SHIVA Purana .. part 9

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SHIVA Purana .. part 9

 

Namaste

Let us Continue Reading Puranas.

Puranas are also a Treasure to Sanathana Dharma.

Agni Purana, Brahma Purana, Garuda Purana,

Markandeya Purana, Varaha Purana, Matsya Purana

Vishnu Purana, Linga Purana, Narada Purana,

Padma Purana, Shiva Purana, Skanda Purana,

Vamana Purana

Let us start read one by one .

We Finish reading AGNIPURANA , Brahma Purana ,Garuda

Purana ,Markandeya purana, & Linga Purana

Now we will start reading SHIVA Purana .same like

before I will post as part by part.

 

 

Taste our great values inSananthana Dharma .

One Human life is not enough,

so I try my level best to spread this values

to my respected friends.

If anyone miss to read or interest to read my

previous postings Chanakya Neetisastra,

Kautiliya Arthasastra , Vidura niti or

Tiruvallurs Tirukkural,and Uddhavagita or

any part of Manusmriti ,Agnipurana,Brahma Purana,

Garuda Purana, Markandeya purana ,Linga purana

pls mail to me , I will send again to you.

 

I humbly request you to forward this values to your family, friends and to your groups. Allow all people from different religion to understand the value of our Sanathana Dharma. At least let them learn and then let them criticize.

I am not a scholar to modify any of this laws or puranas or its languages suitable for modern life .I Humbly request you to read it and think in a modern scientific way. Like in Bhagavadgita Chapter 18 text 63 it is said by lord Krishna Thus I have explained to you knowledge still more confidential. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.

As my Guru told me

One need not worry too much about the source of certain knowledge. Just adopt in our life if they are good. If needed refine the knowledge by way of addition, deletion, modification and correction. Also try to understand the meaning of Different Castes , it is not by birth it is by his performance.

Here we start the translation of the text of the Shiva Purana .. in Short at the currently available form :

 

Shiva Purana .. part 9

 

 

Nandi

There was a sage named Shilada. He once saw that his ancestors were being tortured in hell. When he tried to find out why this was so, he was told that it was because Shilada did not yet have a son. To obtain a son, Shilada began to pray to Shiva. He prayed for a thousand years. At the end of the tapasya, Shiva appeared and offered to grant Shilada a boon. Shilada wanted the boon that he might have a virtuous son. A few days later, when Shilada was ploughing the land, he discovered a baby boy on the blade of theplough. The boy was as bright as the sun and the fire. Shilada was frightened and started to run away. But the boy called after him, Father, stop. Father, stop, A voice was then heard from the sky. This voice told Shilada that

this was the son he had wanted. Since this son would make everyone happy, he was to be named Nandi. Shilada brought nandi home to his hermitage. He taught his son the Vedas, the arts of the medicine and fighting, dancing and singing and several other sacred texts. All this Nandi mastered within fifteen days. When nandi was seven years old, two powerful sages arrived in Shilada’s hermitage. Their names were Mitra and Varuna. Shilada worshipped them and presented Nandi before them. The sages blessed Nandi with the words, Be learned, be faithful to your teacher. Shilada said, Sages, why didn’t you bless my son with a long life? We couldn’t, replied the sages. Your son is going to die when he is eight years old. That is written in his stars. Shilada was crestfallen to hear this, but Nandi consoled his father. He promised his father that he would do something so that this fate would have to be rewritten. He would pray to Shiva. And

when he met Shiva, he would ask of him a boon. Meeting Shiva, exclaimed Shilada. I had to meditate for a thousand years before I could get to meet Shiva. How do you expect to meet Shiva in the one year that is left to you?’ Wait and see, father, replied Nandi. Shiva is difficult to meet if you only perform tapasya or thirst for knowledge. The secret lies in faith and devotion. I will manage. There is a river named Bhuvana. Nandi entered this river and began underwater prayers to Shiva . His efforts pleased Shiva so much that Shiva appeared before him. What boon do you want? asked Shiva. Please grant me the boon that I may be devote to you, replied Nandi. I don’t want to be born become old and die. Shiva granted Nandi the boon that he and his father would get to live in Shiva’s residence in Shivaloka. Shiva’s companions are known as ?ganas. Shiva made Nandi ganapati, the chief of the ganas and retained him as a perpetu ?

companion. Shiva also gave Nandi a wonderful garland to wear. As soon as he put this garland on, Nandi became resplendent with three eyes and ten hands.

