirits like ghosts etc after that I created my five Manus Patras sanic Sonoran etc but they were so ascetic and detached from the world that they showed their distinctly nation in contributing in the process of creation this made me angry tears rolled down from my eyes with the permit of Vishnu I did a tremendous penance to have a darshan of Lord Shiva the emergence of Rudra Vata and creation Brahma said to nada when I accomplished my penance Lord Shiva manifested in his incarnation of Rudra from in between the eyebrows half of his body resembled like that of a woman other than arisia I requested him helped me in my creational activities Rudra created his hosts Rudra ghana who resembled like him I requested him to create the mortals to which he laughed and said that he liberated mortals from their sorrow so how could he fastened them with bondages Rudra requested me to create the mortals and then he vanished preaching nada on the essence of Shiva tava Brett ma said with the permission of Shiva I created the five basic elements from which the matter is made and also all types of arts I also created the time despite all these creations I was not satisfied I created sage Medici from my eyes sage Bhrigu from my heart Sage Angira from my head sage pallava from my V&Y you sage bullets are from my Godin wire sage vasista from my summon why you sage croteau from my oven why you sage a tree from my ear Daksha Prajapati from my vital air you nada manifested from my lap sage kaatham and manifested from my shadow then I divided my body into two parts and from each of the two parts manu and satrupa manifested respectively both of them got married and in this way commenced the conjugal creation priyavrata and Oaktown both were the true sons born to them shot Roopa also gave birth to three daughters whose names were a cote d'ivoire Hootie and prasuti sage Ruchi was married to a Coty sage Kadam was married to devahuti and Daksha Prajapati was married to Presutti sage yoga and the China were born to sage Ruchi and a coupie numerous daughters were born to sage Karam and devi who T similarly 24 daughters were born to Daksha and prasuti Daksha married 13 of his boy tears to them the rest of his daughters were married to sages like boo Listeria etc all the three worlds are inhabited by the progenies of these sages the same Daksha Prajapati had sixty daughters in another Kalpa who were married to sages like casaba etc in this culpa sati was one of his daughters who was married to Lord Shiva sati being distressed by the disrespect shown by her father Daksha to her husband shiva had given up her life by jumping into the sacrificial fire in her next birth she was born as Parvati and was again married to Shiva this way I created this world with the permission of Shiva goon an idli the Brahmins son Nelda asked Lord Brahma when did Lord Shiva make Kailash as his abode and what was the reason of friendship between Shivaji and Cobre bradman narrated the following story there used to live a bright man by the name yoga Sutra in camfil younger who was proficient in the performance of Samia he had a son named Khun an idli though he was a scholar but at the same time he was irreligious and kept bad company he used to indulge in evil activities like gambling his father yoga doctor was unaware of his evil activities whenever he asked his wife about culinary habits and conduct his wife used to tell lies and praised the conduct of Kaname Lee thus Kaname this condition became worse day by days yoga doctor married good nanny with a girl belonging to a well-to-do family but his habits had not changed his mother tried her best to make him understand but it was of no avail one day Yoga jerk they saw a gambler wearing his ring he asked him about that ring the gambler told him that his son gue Nana who had lost it to him in the gamble he also informed him that he had also lost numerous ornaments and other properties in the gamble yoga tjuta became very angry he married with another woman after abandoning his wife and son when Gandhi came to know about his father's second marriage he moved to another place cursing his fate he kept on walking till he became tired he sat under a tree and started thinking about his further course of action he heart was full of remorse and he repented for his past actions as his mind was engrossed in such kind of thoughts he saw some villages going towards temple they were carrying Prasad in their hands since goon an idli was hungry he followed them and after reaching the temple he sat at the main gate of the temple in the night after the accomplishment of the pujan the devotees went to sleep goon and he entered the premise went to sleep goon and he entered the premise of the temple the flame of the lamp was gradually becoming dim as the result of which he could not see properly he tore some pieces of cloth he was wearing and made a thick wig and put it in the lamp now the light was sufficient to enable him to see whatever had been offered to the deity he carried as much fruits and other eatables as possible and tried to sneak out from the temple unfortunately