THE SUPREME

 

THE SUPREME

“It was actually as if Shiva was the supreme alchemist, transmuting the spirit of the seers with His touch.

And the magic of Shiva’s touch was understood to be the bringing back of the spirit to its original form.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

THE GREATEST TAPASVINI IN THE UNIVERSE

 

THE GREATEST TAPASVINI IN THE UNIVERSE

The birds and animals of the nearby forest were astonished by Parvati’s persistence, and also Shiva’s equally stubborn absence.“How long will you do this, Parvati? Why does Shiva not appear? What if He doesn’t come for another season?” They voiced their concern one day.

‘Ah well, I intend to further intensify my efforts from tomorrow,” answered Parvati.

“Further intensify? How is that even possible?”

“I think you can have all the berries from now on,” said Parvati, opening Her palm and offering the freshly plucked fruit to the birds. Even as they happily pecked away, eating right out of Parvati’s hands, the innocent birds did not catch onto the word ‘all’. In their innate innocence, they did not fathom that Parvati Herself would stop eating anything at all from the next day.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. Part 2.

Holi in Kailash 🔱

 

Holi in Kailash

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

#Shiva waves of #bliss

Happy Holi to all Shiv bhakts 🔱

 

Happy Holi to all Shiv bhakts

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

RUDRA

 

Eko hi rudro na dvitīyāya tasthe ya imāṃl lokān īśata īśanībhiḥ /
pratyaṅ janās tiṣṭhati saṃcukocāntakāle saṃsṛjya viśvā bhuvanāni gopāḥ
There is only one,
RUDRA!
No second one,
Ruling all ,with powers great
He sustains too each from within,
And in the end He stands alone,
taking them all back in.

~ Svetasvattara Upanishad

His mind raced back to the time when Brahma first lovingly called Him, “Rudra, my son.”

He had a tremendous ability to remember most things from the past; an ability, which could not be termed simplistically as a gift. Sometimes it brought up wreckage from a timeless sea, which was unrelatable, if not downright unpleasant. True, He was now called Shiva the Auspicious, but He could remember things that were not Shubha, auspicious, as the name suggested. Long ago He was called Rudra the terrible. Rudra, who destroys the world.
People were so scared of Him that the elders and Medicine men of all tribes learnt only a prayer of fear.
Rudra had a unique propitiation: One of absence. While all other Gods were invoked for a visit, He was actually prayed to stay away. It was only with the passage of time that He evolved into His present persona of a well-loved and hugely admired Shiva. But then, talking about the Timeless Sea, Shiva remembered Himself even before He was Rudra. It was aeons ago, but He remembered it vividly; it remained freshly etched in His memory, as if the birth of Rudra had happened only a little while back.

~ From
SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

SHIVA PARVATI FIRST MEETING

 

SHIVA PARVATI FIRST MEETING

“My Lord, King Himavat has come to visit you,” Nandi announced Himavat’s arrival.

“Yes, King Himavat, please go ahead,” said Shiva

“My Lord, my daughter…Parvati.”

“Yes?”

“She wants to meet you, my Lord.”

“Whatever would She want to see me for? You know I don’t meet anyone. And a girl on top of that… how…” Shiva was reticent.

“My Lord, for my sake,” said Himavat, folding his hands into a namaskar.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. Part 2