 

Time

The smallest unit of time is nimesha. This is the amount of time it takes to blink. Fifteen nimeshas make one kashtha and thirty kashthas are one kala. Thirty kalas make one muhurta and thirty muhurtas are one day. Thirty days are one month. Each month is divided into two lunar fortnights, shuklapaksha and krishnapaksha. Six months are called an ayana. There are thus two ayanas in a year. Three hundred and sixty human years are equivalent to one year for the gods. The lengths of the four yugas (eras) are defined in terms of years of the gods, not in terms of human years. There are four eras and their names are kritayuga or satyayuga, tretayuga, dvaparayuga and kaliyuga. Satyayuga lasts for four thousand divine years, tretayuga for three

thousand, dvaparayuga for two thousand and kaliyuga for one thousand. This adds up to ten thousand divine years. The sandhyas and sandhyamshas are the intervening periods between the yugas and these add up to two thousand divine years. Thus, the four yugas taken together last for twelve thouand divine years. In a kalpa (cycle), each of the four yugas occurs a thousand times. A kalpa has fourteen manvantaras (eras). In a manvantara, each of the four yugas thus occurs seventy one times. One kalpa corresponds to one day for Brahma. One thousand kalpas are one of Brahma’s years and eight thousand of Brahma’s years make one of Brahma’s yugas. One thousand such yugas make up one savana and Brahma lives for three thousand savanas. This period is known as a trivrita. During each of Vishnu’s days, one Brahma is born and dies. And during each of Shiva’s days, one Vishnu is born and dies.

 

Daksha Yajna

The sages aid, Romaharshana, you have not told us the story of the quarrel between Daksha and Shiva which led to Sati’s death. You have only mentioned it in passing. Tell us the story now. Romaharshana related the following story. Daksha’s daughter Sati was married to Shiva. One day, the gods, the demons and the sages went to visit Shiva and Sati in the Himalyas. Daksha accompanied the other gods on this visit. When the gods arrived, Shiva was seated and did not get up. He showed no special honour to Daksha because Daksha happened to be his father-in-law. Daksha interpreted this as a sign of disrespect. He felt insulted. Subsequently, Daksha arranged for a yajna and sent invitations to all his other sons-in-law and their wives. He

did not invite Shiva or Sati. But Sati heard about the sacrifice and resolved that she would attend it, invitiation or no invitation. In a beautiful vimana, Sati travelled to her father’s house. Daksha was not at all pleased to see Sati. In fact, he ignored her completely and devoted all his attention to his other daughters. When Sati wished to know the reason for this, Daksha told her that this was because of her husband, who happened to be a worthless fellow and did not deserve any respect. Hearing this, Sati gave up her life. The mountain Himalaya had prayed that Sati might be born as his daughter. Sati was born as his daughter Parvati and married Shiva again. This story you already know.

Several years later, Daksha resolved to hold an ashvamedha yajna (horse sacrifice) in the Himalayas. The gods and the sages were all invited to this sacrifices, although Shiva was not amongst the invites. The sage Dadhichi did not like this slight to Shiva and he boycotted the yajna in protest. Parvati heard about this sacrifice and she began to incite Shiva to do something. Shiva created a being named Virabhadhra. Virabhadhra shone with energy and he had thousands of mouths and eyes. His hair glistened like lighting and his hands were full of all sorts of weapons. When he spoke, it was like thunder. From his body, Virabhadra created a female demon named Bhadrakali. What are our orders?, asked Virabhadra and

Bhadrakali of Shiva. Go and destroy Daksha’s yajna, was the order. To help them in their endeavour, Virabhadra created several other demons from parts of his body. All of them had a thousand arms and carried weapons. Virabhadra, Bhadrakali and these other demons headed for Daksha’s sacrifice. When they got there, they found that the sacrifice had already started and the sacred fire was burning. The sages were reciting hymns and the gods were watching. Musical instruments were being played. Virabhadra roared and the sound of the roar was so terrible that several of the gods began to run away. The earth shook with the sound of the roar. There were tidal waves in the ocean. Daksha was frightened. But he summoned up courage and asked, Who are you and why have you come here? We are Shiva’s servants and we have come to take part in the sacrifice, replied Virabhadra. Virabhadra and the other demons then proceeded to burn down the

structure where the sacrifice was being held. They tied up the priests and threw all the offerings away. With their weapons, they attacked the gods. Whatever resistance the gods tried to put up was taken care of by Virabhadra’s trident and Bhadrakali’s spear. The goddess Sarasvati lost her nose and the god Agni lost his arms. The sage Bhaga had his eyes gouged out and the sage Pusha lost all his teeth. Virabhadra sliced off Daksha’s head and gave it to Bhadrakali, who proceeded to kick it around as one kicks a football. Thousand and thousands of gods died and the sacrifice became a battlefield. Vishnu tried to fight it out and he and Virabhadra shot arrows at each other. But one of Virabhadra’s arrows struck Vishnu on the chest and he fell down unconscious. Spurred on by Brahma, the gods began to pray to Shiva. These prayers pacified Shiva and he asked Virbhadra and Bhadrakali to refrain from causing any further damage. Brahma asked,

What about the gods who have been killed? Please bring them back to life, Since Shiva’s anger had been appeased, he restored life to the dead gods. Those who had lost parts of their anatomy got them back again. But what was to be done about Daksha? His head could not be found. A goat’s head was therefore stuck onto Daksha’s body. Thus restored to life. Daksha begged forgiveness of Shiva.

