LORD VISHNU RECEIVES SUDARSHAN CHAKRA

------LORD VISHNU RECEIVES SUDARSHAN CHAKRA--------

The deities went to lord Vishnu,
after being tormented by the
demons. They requested him to
annihilate the demons. After
assuring them, Lord Vishnu went
to Kailash mountain to do his
penance. But even his tremendous
penance was not enough to please
Lord Shiva. Lord Vishnu then
worshipped lord Shiva by chanting
the mantras of Shiva
Sahastra namavali. He also offered
one thousand lotus flowers to lord
Shiva in course of his worship.

One day Shiva wanted to test the
devotion of lord Vishnu. He stole
one lotus flower from among the
one thousand flowers. When lord
Vishnu began his worship he
found that there was one flower
less. To make up for this deficiency,
he offered his one eye to lord Shiva
- his eye which has been
compared with a lotus flower.

Lord Shiva was very mush
impressed by his exceptional
devotion. He appeared before
Vishnu and asked him to demand
any boon he wished. Lord Vishnu
demanded a divine weapon to
annihilate the demons. Lord Shiva
gave him a sparkling Sudharshan
Chakra. On the request of Lord
Vishnu he established himself in
the form of Harishwar Shivalinga.

At last lord Vishnu killed the demon
with his Sudarshan Chakra.
Suta told the sages that lord
Vishnu had worshipped lord Shiva
with the help of his one thousand
names. Some of the chief names of
Shiva are Shiva, Har, Mrid, Rudra,
Pushkar, Pushpalochan,
Arthigamya, Sadachar, Sharv,
Shambhu, Maheshwar, etc.

A devotee who chants these one
thousand names of lord Shiva
attains all the accomplishments .
Chanting it during distress helps a
man to become free from all kings
of misfortune. Lord Vishnu could
kill the demons only because of the
power he derived from the
chanting of Sahastranam.
From the Verses
hariste sahasram
kamalabalimadha ya padayor
yadekone tasmin
nijamudaharanne trakamalam
gato bhaktyudrekah parinatimasau
cakravapusha
trayanam rakshayai tripurahara
jagarti jagatam

0 Destroyer of the three cities, Hari
rooted out His own lotus-eye to
make up the difference when one
flower was missing in His offering
of 1,000 lotuses to Your feet. For
this great devotion You awarded
the discus (Sudarshan Chakra) ~
with which Hari protects the three
worlds.

VIA: Shiva's Spirituality