he dashed against a devotee woke up and chased him shouting thief thief hearing his cries all the other devotees woke up and caught energy he was given such a nice thrashing that proved to be fatal and as a result Coonan idiot died the young dupes arrived to take his soul to young loca but right then the shiftiness arrived and prevented the young Lucas from carrying his soul they informed the young you tossed that kunana deep was entitled for Shiva Luca as he had devoutly observed the Shiv ratri fast had listened to the tales of Shiva and lighted up the lamp which was about to go off the Shiva ganas also informed the young duelist that in his next birth Kaname Lee would become the king of kalinga in this way gun and he attained to Shiva Luca in his next birth he was born as a son of King a random the king of kalinga he was named as Dhamma when he was still young his father Wyndham dies so Dhamma succeeded him as the king of kalinga he renovated all the shiva temple which came under his jurisdiction and passed a decree which made the worship of lord shiva compulsory for all the subjects by the blessings of lord shiva he became the king of alka puri and was known as Gobert during the padma Kalpa sage Vyasa was born to sage pulastya Dumanis Putra of lord brahma wish Ravis son with Shravan ruled over alcapurrias for a long time this city was constructed by the deity of Vishwakarma wish Robin was a great devotee of Lord Shiva during the culpa named make Mahon goon an idli did a tremendous penance for 10 lakh years as a result of this penance his body was reduced to Skelton Lord Shiva became very pleased with him and appeared before him accompanied by his consort parvati he told guna needed to ask for any boon which will be fulfilled when goon an idli heard Shiva's voice he opened his eyes but his eyes were dazzled by the sheer radiance of Lord Shiva he requested Shiva to restore the power of sight in his eyes Shiva blessed him as a result of which he was now able to see the divine sight of Lord Shiva but he became jealous of uma who was present by the side of Shiva he was wondering as to who was this lady dearer to Shiva than him he glanced cruelly towards her as a result of this his left eye lost the power of sight Parvati asked Lord Shiva as to why was this sage goon an idli looking cruelly towards her shiva replied he is none other than your son he is looking at you in astonishment as he his bewildered at the feats achieved your penance Lord Shiva then blessed guna needed to become the king of the Kings he also assured him that he will always be present in the vicinity of alka Puri after being blessed by Shiva goon and he also made salutations to Parvati Parvati said since you have looked at me and really your hatred and enmity back towards me was clearly visible for this reason you will be known as koba's after blessings boon an idli both Shiva and Parvati to a place called wash wash WA Kailash Mountain was situated near Alcon agree Shiva goes to Kailash when Rudra the unsure of the almighty Brahma heard about the tremendous penance Kabir was doing he started to play his dumb root drum the sound of which reached all the three worlds Rudra then reached the place where Kabir was doing penance hearing the sound of his dumb roof all the deities including Brahma Vishnu and sudah she appeared before him when Kabir saw lord rudra before himself he offered his seat to him and worshiped him he also worshiped the other deities Rudra was so pleased with Coburg that he decided to stay near him he called vishwakarma and ordered him to conduct his aboard at Kailash Mountain so that he could live in could live in the vicinity of his great devotee Kabir Kabir constructed a beautiful city as per his instruction an auspicious moment was chosen and Shiva went to live at Kailash Mountain he was coronated by the deities bregma in this way told Nelda about Shiva's departure to Kailash Mountain sati can't in the sati of Rudra Sunita now the inquires Lord Brahma about the reason why Lord Shiva married sati in spite of being a yogi he also requested pragma to tell how city became the daughter of daksha prajapati and in her next birth as mother daughter of Himalaya how did you ma get Lord Shiva as her husband asked now die Lord Brahma narrated the following tale a girl by the name of Sandhya manifested from my being I was amazed by her heavenly beauty right then a divine entity appeared before me whose beauty could not have been matched even by the deities he was come David the god of love he influenced me to such an extent that I forgot that Sandhya was my daughter and got infatuated by her when Rudra came to know about my lust for Sandhya he admonished me and ridiculed about my character I felt ashamed but I also became jealous of Rudra I decided to influence him with the power of infatuation but I was unsuccessful in my attempts I remembered Lord Vishnu and he tried to make me understand about the futility of my attempts as according to him Vishnu Rudra was beyond the reach of any human emotions but I instructed my son Daksha to help in the procreation