Will be continue on part 10

THURSDAY MESSAGE, 23RD April 2009 (SERIES 154)

Kena upanaishad. One of the very important Upanishads is this first Upanishad of the saama veda. This Upanishad has been described as a discussion between the teacher and the student in four chapters of this Upanishad. First two chapters explain systematically about the mind and its attachment/ attraction / desires towards the sensational and luxuries of the world. The relation between the words/meaning/message with the mind is further explained. The role of eyes, ears, nose, tongue and the skin and their relation with the mind are explained in a scientific way. i.e the relation between the functions

of the sensory organs and the mind. The role of the soul in the biochemical functioning of the body, the dharma of the soul, the relation between the Jeevaathma and paramaathma; the relation between Jeevaathma, paramaathma and prabrahma etc are further described in detail. The pathway to brahmajnaan and brahma saakshaathkaaram is given in a nutshell. In the end of the second chapter it has been mentioned that ‘ it is impossible for human beings to attain perfect brahma-saakshaath-kaaram and brahma jnaanam’ . It also explains that human beings are not perfect and perfection cannot be attained for the human beings.

 

THIS WEEK ACHIEVEMENTS OF IISH: Vedas are uploaded in the website. Extremely high response for down loading . Complete Bhagath Gita with meaning will be uploaded on 27th April, the akshaya thrutheeya day. First time vishu/yugadi audio message has been sent through thursday message from website. Yoga classes started at NHC.. Extremely good response for the admission to BVV of IISH.

 

Series of lectures were organized in Bombay as a two day seminar at Sree Narayana International Centre at Gurudeva Giri, Nerul organized by Sree Narayana Mandira samithi, Bombay. Two evening lectures were separately organized in Bombay. Lecture class for Canara bank officers and public lecture in Trivandrum were organized.

 

A SERIOUS INFORMATION: Many Hindu students are getting the photos of Jesus Christ and instruction from the Christian teachers that “ you should pray Jesus for passing the exam. You should not pray to Jesus in front of your parents, if you do so your mother will die. Once you get the dream of Jesus then tell your parents that you will not worship any god other than Jesusâ€â€¦â€¦. The number of students turning psychologically abnormal is increasing exclusively because of this, reports many psychologists. We get hundreds of phone calls from parents who are facing this problem.

 

Conversion through love affairs: Muslim/ Christian youth are ‘advised’ to love the high caste Hindu youths and when the affair reaches the level marriage, the Hindu partner in the love affair is forced to convert before marriage. Let the Hindu youths and their parents be aware about this heinous activities going on every day.

 

‘Friends of India’ is a Muslim organization, which has recently started a new youth wing ‘smart friends’ exclusively for loving Hindu youths and getting the Hindus who fall into the love affairs, converted into Islam either by persuasion or by force/threatening.

 

ANCIENT INDIAN MANAGEMENT MESSAGES(Viduropadesam)

A chariot can carry heavy weight but a dry wood piece cannot. This is the quality of great men who can take heavy load but not the ordinary men. Let the noble hearted people take the weight of dharma and good actions. And let the ordinary men get themselves elevated into the level of nobles. Doing a service fearing the anger and punishment is not a service. Those who console like father is the real relative, others are only friends.

 

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF INDIA

Wootz steel making in India has a great metallurgical history. The steel has been mentioned in susrutha and charaka samhitha, Wootz steel was used for the manufacture of Damascuss steel. This steel was produced through out India in the same quality. In 4th century BC, the Iranian scholar Ktesias has described the quality of the wootz steel and its many fold uses. Alexander ( I do not know whether he is ‘the great’ or not) took 30 lb of this steel from

King Porus, with him when he return in BC 326 from India after getting defeated here.

 

THIS WEEK MESSAGE

A question was asked to a business man, what is the secret of your success? He replied: two words ‘right decision’ . What is the secret of that? He said : One word ‘ experienceâ€. What was the secret of that ? He said two words ‘wrong decision’ (source : Matha Amruthananda Mayee’s speech)

 

Do not spent time for quarrelling, shouting, criticizing, blaming, and fighting with others on subjects of protecting our dharma. Do good to our dharma and nation. Use the ultra modern facilities for learning, teaching and spreading the ultra ancient heritage of our motherland, through emails and internet. Do not sent all the trashes through emails for boiling the blood of the readers. Do not expect any reward in return………You find out the problem and your answer for the problem and go ahead by implementing your own solution

 

