Wednesday, 13 June 2018

How to worship Lord Shiva!

Lord Shiva among all the Hindu Gods is considered to be the most Divine so the name Mahadeva meaning by the greatest God. His excellence does not need any divine support as lord Shiva has no birth and lord Shiva is said to give blessings and boon to his devotees faster than any other Gods.
The father of universe and the mother of universe are lord Shiva and Mata Parvati also known as THE UNIVERSAL PARENTS. Lord Shiva pronounced by many names like The Jatadhara, The Trinetra, The Neelkanth, The Gangadhara.

Lord Shiva having disregard for the worldly pleasures reside in the burial grounds so he does not need any kind of gold ornaments or good clothing unlike the other Gods. To get a boon from lord Shiva one has to pray with a composed mind and a pleasant heart.

To worship lord Shiva the devotee with clean mind and heart should visit the temple on every Monday reciting the MAHA MRITUNJAYA MANTRA as many times as one can recite so that he overcomes fatal diseases and untimely death. The devotee should also on his fore head apply bhasm and also do Abhishek to the lingam by bhasm and water.



The most favourite of lord Shiva is the bilwa leaves ( Bel patra) which should be offered on the lingam of Shiva. The mythology says that before worshipping lord Shiva one should worship lord Ganesha his divine son so that all kind of obstacles are removed during the course of prayer and thereon the blessings.

To light a deep or a Jyoti is considered auspicious as it is also a prayer to lord shakti the other form of Mata Parvati the best half of lord Shiva. A devotee should also try to visit one of the jyotirlingas and specially on Monday while going to the temple of lord Shiva he should carry some prasad which to be distributed to people at the temple.

Lord Shiva Characteristics :: Mahakaal Ashish Yantra
 
The lord of lords Shiva also worshipped as The Nataraja, The Rudra , The Vishwanath, The Neelkanth and The Bholenath. Lord Shiva is formless, destroyer, Transcendent, unchanging and the Transformer with a no end and no beginning. Lord Shiva is very unconventional so a interesting endearing deity.


There is no comparison of love between Shiva and MataParvati as lord Shiva being an ideal husband always treated MataParvati with love respect and equality. It is a fact that the unmarried girls fast and desire a husband like lord Shiva because lord Shiva never asked MataParvati to sit near his feet but rather gave her a position next to him.

A contrasting character is lord Shiva meaning repulsion as well as acceptance with the potential to create dissolution combining serenity, tranquillity, radiance, temperaments meaning there by a balance.

Impartiality goes with lord Shiva irrespective of deity or demon for all his devotees. This is the reason why lord Shiva is also called Bholenath. Injustice and evil is never tolerated by lord Shiva as he destroys the evil things.

Dance a feminine art also comes along with lord Shiva in the name of NATRAJA meaning the king of dance. The connotation of word NATRAJA is natya meaning Dance and raja meaning king. Lord Shiva is a foremost yogi despite he being the lord of universe and not living like a king. Lord Shiva never wears any ornaments or clothes except the lion skin with rudraksha and a snake, an ash which depicts the final destiny in reference to all materialistic aspects of the world.

The other name of lord Shiva is Ashutosh meaning by very unique and easy to please with only water and bilva leaves. Lord Shiva is very benevolent with unity and harmony in diversity. The androgynous form of lord Shiva is ARDHANARESHWAR depicting the male and the female aspect  which signifies PURUSHA and PRAKARTI as one necessity.

The wholeness that lies beyond dualism is ardanareshwar which should be the main aspect of all human beings.

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