Kailash
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Shiva released his Tejas onto the earth for whoever could sustain it, and only Agni, in the form of a dove, could gather it
The deities' anxious weeping and prayers over Tarakasura eventually disturbed Lord Shiva's seclusion with Parvati; angered, he released his divine Tejas onto the earth, declaring that whoever could sustain it should do so — and only Lord Agni, taking the form of a dove, was able to gather it.
What weapons and powers did the deities bestow on Kartikeya at his coronation on Mount Kailash?
At his formal coronation on Mount Kailash, the deities presented Skanda (Kartikeya) with their supreme weapons and powers — including Vishnu's Sudarshana Chakra, Shiva's Trishula and Pashupatastra, Brahma's Vedas and Brahmastra, and Indra's Airavata and Vajra — before Vishnu formally conferred cosmic sovereignty upon him.
What is Nishkala Shiva, and how do Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra relate to Him?
Shiva assigned Brahma creation, Vishnu preservation, and took the form of Rudra Himself for dissolution — clarifying that Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra are three functional manifestations of a single, formless Supreme Reality, Nishkala Shiva, and that viewing them as truly separate leads to spiritual bondage.
What did the devas ask Shiva at Kailash?
Vishnu, Brahma and all the rest reached Kailash parvat and there offered many kinds of stuti and prayer to Bhagavan Shiva — that he should go and grant Shiva a boon, and perform the panigrahan sanskar. Shiva answers: what work have I with all these things? Why should I marry?
What earlier word of Shiva's did Brahma remind him of?
Brahma recalls what is described in the Vishveshwar Samhita, where Mahadev himself says that from Brahma's kapal, from his forehead, a purush will arise who will be famous by the name of Rudra; and that same Rudra rupa will become the friend of the Yaksharaj Kuber, king of Alakapuri, and dwell on Kailash parvat. His marriage will take place.
How long did Shiva and Sati live at Kailash?
Vasant himself was called and Kailash parvat was fully decorated, and there is a description of the amrit paan and the rest of both Shiva and Sati. It is said that, reckoned by the years of the devatas, this was twenty-five years — and 360 of our years make one year of the devatas. So for 360 times 5 — that much time — Bhagavan Shiva carried on his grihastha life with Bhagavati Sati on Kailash parvat.
What did Sati complain about at Kailash?
She says the place where they are situated is one where much trouble occurs: the rainy season has come and the clouds thunder greatly, the wind blows very hard, in the rains the lightning flashes so fiercely and such torrents form that the mind becomes greatly agitated. This rainy season is very painful, very terrible in the place where they are. Here there is no knowing of day and night — by day the sun is not seen, by night the moon is not visible.
What dwelling did Sati ask Shiva for?
Bhagavati Sati says: O Vrishabhadhwaj, make a dwelling worthy of you on Kailash parvat, or on the Himalaya, or on Mahakoshi, or on the earth. That is, the speaker says, Bhagavati Sati wanted there to be a beautiful house, a palace, for them, whereas Bhagavan Shiva used to live up on the mountain; and she set it all out at length.
What did Shiva say about Kailash and about the Himalaya?
Shiva answers at equal length, describing each place separately. Clouds can never come above this Kailash parvat, he says — what do you want, shall we build here? Or, if you say so, we shall go to the Himalaya parvat, where the women of the siddhas, of the sky-going siddhas, are seated and present in that place.
What did Shiva have Vishwakarma build in his own dham?
Shri Ram says that in ancient times Bhagavan Shambhu once called Vishwakarma — Tvashta Rishi Vishwakarma — in his own param dham. Where did he call him? Listen very attentively, the speaker says: Shiva called him in his own gaushala, in his dham. A gaushala is present in Shiva's loka. There in the gaushala he told Vishwakarma to build a very beautiful bhavan, and had a most excellent sinhasan made in it; and upon that sinhasan, for the removal of obstacles, Bhagavan Shankar had a chhatra made by Vishwakarma, which was most divine, excellent for all time and supremely wonderful.
What does offering bel patra with the Panchakshar give?
Those who offer bel patra to Shiv ji with the Panchakshar mantra attain the pada of Shiv ji, that is, the attainment of Kailash happens. Take the bel patra, utter Shiv ji's mantra, saying it in the mind, and offer it upon the Shivling.
How should the Sandhya episode be read?
It is not possible for an ordinary person to understand these things according to the Vedas, he says; Brahma, Sandhya and the Sapta Rishis are being explained through the Puranas in a symbolic way. Sandhya is not embodied at all. Just as the Earth has no form of her own, yet we read that Prithvi Mata took a form and fled to Kailash when Mahishasur troubled her greatly.
Why Kartikeya left Kailash for Krauncha mountain in the south
The speaker says that when Kartikeya returned from the earth parikrama, Narada — made the sutradhar before every great event, which is why he is called the mind of Bhagavan — told him by Shiva's inspiration that his parents had used the parikrama as a pretext to marry Ganesha, who now had two wives and two sons. Kartikeya bowed to his parents in anger, renounced Kailash despite their pleas, and went south to Krauncha mountain, where he remained Kumar for ever; the name Kumar destroys sins and grants Brahmacharya. The speaker calls the whole leela a matter of deep secrecy: it laid the foundation for the Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga, was tied to Shiva's tasks against the three sons of Tarakasura at the Tripura slaying, and was a device to send Kartikeya south, for otherwise the asuras rampant there would have kept harming Sanatan — which is why he is in the south even today.
Basaha Baba is Nandi Baba, and when he was called out everyone in the temple lost their place
A baba ji arrived, he says, perhaps a shopkeeper of some shop, and started off first of all with Jai Basaha Baba, Jai Basaha Baba. Basaha Baba, he explains, is what Nandi Baba is called; basaha means the bull. So he first propitiated Nandi Baba as Basaha Baba — and hearing his mantra, everyone sitting there forgot everything.
Can a person go into any yuga by his ishta's grace and see the whole katha with his own eyes?
Look, for siddhas this is possible, he answers. You and I cannot become so capable; and if we became so capable, then he would not have this much time to come onto YouTube and speak with you. So it is possible; it can certainly not be said that it is not possible. Even today there are such siddhas in the region of the Himalaya. The Himalaya region is in itself a maha-gupt region; the Vindhya region too holds many such secrets gathered within it. In these regions there are such people, but they do not wish to come before others, nor does anyone do such a thing.
Dattatreya as the samyak swarup of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, resident on Girnar
The speaker says Bhagwan Dattatreya is called the samyak swarup of all three Mahashaktis — Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva — which is why he is the deity to take as guru when one has none. Just as Sadashiv Maharudra and various shaktis are said to dwell eternally on Kailash, he says, countless crores of siddhas are said to dwell with Dattatreya on Girnar Parvat, where he resides eternally.
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