Shiva in Vaikuntha

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Namaste

 

In Sri Brahma Samhita we learn Shiva lives in Mahesha Dhama. And

Mahesha Dhama is below Hari Dhama or Vaikuntha.

 

Interestingly in Srila Rupa Gosvami's Laghubhagavatamrita it says:

 

 

sadAzivAkhyo yaH zambhuH sa caizAnyAvRtir matA ||298||

 

298 Lord Siva, who is known as Sadasiva and Sambhu, is manifest in

the northeast part of Vaikunthaloka

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On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, dhani wrote:

> In Sri Brahma Samhita we learn Shiva lives in Mahesha Dhama. And

> Mahesha Dhama is below Hari Dhama or Vaikuntha.

>

> Interestingly in Srila Rupa Gosvami's Laghubhagavatamrita it says:

> sadAzivAkhyo yaH zambhuH sa caizAnyAvRtir matA ||298||

> 298 Lord Siva, who is known as Sadasiva and Sambhu, is manifest in

> the northeast part of Vaikunthaloka

 

Everyone else lives in Vaikuntha too, including you and I, because all living

beings are Krsna's eternal servants (ekala isvara krsna, ara saba bhrtya).

In Brhad-bhagavatamrta, Srila Sanatana Gosvami has explained how the same

personalities display their Goloka forms, their Vaikuntha forms, and their

worldly forms (in Devi-dhama). So even in Vaikuntha we find Sarasvati, Ganesha,

Laksmi, and other demigods, just as we find them in this material world as well.

However, these forms are not equal to each other; it is offensive to assume that

they are.

 

MDd

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achintya, "dhani" <dhannyganesh> wrote:

> Namaste

>

> In Sri Brahma Samhita we learn Shiva lives in Mahesha Dhama. And

> Mahesha Dhama is below Hari Dhama or Vaikuntha.

>

> Interestingly in Srila Rupa Gosvami's Laghubhagavatamrita it says:

>

>

> sadAzivAkhyo yaH zambhuH sa caizAnyAvRtir matA ||298||

>

> 298 Lord Siva, who is known as Sadasiva and Sambhu, is manifest in

> the northeast part of Vaikunthaloka

 

 

http://www.mandala.com.au/brhad/2.html

 

Brihad Bhagavatamrita 1.2.

 

92 Sri Brahma said: Submissive to the loving service of Kuvera, Shiva

resides in Kuvera's place on Mount Kailasa in the material universe.

93 Assuming the role of the protector of the northern direction,

Shiva resides there, surrounded by his associates, and keeping very

little material wealth.

94 The Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna becomes conquered by

the loving service of devotees like myself, and for this reason He

resides on my planet, on Svargaloka, and in many other places as

well, and enjoys suitable pastimes there. (In the same way Shiva

resides in Kailasa because of the devotion of Kuvera.)

95 I quote the opinion of Vayu Purana

"The planet of Shiva is beyond the seven-fold coverings of the

material world. It is eternal, transcendental, and full of bliss.

Only the greatest servants of Shiva may enter it."

96 In that place Shiva is decorated with splendid transcendental

garments and ornaments. There He is the master of great powers and

opulences, and there he is surrounded by many associates as splendid

and glorious as he.

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In Laghu-Bhagavatamrita 31

 

sadA-zivAkhyA tan-mUrtis tamogandha-vivarjitA |

sarvakAraNa-bhUtAsAv aGga-bhUtA svayaM prabhoH |

vAyavyAdiSu saiveyaM ziva-loke pradarzitA ||31||

 

"The form called Sada-shiva is devoid of even a scent of ignorance.

He is the cause of all beings, a being who is a limb of the Lord

Himself. In Vayu and other [scriptures], Siva is described as

residing in Siva-loka."

----

 

On this Baladeva Vidyabhushana comments: shiva loke vaikuntha dhamni -

'In Shiva Loka means in Vaikuntha dhama.'

 

So the Shiva Loka mentioned in Vayu Purana is not Mahesha Dhama.

 

--

Brihad Bhagavatamrita 1.2.97 In that place, even though the two of

them are not different, Shiva worships the supremely powerful and

opulent Lord Sankarsana as his chosen Deity. Is this not very

wonderful?

--

 

Some logic: Because the two are non-different, it is wonderful that

one worships the other. Like Aniruddha worshiping Pradyumna. If in

fact Shiva were just an associate in Vaikuntha, this would not be

wonderful, it would be ordinary. And there would be no use for this

verse.