of a girl child from the womb of ashwin vallini thus sati was born sati later on became famous of uma and got Rudra her husband on account of her tremendous penance though Rudra was free from all kinds of attachment but still he became so influenced by the desire for procreation that he married with sati he enjoyed a blissful married life for a very long time Rudra father-in-law Daksha in his arrogance started condemning his son-in-law Rudra once Daksha organized a grand yoga ceremony he gave invitation to everybody except Rudra and uma despite of Rudra's disinclination to allow sati to go to her father's yoga she insisted and ultimately she was successful in convincing Rudra to allow her to go when sati reached there she was not given respect by her father Daksha not only this Daksha made fun of Rudra feeling dishonored sati gave up her life by jumping into the sacrificial fire when Rudra got the news of satis death he became extremely furious to take revenge he created via Bhadra from his locks of hair we were driven to the Keisha place and destroyed his oblation sight he severe daksha's head all the deities became afraid and prayed to Rudra to have mercy Rudra then brought back Daksha to life and helped him the accomplished of the still incomplete yoga the site where sati had died later on became famous as Jolla mookie devi the same sati in her next birth was born as parvati to him alive by her tremendous penance she again got lord shiva as her husband after that lord brahma told nada about the manifestation of gamma the god of love manifestation of gamma WH o is cursed by Brahma when I became infatuated by the divine beauty of Sandhya my infatuation resulted into the manifestation of my another manís Putra named come Divac his beauty and qualities were in comforable his manifestation not only inflicted me with lust but also my other man as Patras became filled up with lust commtiva made salutations to me and asked as to what was his name and purpose of being I gave him the name push the one and instructed him to help in the process of procreation I also blessed him that nobody would remain unaffected by his influence including myself and Vishnu after being named by Lord Brahma as push the one come Deva was also given various names as Montmarte kama Madan etc by sages like marriage etc they also said to him that he would be married to Rafi the daughter of daksha come Deva himself was infatuated with the beauty of Sandhya to test the authenticity of Brahmas boon come Deva took out his five arrows and wanted to examine their power the names of their arrows were Herson Rochin Mohan ocean and Marlin these arrows had effect on all the people present there including Lord Brahma and Sandhya getting affected by those arrows forty-nine types of thoughts emerged in Brahmas mind similarly flaws were clearly visible in Sandhya's behavior come Deva became convinced of his powers and capabilities but girl the Manas Putra of Brahma was saddened by this event he prayed to Lord Shiva when Lord Shiva saw the condition of Brahma he became amused and made fun of him and his mana Spectras everybody was ashamed due to his shame Brett mop aspired profusely from his perspiration were created the petra ganas similarly from the perspiration of daksha prajapati was created the most beautiful woman rutti Brett ma was very angry with come Deva because of whom he was ridiculed by Shiva he cursed him and said you would be charged to death by the arrow of Shiva commtiva became very scarred and said that he was only testing the authenticity of his boon and he had no other evil intention he also requested Brahma not to curse him feeling pity on him brought makan sold him that although he would definitely get killed by the arrow of Shiva's sight yet he would regain his physical body as soon as Shiva gets married Lord Brahma then went to brahmaloka Daksha requested come Deva to get married with his daughter ruddy come Deva was very pleased at this proposal both come Deva and Rotti got married [Music] Sanjaya does penance and gets boon from Shiva Sandhya was very ashamed of herself for the atonement of her sin she decided to do penance she went to Chandrabhaga Mountain and commenced her tremendous penance lord brahma then instructed washed-out to go to her in disguise and help in getting her initiated he went to Chandrabhaga mountain in the guise of a Brahmin and gave the mantra om namah Shankar Raja ohm to her and also told her the methods of doing worship then he returned back after sage Vasishta who was disguised as Brahman went away Sandhya did penance as per his instructions after the passing of one Chattanooga she had edition of Lord Shiva Shiva being pleased by her devotion asked her to demand anything Sandhya said nobody should have lust towards the member of his own clan there should be no virtuous and chaste woman greater than me in this whole world anybody other than my husband who looks at me with evil intentions become an important man Lord Shiva blessed her by saying a vermont's to Lord Shiva then categorized the lifespan of a man into four parts childhood