The Supreme Guru 2

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Om Namah Sivaya

 

After the departure of Nandi, the great sage and seer,

Dadheechi Maharshi, approached Daksha and advised him

not to act in that manner towards Lord Siva. He

brought home to Daksha the various acts of compassion

of Lord Siva and His Lilas. The sage entreated him to

be more devotional to Him and leave off such

haughtiness of spirit. But all in vain. At last Daksha

decided to perform a Yajna in which he would neither

invite Lord Siva nor offer the sacrament to Him.

 

At Kankhal (in Hardwar), on the banks of the Ganga,

arrangements were made for the grand Yajna of Daksha.

All the Devas were invited. Large scale arrangements

had been made for receiving the visitors to the

Yajnashala. Lord Siva alone was left uninvited.

Dakshayani, who was at the time with Lord Siva at

Kailasa, heard the news of the Grand Yajna of her

father. Against the wishes of her Lord, Dakshayani,

tempted by her keen and natural desire to attend the

great function, hurried up to Kankhal, where the Yajna

was in progress.

 

There was none to welcome her at her father’s

residence. And worse still, she was openly insulted by

her father and his party. News of this ill-treatment

meted out to Dakshayani reached Lord Siva. Sankara

creates in His anger Virabhadra out of Jata ( or

matted locks):

http://siddhanta.shaivam.org//makara.html and summoned

god Veerabhadra to make a clean sweep of the Yajna and

the participants thereof.

 

Veerabhadra rushed to the spot in great fury and

dashed to pieces all the grand arrangements made for

the Yajna; and almost all the participants fell a prey

to his unbounded ire. Those who begged pardon of him

were let off. While this work of destruction was going

on, Lord Siva appeared before the Devas. At the

request of Dakshayani, Siva brought back all the dead

to life. After sometime, on the advice of Lord Brahma,

his father, Daksha went to Varanasi to do Tapas for

the grace of Lord Siva. Lord Siva appeared before

Daksha and made him one of the leaders of His Bhuta

Ganas (Soldier).

 

On the Mount Kailas, with Parvati Devi by His side,

Lord Siva was sitting in a hall beautifully decorated

by precious stones. At that time, Devi worshipped the

Lord and requested Him to alter the name of Dakshayani

given to her before, for being the daughter of Daksha.

On hearing this request Lord Siva ordained that Devi

should be born as the daughter of Parvata Raj who was

doing rigorous Tapas for getting a child. He also told

Parvati that He would come over to her and marry her.

 

Thus ordained, Parvati Devi was born as the child of

Parvata Raj and since her fifth year, began to do

rigorous Tapas for being the bride of Lord Siva. The

Divine Mother’s Tapas picture :

http://www.shaivam.org/gallery/image/shakti_tapas.gif.

 

...........continued

 

Namah Sivaya

 

 

 

 

 

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