Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Kara Charana Krutham Vak
Kayajam Karmajam Va
Sravana Nayanajam Va Manasam Va
Aparadham
Vihitham Avihitham Va
Sarvamethath Kshamaswa
Jaya Jaya Karunabdhey Sri
Mahadeva Sambo
Shiva Puranam describes Goddess
Parvati's severe penance worshipping Lord Shiva and the divine marriage of the celestial
couple.
Goddess Parvati was born to
King Himavan and Menavathi. Years passed
by Parvati grown into a beautiful young maiden.
Maharishi Narada advised her to undergo severe austerities to attain
Lord Shiva as her husband also narrated the significances and methods to please
the Lord. Therefore, Goddess Parvati
obtained permission from her parents; leaving all the comforts and luxuries she
underwent severe austerities.
As an initial method of penance
she gave up all the royal attire and ornaments to deer skin and continued
penance at Gourishikhara/Gouri Kund in the Himalayas where the meditation was an
extremely difficult task to perform. She
undertook meditation underneath the water during the winter and during the
monsoon she sat on the ground, in this way she continued penance for several
years. The wild beasts were dared to
reach her due to the powerful rays emitted from her penance. All the deities and Rishis were assembled to
watch her penance and they also prayed to Lord Shiva to show compassion on her.
Lord Shiva disguised as an old
Brahmin and arrived at the hermitage of Goddess Sri Parvati. Parvati received the
old Brahmin with all reverence and paid obeisance. She served the Brahmin with flowers and
fruits. The Brahmin enquired the reason for her meditation under the extreme weather
conditions in Himalayas. Goddess Parvati
revealed her wish to get Lord Shiva as her husband. The Brahmin started
verbally abusing Lord Shiva; it was her foolish thought to marry him in the
first place. He insisted her to marry
any other deities such as Lord Indra or anybody else instead of Lord Shiva. The Brahmin criticized the physical features of
Lord that he has three eyes and five faces. He was adapted to snakes around
neck, he has no affluence to take care of her, he smears ashes all over the
body and he has matted hair locks, he wanders around on an old bull, he has ghosts
and spirits as warriors and finally he has no knowledge about his parents. He prefers to reside in the funeral grounds
and he has a bluish throat contains Halakala poison. Finally he added that Parvati has been wasting
her life to marry such a deity.
Goddess Sri Parvati was mounted
with anger at the remarks of Brahmin and cursed the Brahmin, regretted for
receiving him with great honor. She stated
that Lord Shiva is the one who she has chosen to be wedded in all her life. She was not willing to comment anything more
about it and left the place abruptly.
Lord Shiva assumed his own very
captivating form and asked Goddess Sri Parvati not to leave the place. Goddess
Parvati was astonished to see Lord Shiva in place of old Brahmin, Lord insisted
her to ask for a boon. Goddess Sri
Parvati exposed her long cherished desire to marry him with all the rituals as
prescribed in the Sastra & Puranas. Eventually Lord Shiva was agreed to Goddess
Sri Parvati.
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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