HAPPY MAHASHIVRATRI !

 

HAPPY MAHASHIVRATRI !

May Shiva bless you and your family with Happiness health and harmony.

Maha Shivaratri 2026, which is held today, 15 February 2026 represents the victory of light over ignorance. Others celebrate this as the auspicious wedding anniversary of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, symbolizing the sacred union of Shakti(energy) and Purusha (consciousness).

WHAT IS SHIVRATRI ?

 

SHIVRATRI

It’s that time of year,
when all beings of the manifest world,
from ants,
to birds, animals and even plants,
behave with a certain cheer,
as if cosmically 'stirred' out of their sleepy dormancy
into a mood of 'waking'.
We humans too find ourselves bubbly.
Winter has gone, and a sparkling Sun
is thawing its way, springing into a fresh sky.
And everyone seems to perceive that certain Divinity,
about the way Nature begins the season's regeneration.
Shiv bhakts, in particular, seem doubly merry,
with a definitive halo of authority
that has recently dawned on their countenance,
getting into busy mode and frenetic festivity…

And why not?
It’s that time of year, when
in the dark half of 'Phalgun',
in English, february or maybe march,
on the I3th or I4th day,
the longest night, which is also moonless and so the darkest
has come.
But behold, they say it is the great night of their auspicious Lord,
Shiva ratri, the beginning of all light.
Celebrated all over India,
in homes and in temples,
by the ascetics and the householders,
in sober prayer and in ecstatic intoxication,
by ritual and by trance,
in stillness and in dance,
and many things more.
It is attended by legends
of the wicked and the devout,
the sickly and the stout,
but none agrees on exactly what it’s about.

"It’s Shiva's birthday," say some.
Others swear it’s His wedding night with Parvati.
Some opine that is when the Ananda Tandava,
the first Dance, began.
Yet others teach of it as the profundity of awakening,
saying,
“It’s the celebration of the day Shiva was illumined
about cosmic mind,
a Primal consciousness,
His own rhythm Divine!”

Shail Gulhati, author of the bestselling book series shiva the says " Shivratri is actually the realisation night of Shiva, when after intense meditation He finally realises His own Shivaness. This is a realisation by Shiva of His Shakti, which then shows its magic across the entire Universe. Therefore Shivratri can be all three in one go: Shiva's realisation, His birth ( to Self ) and His marriage to Shakti ( His own Power )
This picture of Shiva is the one that adorns Shail gulhati's house temple. It is displayed openly on the Shivratri night.
Aum Namah Shivaye.Shail Gulhati is the Author of the books :
SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
The Yogi and the snake
Shiva Poetry
NAAM ROOP- A Tribute to the Divine
And Life Said.

He is Shiva, the Auspicious. Shiva

 

He is Shiva, the Auspicious. Shiva, whose very presence i0s able to transform humans into demigods.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

TO MANIFEST A GOD

 

TO MANIFEST A GOD

“Place this bilva leaf over the top of the Shivalinga,” said the priest.

Himavat gently placed a leaf over the Shivalinga and Parvati followed suit with Her tender hands.

“Now hold the golden vessel firmly, and pour the water over the Shivalinga, and say Aum Namah Shivaye,” said the priest.

“Aum Namah Shivaye,” said Himavat loudly and poured water.

Parvati nodded Her head and carried out the priest’s instructions immaculately.

“Aum Namah Shivaye. Aum Namah Shivaye…”

A bilva leaf slid from the top and came to rest at the centre. It was the one that Parvati had placed. The priest was about to pick it up and put it back when he noticed something amazing:

The leaf had slid and come to such a strategic point, it started looking like the eyes and nose of the Shivalinga. The next words that the priest said, were to be forever etched into Parvati’s soul.

“You have made Shiva come alive!”

“Ah, but father, I am alive because of Shiva. We are all alive because of Him…”

Himavat smiled at his young daughter’s wisdom.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. Part 2

KALI

 

KALI

Kali,

your terror transforms,

beauty, to the beyond.

But ,

the need to sever delusion,

is gone for ever,

only

when you are known as mother of light,

dark one....

your beauty transforms,

terror,

to the beyond.

~ From Shiva poetry by Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

WHAT WORK DO YOU DO, ASKED SATI ?

 

WHAT WORK DO YOU DO, ASKED SATI ?

“So, what work do you actually do?” Sati asked coyly like any newly married wife.

“I meditate,” Shiva answered.

“No, I meant what work do you do as in work?”

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

AUM PURNAMADAH PURNAMIDAM

 

Dear friends and Shiva bhakts,
we all know the story of how Shiva volunteered to receive Ganga on His head when she had to descend to earth from the heavens for the upliftment of humanity, both living, and the dead. But, she was so full of Divinity that the very earth she was coming to purify would not have been able to take the impact of the torrential 'weight' of her Gyana or satvikta! Shiva stepped forward to make His own matlocks a landing pad for her, Shiva's Yogic hair already contained the ultimate Gyana,infinite Divinity within, and could receive an infinite amount more.

This reminds us of the Purna prayer from the teachings of the ancient hindu rishis, in the Isha Upanishad, which is the first Upanishad.

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते ।
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥

Om Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam Puurnnaat-Puurnnam-Udacyate |Puurnnasya Puurnnam-Aadaaya Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||

Meaning:
Fullness 'that' (Outer World)
Fullness 'this' (Inner World)
From Purna is manifested Purna (From the Fullness of Divine Consciousness within, the outside world is manifested),
Even after manifesting a whole Purna from itself, Purna still remains the same.

Shaivites believe that Shiva is the Adi Purnam, the Original Fullness, therefore no amount of giving or receiving Gyana will affect His own Fullness in any way. And this makes it easier to understand why Shiva has a nature of taking every cosmic event upon His own head, be it the Samundra manthan or then, the reception of Ganga.
Aum Namah Shivaye

~ Shail Gulhati , Author of :
SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
Shiva Poetry
The Yogi and the snake
And Life Said.
NAAM ROOP- A Tribute to the Divine