adolescence youth and old age he then told her that it was written in her destiny to die by burning he also advised her to go and surrender her body in the sacrificial fire of the Yaga performed by mentally before jumping into the sacrificial fire just remember anybody whom you want as your husband and your wish would be fulfilled in your next birth when you would take birth as a daughter of daksha prajapati your father Daksha Prajapati would marry his 2720 daughter to moon but the moon would have affection only towards Rohini and rest of his wives would be neglected by him for this reason he would be cursed by Daksha all the deities would take your refuge after blessing salvia in the way Lord Shiva went back to Kailash Mountain Sandhya born as Arundhati and marries sage Vasishta when Lord Shiva went away Sandhya got up and went to the place where mail t-tape was performing his yoga she made a mental resolution to have that Brahman as her husband who in reality was Ouachita and then entered into the sacrificial fire the fire of the Yaga burned her body and carried it leader solar system where it was divided by the Sun God into three parts and established in his chariot the names of these three parts were protists India McGeehan ha salvia and science India Sandhya's vital force was absorbed by Lord Shiva when the Yaga ended the sages were surprised to see the presence of a girl who was radiating like gold in the sacrificial fire they took out that girl child from that Yaga Kunda the sages then brought up that girl with love and affection she was named Arundhati when she attained the age of five Brett Moffitt knew and mice arrived and married her with Ouachita arundathi enjoyed a happy life and became famous for her chastity Brett ma told now that that since the day he was humiliated by Shiva he had grudges against him and wanted to take revenge I wanted to subdue the arrogance of Shiva by proving it to him that even he could be binded by attachment I asked Daksha and sages like marriage as to how this feat could be achieved as a result Rafi and Gama manifested I instructed Gama to influence Shiva by his powers , agreed but requested me to create a suitably divine women for Shiva myself and Daksha became worried and during that time we exhaled fragrant air through our nostrils which resulted into the creation of spring season the spring season was looking divinely beautiful in her physical form I handed over her to comma and thus all the three of them spring season , and rocky went to influence Lord Shiva who was in his deep state of meditation creation of more ganas and comas futile attempts Gama tried his best to bring Lord Shiva under his influence all the living creatures were spellbound by his powers except Lord Shiva and Ganesha , returned back to Brahma had told him about his unsuccessful attempts brought masai heavily from his size work created the ferocious ganas these ganas were shouting awry Merai kill kill they even tried to attack Lord Brahma comma then pacified the anger of these ganas these ganas were named as March Lord Rama then sent these ganas to Shiva along with comma and ready to give it a second try once again their attempts went futile all of them returned to Lord Brahma and expressed their inability in influencing Shiva Lord Brahma then remembered Vishnu who appeared instantaneously brat Marge availed about his intentions to him lord vishnu told him that it was foolishness on his part to have enmity towards Shiva but when Lord Brahma kept on insisting he revealed to him that this could be only achieved by the blessings of Goddess Parvati Lord Vishnu said if she becomes pleased with you then she could help you in achieving your goal by taking birth in a human form and having Shiva as her husband instruct Daksha to do penance so that Parvati takes birth in his house Durga born as daksha's daughter sati after Lord Vishnu went away Lord Brahma started meditating on the form of Goddess Durga she appeared before him Lord Brahma said I need your help in binding Shiva with your maya goddess durga told drama that lord shiva in his incarnation of Rudra was beyond the reach of any kind of Maya but when Brahma kept in insisting then Goddess Durga agreed to help him in his effort she said I will take birth as the daughter of daksha prajapati and tried to please him by my penance after assuring lord brahma she vanished lord brahma too went to his abode with the permission of lord brahma Daksha did penance for 3,000 years as a result goddess Jagdamba appeared before him she blessed him by saying that she would take birth as his daughter and by her tremendous penance would attain Rudra as her husband but she warned Daksha that if he showed any kind of disrespect to her she would end her life with the permission of lord brahma Daksha Prajapati created many thing just by his mental resolution but finding the absence of any kind of evolution and development in them he went to brahma to take his advice Brahma instructed him to create by the help of copulation Daksha Prajapati then married the daughter of Panchal 10,000 sons including