I’m born in a Viswakarma Brahman Acharya family .
growing up was not so simple,at the age of seven learning what is Vedas -
which really didn't go in to my head it was clear to my family that ill not become a
perfect Brahman. my grandparents thought me
philosophical systems of Adi Sankaraacharya .my father thought me about Buddhism
the word called "compassion-care and love towards speechless animals, it really
worked. I’m here today serving speechless ones .
I remember asking a Question to my
mother at the age of eight .who provides food to all the animals and birds in this universe we just feed my dog and other pets .what about others there are so-many birds and animals out side ?
Mum said lord Shiva blows his Shank-ham and plays his Damaru which is twisted in one revolution, it often makes the sounds
of three successive tones. The sounds that Lord Shiva made with
His Damaru will be a call to all the speechless
ones in this universe "its dinner time and she also said without lords
Shiva’s wish even a Grass will not be grown on the land" .
Shank-ham" comes from the two Sanskrit
words "Shum" which means something good and the "Kham"
meaning water. Hence the meaning of "Shankam" is "The conch
holding the sacred water".
panchanana or fiveheaded shiva
Lord Shiva then performed his famous
dance–Tandav for the first time to bring Kali back to consciousness. He was
accompanied by all the Ghosts and spirits
Lord Shiva making medicine
The Mantra-
"Shankham chandrakadaivatwam kukshouvaruna
daivatam
prusthe prajapatirdaiva mugre ganga saraswati
Pruthivyam yani teerthani vasudevasyachagyaya
Shankhe tisthanti viprendra tasmat shankham
prapoojyayet"
Immortals of Meluha Mr. Amish Tripathi
.Stop spreading false story of Lord Shiva.
This book Immortals of Meluha and the series of books is the slaughter of the cult of Shiva with utter
disrespect and irresponsibility, its the death of a very deep rooted faith.The
rules of Shiva faith are strong and any follower of this cult will know how
true they are. Shiva is not an inferior barbarian who is illiterate or
ignorant. Shiva is a concept, one that speaks of truth, wisdom, profound
knowledge, freedom and fearlessness. If the author remotely understood this, he
wouldn't even start to write this book.Mount Kailash and Mansarovar are sacred
to the cult of Shiva, sacred to the faith called Shaivism. Hence twisting the
story to say that he was forced out of there is a completely wrong thing to do.
Just as Vaikuntam is sacred to Lord Vishnu, Kailash is sacred to Lord Shiva and
no one should even attempt to change this. And readers of such books should not
tolerate an author attempting to twist facts specially when he has no idea
about the core of this religion and is a complete ignoramus himself.
I have just one advice to give you - If you want
to know about Shaivism, this book is not the place you should look for it.
This inspired me to write about lord Shiva .
I bow to Shiva, who has been worshipped
with water from the Ganga and anointed with sandalwood paste, the lord of
Nandi, the lord of the host of goblins and ghosts, the great lord, who is
worshiped with Mandara (Datura )many other kinds of flowers, and who is represented by
the syllable “ma. ”
"Mandakini salila chandana
charchitaya
,Nandishvara pramathanatha Maheshvaraya,Mandarapushpa bahupushhpa supujitaya,Tasmai Makaraya Namah
Shivaya"
Shiva, who wears the king of snakes as a
garland, the three-eyed god, whose body is smeared with ashes, the great lord,
the eternal and pure one, who wears the animal skin as his garment, and who is creator of the universe
The
epic story of Mahadeshwara describes the life and miracles of the saint. The
outer structure of the epic resembles the pan-Indian Ramayana : Shiva
incarnates himself on earth as Mahadeshwara to destroy an evil king called
Shravanasura "The Hero as Saviour". The epic has seven parts .
Shiva-Male Mahadeshwara Swamy was moving on a tiger known as Huli Vahana (Tiger
as a vehicle) and performed a number of miracles around the hills to save the
people and saints living there. The Lord Sri Mahadeshwara's miracles are
beautifully sung by the village folk in Janapada Style.
According to legends, Lord Shiva - Mahadeshwara was
born in the kaliyuga to a fair colored virgin woman
known as Uttarajamma. In his boyhood, he has spiritually guided by then pontiff
of Suttur Mutt and Kunthur Mutt. The young saint is supposed to have come from
Srishaila to this part of the state. He is said to have performed several miracles
in his life, in these places. Afterwards he went to the hillside. It is a dense
forest area surrounded by seventy seven hills in seven circles. It was not a
safe place for human habitation. It was about six centuries ago that the young
saint went in to the forest area, to save the saints who were performing
penance and were taken captive by an evil king known as Shravana who possessed
abundant black magic power. Apart from this there were tribes living here and
there in small groups who were devoid of any rays of human civilization. It is
said that the Lord Sri Mahadeshwara destroyed the black magic power of Shravana
and got released the saints who were in his prison. The place where they were
kept in prison is also a holy place, called Thavasere and the place where
Shravana lived is called Shravana Boli.
