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Kriti Jain

@wildcat1994

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Posted: 12 years ago

#1021

well...its a fact that Parvati is generally worshipped in either her virgin form of GOWRI or her fierce forms like DURGA, KALI, etc...but she is not a virgin...if u guys read it, u might remember that Kartikeya was born in a different way than wat was shown...simple, they couldn't show tat on national tv...so, she was NOT A VIRGIN after marriage to shiv...

and guys...kamasutra has nothing to do with KAMADEV...its a description of SHIV-PARVATI's private time and love-making as heard by NANDI...in fact...it was named Kamasutra bcoz...KAmadev was believed to be the god of SEXUALITY...nothin helps...At least thats what the PURANAS say...rest i m nt sure!!!!!!!!

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varaali

@varaali

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Posted: 12 years ago

#1022

Originally posted by: shruti.nil
was does the term "aakal Mrityu" mean?

Beautiful question.

As you would be knowing, according to the Vedas, a Man's life is divided into four stages- Brahmacharya, Grihasthashrama, Vanaprastha and Sanyasa.

Now, a key feature in first three stages is the worship offered to the sacred fire. During the brahmacharya stage, the student offers worship to the fire lit in his Guru's ashram. When he gets married, a fire is ceremoniously lit in his house- in fact the same fire in front of which he gets married. Till he embraces Vanaprastashrama, this fire is supposed to be kept constantly alive and ritual worship offered to it by the householder and his wife. Now, there is certain number (I don't recollect exactly) of such worships he has to offer to the sacred fire.

When this man enters Vanaprasthashrama- he takes a small flame from his sacred fire and proceeds to the forest. In the forest, the fire need not be kept constantly alive but invoked on a daily basis. When the man takes Sanyasa, he is exempt from this ritual of fire worship.

Now, if the man is blessed with a lifespan long enough to undergo all the four stages- the fire is never extinguished abruptly.

But if the man should die while in grihastashrama itself, then after his body has been consigned to the flames, the fire which he had been worshiping from time he was a brahmachari is extinguished.

This is called akal mrityu . It is Akaal because the human soul has not been allowed to experience the sanyasa stage of life where it would have got an opportunity to let go of all bondage and attachments.

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varaali

@varaali

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Posted: 12 years ago

#1023

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

Doesn't 'Brahmacharini' mean bachelorette? But the Navadurgas are all Parvati manifestations & therefore, Mahadev's wife, and so none of them are unmarried, right? So how does Brahmacharini get to be one of Durga's names?

Brahmacharini refers to Parvati in that stage of life when she was unmarried and performing severe penance to please Shiva. That form of Parvati is invoked here.

Yes, eventually she does go on to marry Shiva, but that doesn't mean one cannot worship her in any of her other previous forms.

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Vrish

@Vr15h

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Posted: 12 years ago

#1024

Originally posted by: varaali

Brahmacharini refers to Parvati in that stage of life when she was unmarried and performing severe penance to please Shiva. That form of Parvati is invoked here.

Yes, eventually she does go on to marry Shiva, but that doesn't mean one cannot worship her in any of her other previous forms.

Yeah, but did Parvati's Durga form exist while she was still unmarried to Mahadev? I thought that all those other vibhutis of her would have only been invoked after her marriage, and therefore, Durga, Mahakali, and other Shaktis don't exist as her pre-marital forms, but only as her marital forms.

Or are they simply conflating Parvati & Durga here?

Edited by .Vrish. - 12 years ago

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Kriti Jain

@wildcat1994

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Posted: 12 years ago

#1025

no...the fierce forms of Parvati are different from Brahmacharini...they became a part of her life after her penance was complete and b4 she was married to SHIVA i.e. when shiv agreed to acceot her as his wife!!! so, basically she has so many forms n she is worshipped in every form... except for PARVATI...

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Subha

@Life_Is_Dutiful

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Posted: 12 years ago

#1026

Who killed Shumbh and Nishumbh?

Somewhere i read Parvati killed them,somewhere i read Saraswati killed them.

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Vrish

@Vr15h

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Posted: 12 years ago

#1027

^^^ Parvati. Nishumbha was killed by Chandi, and Shumbha was killed by the merged Vibhutis that combined into Ma Durga.

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Kriti Jain

@wildcat1994

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Posted: 12 years ago

#1028

hey as far as i kno...they were killed my chamundi and ambika in merged form...

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mnx12

@mnx12

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Posted: 12 years ago

#1029

When Devas prayed to save them from Shumbh, Nishumbh, Paravti came there to bath in Ganga, she asked them ,whm are they praying to? At that time Ambika came out from her, told her they are praying to me. She was fair, 8 handed ( After killing Mahishasur 18 handed form of Durgama had merged in Parvati). Due to that Paravti turned dark.

This Ambika killed Shumbh, Nishumbh. From her Ma Kali appeared to kill Chanda, Munda & helped, Chandika, appearingg from Ambika, in killing Raktabeeja. Dhumralochan was killed by just " Hum" kar of Ambika. Even other Devas shaktis like Brhmani, Aindri, Varahi, Narsimhi, Koumari etc came to help Ambika, they all merged in her before killing Shimbh, when he told her I am fighting alone & you are fighting with your army.