YOUR QUESTIONS AND MY ANSWERS: About caste system :1. Does Bhagavath Geeetha tell anything about caste system ? Not at all ! unfortunately the classification of the society based on the profession has been misinterpreted as the caste system ! ……2. What is the real Gita message ? chaathur varnyam mayaa srushtam guna karma vibhaagasa: I have created the four varnas (purely) based on the quality of the profession (karma) respectively………. 3. What is the meaning of varna ? it can be said as

colour or group ……….4 Is there any scientific evidence for this statement ? Interestingly few years ago, Dr. P. Raman, MBBS, MD, Professor of Calicut Medical College and Skin specialist conducted with a team of doctors, the aura analyses of few hundred people using Kirlian photography. Aura of the people from all religion and caste were subjected to the analyses and found that the aura (of all the people can be classified under four colors…….. 5. Where can we get more information about this ? Dr. Raman has mentioned this in his lectures and he is generally available in Kairali Hospital, in Calicut, Kerala (address given in our website) 6. How can we say this is the same aura which

Gita mentions? My answer was for the question about the connection of the varna /colour and caste of the people which agree well with aura colour……….. 7. What the Vedas tell about this specifically ? Specifically Vedas explain in purusha sooktha about brahmana, kshatriyas, vaisya and sudra +….etc which is the explanation of prapancha purusha and has got nothing to do with the human beings. It is the symbolic presentation of cosmos in the form of human being. …………. 8. What it explains ? The body of prapancha purusha is thus composed; face is Brahmana, hands are kshatriya, legs the vaisyas, feet the sudras, face represent Agni and Indra, nostrils form the air/vayu, mind is the moon and eyes are the sun and the atmosphere becomes the stomach /belly. (Can

we say this is connected with human beings ?) ). ………. 9. Some people say it is about human beings. What is the answer for them ? Answer is simple if it is for the men, let them analyze which organ is more important for their respective functions , face , hands, legs or feet . ………….

 

10 How the present rigidity of the caste system got evolved? Old caste system is based on profession and the rigidity was brought by the Britishers, by conducting the senses based on the professional name and they labeled the profession as caste and declared each caste is specific and different. They declared interchange is not possible………….. 11. Was there any hidden agenda in this ? There was the hidden agenda when they declared that some castes are superior and other are inferior / lower. This resulted in the fight among the castes for their aim of divide and rule this country. ………

12. We always blame Britishers what is the use of that? When somebody has created a problem what should we do instead of blaming them !.........13. How many “castes†have been created by British like this ? They created more than 1400 castes like this. ……14. Is there any responsibility for our politicians? In this country, all the negatives are either created or magnified / glorified / polluted / criminalized /.. by politicians including Jawahar lala Nehru. The British created and rigidified the caste system and the politicians screwed for their benefits………. 15. What really the Britishers did ? Just like they separated the districts, panchayat, municipality, geographically, they separated Indians also and labeled them inferior and superior on the so called caste, where professionally there were only four

castes without any problem for their interchanging, They demarked the so called castes with powerful marking without the provision for interchanging. The present progressives, atheists, rationalists, radicals, politicians degraded that further. Which automatically divided the society like what ……………….. resulting in social fight and conflict………16. Even today the politicians create the split based on caste system for winning their candidates in the elections. What to do ? Politicians like V.P. Singh divided the Hindus in the name of mandal commission and Maayaavati type of people are further degrading it. Remember none is to be left out from this crime, including the BJP. Only solution is that serious and sincere organizations should work silently for eradicating the tumor from the society by removing the negatives of the caste system.

Discuss with the caste leaders and followers. Never give an impression that the caste system will be eradicated . The only aim should be the removal of the evils of the caste system………17. If it fails? Failure and success are part of the social activities. ……. 18. Who should take the initiative /leadership for this ? The scholars, judges, professors and sincere social workers who do not have any hidden agenda. ……. 19. Will the removal of caste name work ? Those are all superficial actions, when the caste feeling is strongly present in the blood…….. 20. What is your one line advise for the society? The one line advise is given by Sree Narayana guru : never ask, discuss and think about caste.

 

JUST INFORMATION: Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan will most probably be visiting US during the end of June upto middle of July, 2007. Main focus will be in Los Angeles. If any lecture programs are to be organized in other parts of US, Canada and UK, the trip can be enrooted through these places. Kindly contact the email iishtem.

 

A LINE OF GUIDANCE: The Christians support their activitites, the muslims support their activities and what should the sanathana dharma followers should do ?

 

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A GOOD BOOK; Many lives Many masters by Brian L Weiss a great psychiatrist of American university proving the great Indian message through perfect science of psychology

 

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with regards

dilip

Bagavad Gita chapter 6 sloka 5

uddhared âtmanâtmânam

nâtmânam avasâdayet

âtmaiva hy âtmano bandhur

âtmaiva ripur âtmanah

 

 

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