A Diksha which fulfills our life With Fortunes Lord Brahma is the one who symbolizes creation; Lord Vishnu is the one who symbolizes preservation and Lord Shiva symbolizes destruction. Associated with this Trinity are the female forms of Shakti, Universal Energy, in the form of Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning and Knowledge, wife of Lord Brahma; Lakshmi, the Goddess of Fortune and Wealth, wife of Lord Vishnu and Parvati, the Goddess of Power, wife of Lord Shiva.
However, Lord Shiva’s marriage to Parvati is a tale that needs special narration since Parvati is not one, but several incarnations of Goddess Shakti. She was first born as Sati, and She was Lord Shiva’s first consort. Presented below is the story of Lord Shiva entering into a married life with Goddess Sati and the tragedy that Lord Shiva had to go through.
Lord Brahma was married to Saraswati & Lord Vishnu to Lakshmi but Lord Shiva remained a bachelor & thus remained untouched with the worldly affair like marriage. Kailash Mountain in the Himalayas was His abode, where He sat in meditation for years together, without allowing anything to disturb Him. He knew what went on in the world, for His eyes were half open and yet He did not participate in anything for they were half closed too. Lord Brahma, out of concern for Lord Shiva’s well-being, once talked with Lord Vishnu on how to convince Lord Shiva to marry someone who would be a companion to Him, else He may lose Himself in His solitude. Lord Vishnu asked Lord Brahma if there was any worthy match for Lord Shiva to which Lord Brahma suggested His own granddaughter, Sati, born to His son, Daksha.
Sati is Goddess Shakti’s incarnation and She is destined to become Lord Shiva’s wife. It was true, since childhood Sati was devoted to Lord Shiva.She observed rigorous penance to get married to Lord Shiva. At last Lord Shiva appeared & agreed to marry her. Sati was overjoyed and she went running to inform her father of her choice of groom, expecting him to be elated.
Upon receiving the news, Daksha was left dumb stuck. His manner was cold and indifferent. He did not convey his displeasure at his daughter’s choice to her,but showed no signs of happiness either. He detested the idea that his daughter chose an ascetic as her husband when she could be the wife of any lord or king or nobleman in all the worlds. His displeasure no twith standing, the wedding of Sati & Lord Shiva was celebrated with great pomp. In the end, Sati was bid farewell and she proceeded to Kailash along with her Lord.
There they spent many years together, she preparing His penance spot and taking care of His household and He in turn holding her in reverence and showering His affection on her, sharing with her His Supreme knowledge of the Universe. She was, in all manners, the perfect complement to His ascetic ways. Harmony reigned in the Universe for each of the Trinity was wed to the corresponding female compliment. However, this harmony was short lived.
Once, Lord Shiva asked Sati to accompany Him to Prayag to attend a yagya (holy sacrfice). When Lord Shiva entered the site, every person present rose in respect to Him. He took His place and Sati hers and they all sat. Shortly afterwards, Daksha arrived too, and again everybody rose. Lord Shiva, however, remained seated thinking that Daksha was a manifestation of Lord Brahman and He could not acknowledge a mortal as superior, not because He meant any disrespect, but because such was the law of nature itself.
Daksha, on the other hand, a conceited man, perceived Lord Shiva to be disrespectful; He felt deeply offended and vowed to avenge this misbehavior someday. Lord Shiva could clearly perceive what went on in Daksha’s mind and it grieved Him to know that the son of Lord Brahma harbored such bitterness for Him. After the completion of this sacrifice, all attendees returned to their abodes and no event of that magnitude occurred anytime very soon. Then Daksha made preparations for another grand yagya. He called kings and sages and lords from all over the land to attend it. A yagya of this scale had seldom been witnessed by the inhabitants of the world and thus, they were all eager to attend Daksha’s sacrifice. He even invited the Gods for his sacrifice. However, this being his planned revenge, he deliberately omitted Lord Shiva and Sati from the list of invitees. His wish was that Lord Shiva will feel insulted on having been left out. The God of Destruction, however, could not be more concerned, since He was above such petty matters. However Sati felt hurt that her father had excluded her lord and herself. She asked Lord Shiva to go for the yagya with Her.
“My lord, it is possible that my father did not deem it necessary to formally invite us since, I, being his daughter, am a part of his house and what man extends formal invitations to his own house members? It is possible that the omission was a sign of affection and not insult”, said she. “Dearest Sati, I have always known that your father dislikes Me. He finds My appearance uncouth and has always wished for a better husband for you. However, out of his love for you, he did not object to you marrying Me since he placed your interests above his. For this same reason, he extended civil behavior towards Me these many years. However, at Prayag, when I couldn’t stand up in his welcome, he felt offended and immediately decided to have his revenge. This is his way of avenging the alleged disrespect I showed.
However, I’m unconcerned about his childish attempts at insulting Me. I have no wish to either spoil his joy or get into a petty dispute with him by showing up where he chose for Me not to come. However, If you feel that you shall be welcome as a daughter at your father’s function, then by all means attend it. Know, however, that on seeing you there, Daksha will hurl insults at Me. He shall talk to you about Me in a manner that will surely enrage you. Promise Me dear Sati, that you shall not display your rage in front of him. I ask this because I know you shall come to harm if you do.”