hacia were born to them but all of them were directed by now that to follow the path of salvation after that Daksha married pancha genie from whom were born thousand of son but all of them followed the path of salvation and were not interested in creation nada was instructed in changing their mind Daksha Prajapati became very furious with nada and cursed him to become an eternal wandered he said you will never remain at a place for long when lord brahma came to know about Daksha Prajapati anger to words now that he went to him and cooled him down subsequently sixty daughters were born to Daksha he married his 10 daughters with durm 13 daughters with Kashyap 27 daughters with moon two daughters with Goethe and Gira's two daughters with Krishna choix and the remaining six daughters with Garuda Daksha mediated on the form of Bhagwati and was instructed by her to do penance Daksha did a tremendous penance and thus was born looma to Daksha and virani uma was brought up with great love and affection uma used to worship Lord Shiva by singing devotional songs in his praise sati does penance Shiva Maurice at events at he attained marriageable age Daksha started worrying sati understood the reason behind her father's worried she went to her mother v Rani and expressed her desire of marrying Lord Shiva her mother made all the arrangements so that sati could worship Shiva without any problem sati commenced her austerity named Nanda Rita which continued for a year being impressed by her austerities all the deities descended down from heaven to see her all the deities and the sages requested Lord Shiva to get married but Shiva did not want to curtail his freedom by getting married when the deities insisted he told them to find a suitable match for him Brett ma and Vishnu told Shiva about the tremendous penance Puma was doing to him Shiva as her husband they also requested him have to go to her uma and fulfill her desire Lord Shiva agreed after uma had accomplished her penance named Nanda Verret Lord Shiva appeared before her and asked her to demand anything uma because of her shyness could not say anything Lord Shiva knew about her desires so he said you will have me as your husband o mas face beamed with joy but she shyly requested Lord Shiva to keep this proposal before Daksha Shiva agreed and said Coty's to he then went back to his aboard Kailash satine narrated the whole story to her parents both of them became very happy with this news Lord Shiva then instructed Brahma to put a formal proposal to Daksha regarding his marriage with sati Lord Rama went and informed Daksha about Lord Shiva's proposal Daksha was very happy at the proposal Bretta then came back to Lord Shiva Lord Shiva was anxiously waiting for his arrival when Lord Brahma arrived he curiously asked about daksha's response when lord brahma told him about daksha's approval of the marriage Shiva was very pleased at this Lord Shiva proceeded towards daksha's aboard on the auspicious moment of falcon krishna books and on the 13th day of Phalguni nakshatra sitting on the back of Nandi and accompanied by all the deities including Lord Brahma Vishnu he reached daksha's residence the marriage procession was received by Daksha with great respect shiva narrated sati in an auspicious lagna being pleased all the deities eulogized shiva and danced in joy [Music] Lord Brahma faces the wrath of Shiva Daksha presented invaluable things to his daughter sati as dowry similarly the Brahmins were presented with large quantities of wealth Lord Brahma was enchanted by the divine beauty of sati with a desire to see her face he put logs of wood which were wet into the yagna kunda and poured ghee on them as a result the atmosphere was filled up with smoke now Brahma removed the piece of cloth which covered her face he became infatuated by her beauty when Lord Shiva discovered about his evil intentions he ran towards him menacingly Lord Shiva wanted to kill him but the deity is prayed to spare his life Lord Vishnu eulogized and worshiped him and only then his anger was subdued thus lord brahma was forgiven by Shiva though Lord Shiva had forgiven Brahma yet he instructed him to apologize by bowing down his head breath ma did as he was instructed Lord Shiva then established on his head Brett ma became ashamed and asked as to how could he atone for his sins Lord Shiva instructed Brahma that by worshiping him he could appropriately atone for his sins he then instructed Brahma to go to the earth where he would be worshiped as Rudra she shiv said your worship would help the brahman in accomplishing every kinds of work taking lessons from you people would not dare to have extramarital affairs after reaching Kailash Mountain Lord Shiva instructed all his gunnars attendants not to disturb them Shiva and Shakti when all the ganas went away Shiva and Shakti enjoyed a blissful Union for twenty-five day wires when the rainy season arrived shakti requested Shiva to make a residence in such a place - that they could not be disturbed by rain etc Lord Shiva smiled and said dear sati the clouds and rain will not dare to disturb