THE ARRIVAL

 

THE ARRIVAL

When you do arrive,

will I be a step behind?

Is it something with my invocation,

or simply,

that you set the time?

And

when my salutation and rituals

are done,

will you say again,

“It is your arrival, for which,

I have come”.

Shiva is Timeless, limitless and boundless, but one sure mark of Him, is that He is bound to Parvati. It is said of Shiva that He does not incarnate. Of Parvati's bhakti, it is said She is one who can make even Shiva incarnate.

He is Timeless, and yet when Parvati manifests, it is time for Shiva to arrive. He is formless, but when She arrives, He manifests form. She is His eternal soulmate, and they always find each other, through the mists of cosmic time, even through lifetimes; Such is the magic of their love. Shiva will always find Parvati in any corner of the Universe: In reality it is not just Parvati who awaits the arrival of God, but God Himself waiting for Her to make an arrival into His space to make it a Heaven .

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.