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SHIVA MAHAPURANA :
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THE ORIGIN OF KAILASH AND VAIKUNTH :
Brahma revealed to Narada how the process of creation commenced-
"After Lord Shiva vanished from our sight, I transformed myself into the appearance of a swan
and Vishnu transformed his appearance into that of a boar with the purpose of commencing the
process of creation. First of all, I created the water. I poured a palmful of water into it and an egg
manifested which consisted of all the twenty four elements. This egg was very enormous in size
which made me confused. I did penance for twelve years. Vishnu appeared before me. I
requested him to bring that egg to consciousness. Vishnu entered into that egg. As a result of
this, Kailash mountain, and all the seven worlds came into existence. After that the static living
things were created, which symbolized the dark quality (Tamas guna). After that I created four
footed animals like cows and Ox etc. inspite of these creations, I was not satisfied, so I again
went into meditation.
As a result the deities were created which symbolized the virtuous quality (Satvaguna). Once
again I meditated and the human species came into existence, which symbolized the medium
quality (Rajas guna). With the permission of Lord Shiva, I then created spirits like ghosts etc.
After that I created my five Manasputras- Sanak, Sanadan etc. But they were so ascetic and
detached from the world that they showed their disinclination in contributing in the process of
creation. This made me angry, tears rolled down from my eyes. With the permission of Vishnu, I
did a tremendous penance to have a darshan of lord Shiva
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