In the
beginning, the Universe was covered with darkness, the universe was filled with
darkness, the universe was only darkness. There were no sun, no moon ,no stars
nor anything at that time. No little patch of fire, air, water, ether existed
at that time. There was only emptiness. Emptiness everywhere. At that time
'sath' existed. Sath had no shape, no color, no personality. It was neither big
nor small. Briefly, Sath is Satyam"the truth". It is the knowledge, happiness
and other emotions.
The
shapeless Brahma evolved according to the wishes. It turned into a
Jyothirlingam. This Lingam was known as the Brahmandam"the Universe". This
andam split and then began the inception of the nondestructive 'Virat Pursh'.
He/she was the only thing existed at that time. He/she existed everywhere.
He/she had many faces and eyes in every direction. He/she could see without
eyes and hear without ears. It was impossible to see him/her in full form.
This
NirakaraRupa(formless) ParaBrahma, after many yugas, wished for something else.
He/she wished for the evolution of millions from one. At that moment, he/she
decided to be in a form by using his/her own powers. That idol was with all
greatness, all knowledge and was a God figure for everyone. Parabrahma without
a body-and that idol is Lord 'SadaSiva'.
At one
time, Siva and ParaSakti became close as husband and wife. Being happy, they
wished for something. To create someone to do the job of 'Creation'. With these
thoughts Siva with Shakti applied Amritam on the ten organs of the left side of
his own body. After sometime, from that part, born a person who is handsome of
all three worlds and with the goodness of million suns.
That
great man worn a crown of gold. The beauty of his body was challenging to all
ruby and emeralds. Covered with jewelery and ornaments, he worn a robe made up
of gold. He has strong hands and eyes resembling to lotus. He existed
everywhere, therefore he came to be known as Vishnu.
At the
time of creation, nature entered Vishnu. Greatness was made and pride evolved
from it. Pride split into Emotions, Brilliance and Anger. From the anger, sky
was evolved, from the sky air was evolved, from the air fire was evolved and
from the fire water was evolved. Vishnu brought consciousness to the five
elements. Vishnu's vigor was thrown out in water. This vigor is known to be the
'Life'.
First
of all, Hinduism teaches monotheism, the absolute Nirakara Rupa Parabrahma
being classified into different forms or avatars like waves in the ocean. Lord
Shiva is one of it. Therefore, he can
supposed to be a personification of a form of energy required for act of
destruction, scientifically speaking. Lord Shiva is then part of the absolute,
you cannot tell which yuga he lived because he is always living. It's like
asking in which year did kinetic energy exist?.
If
you are asking in the context of Puranas, then, Lord Shiva didnt die to be said
'lived'. Unlike Gods such as Sri Ram, Krishna etc who are avatars or human
forms of God, some superior Gods such as BrahmaDev, Vishnu and Shiva live
forever until the cycle of life ends and they get reborn. I will give you his
time span. Lord Shiva lives upto 400 BrahmaDev Years. And how long is 1 year of
Brahma, u may ask...
4,320,000,000
human years = 1 Chatur Yuga of Devas. 1000 Chatur Yugas = 1 Maha Yuga
1 Maha Yuga is also collection of the four
Yugas - Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapara Yuga and Kali Yuga.
1
Maha Yuga = 1 day(excluding night) of Brahma
In 1
day(1 Maha Yuga) of Brahma, he does the divine job of creation with the help of
14 Manus one by one. By this calculation, in the present, 6 Manus have done
their job. Right now, the seventh Manu called Vaivaswadan is helping Brahma for
creation. Everything that Brahma created a day will be destroyed at the time of
dusk.
Brahma
has a life span of 100 years. Once he dies, a new Brahma will be born. It is
said that millions of Brahma has already born and died earlier.
It
is also said that 14 Indras will born and die one by one in each Brahma’s life.
Currently,
we are all in the 1st day of the 51st year of Brahma and 6 Manus have done
their job.
So,
Shiva is actually above the yugas. Yugas are timescale of our world and Lord
Shiva is beyond that.
Thanks to
My grand father Sri Gangadhar Acharya and Late Sri Huli Madhvacharya