Sati, who had decided to go and confront her father, bade Lord Shiva’s leave and went to Daksha’s yagya, Nandi accompanying her at Lord Shiva’s request. Upon seeing her arrive, Daksha displayed no show of happiness and this behavior hurt her greatly. She went up to him and questioned, “Daksha! Father! Why is it that you overlooked my lord and me, your own daughter, while inviting all people for your grand yagya? Pray, tell me the reason for this discrimination.”
“You are the wife of that ascetic now, more than my daughter”, Daksha spat in contempt. You serve that vile wanderer, clad in his flesh skirts. His long and filthy hair is matted and painful to behold are the snakes that he wears as jewels on his body spotted with ash. He is uncouth and unkempt, a madman who dances as if in inebriation, with skeletons and bulls beating drums for him. He consumes marijuana and intoxicates himself in the fumes of marijuana. Lying in this state of inebriation, he claims to meditate. He is, in reality, not so very different from a lowly outcast who cremates dead bodies. What right does he have to call himself my son-in-law? Did you not see how he remained seated when everybody else got up to pay respect to me when I entered the yagya place at Prayag?
Did you once admonish him for his blasphemous behavior? And yet here you stand, his consort, come to ask me why I did not invite you to this sacrifice. Know, then, Sati, that this is a place for men and women of nobility and piety, not for a filthy rag-man and his lady servant.”
Sati got hurt and never realized when she started crying. “I’m ashamed to call myself your daughter”, was all she could manage to say. What wisdom could she grant to such a man? “Associating myself in any manner with a man as lowly as you can bring nothing but ill to me and my lord. I cannot continue living in this form, for in this birth, by my misfortune, you are my father”, she said. Then silently, as if to herself, she whispered, “Lord Shiva! My lord, my beloved, I am destined to be united with You. I am renouncing this body, but only to be reborn to a father whom I can be proud of. I shall come again, Lord Shiva. May You bear my departure until we meet again…” and she set herself on fire, invoking Agni with her powers.
Nandi rushed to Kailash to inform Lord Shiva of Sati’s demise. Lord Shiva’s eyes opened in rage such as He had never known. He let out a blood-curdling roar followed by a deep moan of pain and anguish. Then, He tore two locks of His hair and dashed them to the ground. From one emerged a God named Virabhadra and from the other appeared the Goddess Bhadrakaali.
“Go and get me Daksha’s decapitated head”, said Lord Shiva. Immediately, Virabhadra and Bhadrakaali set out, he riding a bull and she a lion. They descended to Daksha’s site of sacrifice and wreaked havoc. Daksha’s army came to defend him but Virabhadra and Bhadrakaali destroyed them all. Lord Vishnu came to oppose Virabhadra but the Preserver was also defeated for so great was Virabhadra’s strength, having arisen from Lord Shiva’s wrath. Lord Shiva Himself descended, lifted Sati’s body on His shoulders and began performing a terrible Taandava. The force of His dance was such that Sati’s charred body came apart in fifty one pieces and fell at various places on Earth, to be known as Shakti Peethas. Finally, Virabhadra beheaded Daksha’s head and carried to Lord Shiva, who ceased dancing on seeing the detached head of His erstwhile father-in-law. Just as Lord Shiva’s rage began subsiding and His grief began mounting, Lord Brahma and the other Gods expressed their condolences to Him. Lord Brahma pacified the Destroyer saying that Sati was destined to be reborn soon and that she would fulfill her destiny. They all prayed to Lord Shiva, offered hymns in His praise, and besought Him to regain His calm.
Slowly, as night gave way to dawn, Lord Shiva became calm again, becoming once again the yogi He was prior to His marriage to Sati, holding worldly affairs in detachment. He revived all those who had been slain at the hands of Virabhadra and Kaali. As a mark of forgiveness, He even resurrected Daksha, but as punishment, and to serve him as a reminder of his great folly, He stitched a goat’s head on to Daksha’s body, instead of a human’s. The revived Daksha fell at Lord Shiva’s feet, begging His forgiveness and acknowledging His greatness. The Destroyer granted His blessings to everyone and went back to His mountain home in Kailash and lost Himself in meditation again.
This short incident from the life of Lord Shiva explains the significance of life partner in our life. Even the great God like Lord Shiva felt the pain of getting departed from His beloved wife and went into deep mediation. Without any doubt, our counterpart brings completeness in our life. If any aspect of life is left unbalanced, the life gets completely destroyed. What’s important is to live a contended life. It doesn’t matter how long we lived our life, what matters is how much we really lived our life.
There was no control on what sort of life partner we have got in our life, there might be a chance that your married life is going through the worst possible time and there are chances that a bitter relationship has built up in between the two of you. We all wish to live a life where there is peace, harmony and happiness. A couple can have the best time if they happily live a major part of their life together. Shiva Gauri Saubhagya Diksha is the means by which such a state becomes possible in life. This is the Diksha which brings peace and harmony in between the couples, removes their quarrels and makes life a blessed journey.
There is no better way to bring prosperity and love in life than to get the grace of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. They are the symbol of ideal couples and can grant a blessed married life. Karvachauth is the festival where a woman keeps fasts and wishes for the best for her husband. People worship moon on this auspicious day, however the main God behind this festival is Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. This Diksha brings good fortunes, peace and harmony between the couple and a blessed family life.
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