Lord Shiva - About Hinduism - What You Need to Know About
“Har Har Mahadev” is a usual
chant which you can hear in every Hindu temple. Mahadev is one of the names of
Lord Shiva. Mahadev means greatest of all Gods. Shiva is a first and biggest
god of Hindu God trinity. Shiva is major Hindu god who is praised and worshiped
by Hindus all around the world. According to Hindu religion, Shiva is ascetic
god who lives on peaks of Himalaya which is above the reach of humans. Shiva is
resembled to be a God with holding a trident in his left hand, cobra around his
neck, moon stuck in his hairs and third eye on his forehead. It is said that
Shiva is the God of destruction and his third eye always remain close. When he
gets angry, his third eye gets open and it cause severe destruction.
Shiva – Above all Gods
Though according to Hindu
religion it is unfair to compare Gods according to their power and existence
and it preached that every God is supreme but there is a story which proves
that why Shiva is called supreme of trinity. According to Vishnu Puran, once
Lord Vishnu and Lord Bramha gets into negotiation that who is supreme of both.
Then they both went to Lord Shiva resolve this problem. Shiva after thinking
created a doom and said that one who will first reach the top will be the
supreme power. Both of them started the race but they were amazed that the doom
was not ending and keep rising as they were moving on. This made them
understand and they returned back and bow down to Shiva and said that you are
the supreme of all Gods.
Shiva and Parvati
Shiva and Parvati are husband and
wife but this relationship was ever as simple as it looks. Shiva was first
married to Sati, daughter of Daksh. Sati was married to Shiva against the will
of Daksh. Once Daksh conducted a Yagya (oblation) but he didn’t invited Shiva
and Sati. Therefore Sati got very angry with her father’s rude behavior and
burnt herself in the fire of yagya. Shiva get very angry with the news of
Sati’s sacrifice and he started Tandav dance (angry dance) holding Sati’s dead
body and burnt Daksh’s whole empire with his third eye. Then Vishnu and Bramha
came to calm down Shiva and Vishnu threw the body of Sati on earth. Her body
fallen on earth in twelve parts at different places and since then these places
are known as Shakti Peeth (Place of Power). Later Parvati who was the
incarnation or rebirth of Sati was impressed with Shiva and get into severe
Tapasya to get married with Shiva. Later Shiva get impressed with Parvati’s
hardship and truthfulness and married to her. Ganesha and Kartikey were the two
sons of Shiva and Parvati.
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