THE ORIGIN OF SOMNATH

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THE ORIGIN OF SOMNATH The moon had twenty seven wives, one of whom was

Rohini. The moon loved Rohini very much, which made the rest of his

wives very jealous and angry. They went to their father - Daksha and

complained about Moon's behaviour. Daksha went to Moon and advised him

to give proper attention to all of his wives. But it did not have any

effect on him and he continued giving special treatment to Rohini. W hen

Daksha came to know about this, he became very curious. He cursed Moon

to become weak and devoid of radiance. The moon then sent the deities to

lord Brahma to seek his help. At first, lord Brahma became very angry

with Moon, but later on he cooled down and told the deities, that Moon

can get liberated from the curse, if he chants 'Mahamrityunjaya mantra'

by going to Prabhus area.

Moon went to Prabhas area and chanted Mahamrityunjaya mantra for ten

crore time after sitting in one posture. Lord Shiva appeared before him

and asked him to demand anything he wished. Moon requested lord Shiva to

liberate him from the curse given by Daksha. Lord Shiva told moon that

the words of Daksha can never became untrue. However he blessed moon by

saying that he would wane during the dark lunar phase due to the curse,

but wax during the dark lunar phase due to his (Shiva's) blessings. Lord

Shiva also provided moon that he would be present along with Parvati

near him (moon). Thus Lord Shiva established himself as Somanath. The

deities constructed a 'Kunda' named Chandrakunda. It is believed that

the Moon because liberated from the curse by taking a bath in this

Punda.

 

Taken from: gita-soceity.com <http://gita-soceity.com/>

 

 

 

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Prasanna Kumar