if you are present by my side no matter wherever we live even if we live on the peaks of Himalayas sati requested him to make Himalayas his abode Lord Shiva agreed and both if them shifted to their new aboard at him Allah where they lived for ten thousand davyous importance of devotion in Kali Yuga sati requested Lord Shiva to enlighten her mind by giving discourses Shiva revealed to her the importance of devotion in the Kali Yuga he said that the value of knowledge nana and asceticism Vera Jia would diminish to the extent of extinction in the era of Kali and only devotion would help a man in attaining liberation Lord Shiva said I had burned the time kala for the benefit of the devotees with my third eye for the sake of my devotees I even abandoned Hrodna without any partiality for the welfare of my devotees I even instructed Nandi to punish sages Vyasa who was exiled out of kashi shiva preached on many topics like types of devotion Yantra mantra scriptures etc satis doubt about shri rama diversion nada who was listening to the divine tales of shiva narrated by lord brahma with rapt attention requested him to describe about other characteristics of shiva breath ma said once lord shiva accompanies by sati arrived at dun da karana where shri rama was wandering in search of sita who had been abducted by Ravana after walking for some time Lord Shiva saw sri rama and lakshmana Lord Shiva made salutations to Sri Rama sati was surprised at Shiva's behaviour she asked Lord Shiva about the reason he made salute to Shri Rama Shiva told sati that he Shri Rama was his deity and an incarnation of Lord Vishnu but sati was not satisfied by this reply she wanted to test whether Shri Rama was really an incarnation of Lord Vishnu or not she disguised herself as Sita and went to Shri Rama but shri rama recognized her real identity and addressed her as mother sati was ashamed but asked shri rama as to why did shiva made salutations to her shri rama narrated the following story once lord shiva requested vishwakarma to construct a grand palace and a magnificent throne for him when everything was ready shiva invited all the deities for the crowning ceremony of lord vishnu lord vishnu was requested to be seated on the throne and was worshiped by all the deities including shiva himself he assured lord vishnu that all of his wish news incarnations would be shown respected by his Shiva's devotees Rama was the incarnation of Vishnu sati was now completely satisfied she was also ashamed of herself that she had doubted Shiva's words she went to Lord Shiva Lord Shiva stopped looking at sati as her consort because she had personified herself as mother Sita this fact was even corroborated by a heavenly voice now satis heart was filled up with sorrows she followed disenchanted Shiva to the Kailash mountain where he commenced his meditation and went into Samadhi she sat down without saying a word when Lord Shiva came out from his Samadhi he saw her style sitting there he felt pity on her and drove away her guilt and sorrows by giving discourses daksha's animosity towards Shiva performs yoga once the sages organized a yoga at prayaga which was attended by all the deities Lord Shiva who had come accompanies by sati he was eulogized and worshiped by all the deities and the sages Daksha arrived there and after making salutations to Lord Brahma sat down without showing any kind of respect to Shiva after that all the deities and the sages came and made salutations to Daksha but Shiva sat where he was sitting the ignorant Daksha cursed Shiva that from now onwards his Shiva's share would not be kept in the yoga at this Nandi the vehicle of Shiva became very angry and cursed Daksha that from today onwards the Brahmans would fail to understand the essence of Vedas Lord Shiva then pacified nandi's anger and both of them went back to their aboard Daksha too went back to his place and started having hatred towards Shiva Daksha organized a yoga at conical in which everybody except Shiva and sati were invited sage Dadhichi arrived and not finding the seed for Shiva went back saying that it was impossible to accomplish a yoga without Shiva then Daksha commenced the yoga with the assistance of other sages who were present there when sati saw all the deities going happily she became curious to know where they were going she requested her companion to ask the moon as to where he was going in such a cheerful mood the moon told her companion that they were going to attend the yoga ceremony being organized by Daksha sati was very surprised at this information she went to Lord Shiva and sought his permission to go there Lord Shiva then told sati that her father did not invite them because of the animosity he was having towards him Shiva sati became very furious and decided to go there to know about the reason why Daksha was performing the yoga without inviting her husband shiva shiva sent Nandi and other Rudra ganas as her escorts if you enjoyed this audio book please like and subscribe to be notified of when new audiobooks are uploaded thank you for listening and learning Shanti [Music] you