Gandharwaraja Pushpadanta kruta SIVAMAHIMNA STOTRAM

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Srimaatrenamaha

'Asita girisamam syaat kajjalam sindhu paatre

surataru varasaakhaa lekhinee patramurvee

likhati yadi gruheetwaa saaradaa saarvakaalam

tadapi tawa gunaana meesa paaram nayaati'

The qualities of Bhagawaan Sadaasiva are endless. Even the

Goddess Vaagdevi begins to write down the qualities of Sadasiva, and

even she was equpped with a pen of 'Kalpavrukha saakaha', with an ink

bottle of a sea, with ink which is equal to 'Asitagiri', and a paper

as long as the earth, Her work shall not be compleated even after a

long time.

The meaning of the above sloka was created 'Bhavasamaadhi' in

Bhagawaan Sri Ramakrishna paramahamsa.

The above 'sloka' is from 'Sivamahimna stotram' written by

Gandharwaraja Pushpadanta who belongs to 2500 years B.C. He was a

king of gandharwa a sect of Gods. He was a worshipper of Bhagawaan

SADASIVA. Not satisfing with the flowers and leafs of Bilwapatras

etc. which are availiable in his garden for his Sivaarchana, he

devoleped a habbit of theft of the above from a garden of a king on

earth, who was also a Sivabhakta. The king tried to catch the thief

but failed. After consultation with his council the king scattared

the 'Siva nirmaalya' at the entrance of of his garden which can

eliminate special powers like disappearance of gandharwa etc.

Pushpadanta not known the above, came as usual and stand on the 'Siva

Nirmalaya'. As a result he lost all his divine powers and became

visuable . The police of the king arrested him and kept him in jail.

Then Pushpadanta prayed Sadasiva with his 'Sivamahimna

stotra'.The merciful God Sadaasiva pleased with this stotram and

released Pushpadanta from jail, and blessed him with all powers he

lost. This stotra is also having equl value of VEDAAS, snd it shall

be used as 'ADHISRAVANAM' (rendering veda at the time of special

occations).

'Trayee saankhyam yogaha pasupatimatam visnavamiti

prabhinne prasthaaane paramidamadaha pathyamitacha

ruchheenaam vaichitryaat rujukutila naanaapathajushaam

nrunaa mekogamyahas twamasi payasaa marnava iva.'

O! Sadasiva ! All rivers reaches the sea at the end of thier journey.

Like wise several devotees by their taste may select several ways

like vedamaraga, saanklhyamaarga, yoga, Kaapaalika maarga and

vishnavisam etc. but all of them reaches you at the end of their

journey in phisophical path as you are only goal to all.

This sloka was quoted by Swamy Vivekananda in the Viswadharma

sammealan held in Newyork with an intension to eliminate the

hatridisom in between the religions which was appreciated by severall

members of that sammealan. SADAASIVO PREENAATU

SUGAMNAH PANTHAA MABHAYAM KRUNOTU

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