Shiva-Parvati Story (updated on page-2,3,4,5&6) - Page 2

Originally posted by: Kadamvari

everyone asking about the son..how will i know yar even i want to know

One day Parvati got bored and begged Shiva to entertain her. So he told her a story, the world's first story. This story was told in a secret cave somewhere in the middle of the Himalayas. The plot would have been lost in the snow but for a tiny bird that survives in that cold desolate landscape.

This bird shared the story with a fish. The fish shared it with a Gandharva who shared it with the Yaksha. Much may have been lost in translation for by the time the story reached humanity, it was not one but hundreds of stories with myriad plots and characters, with amazing twists and turns. It was called the Brhadkatha, or the vast story. Later it was called the Katha-sarit-sagar, the ocean of stories. There were stories within stories, like whirpools of thought, sucking everyone in and then spitting them out.

Illustration/ Devdutt Pattanaik

Imagine life without stories. We would have no hero or villain, no comedy or tragedy, no adventure, no heaven or hell. Perhaps not even God. Stories are such an integral part of our life that we forget how critical it is to defining our humanity.

Animals do not tell stories. They do not have the wherewithal one needs to tell a story. They do not have the neo-frontal cortex, the most recently developed part of the brain, located just behind our forehead that allows us to imagine. From imagination come stories.

Animals do not need stories. When hungry, they eat. When thirsty, they drink. Having eaten and drank, they rest or play. But not humans. We want to know why we are hungry and why we are thirsty. It bothers us. We seek explanations. We need a story for that. And there are many stories.

Someone said that hunger and thirst were God's punishment because humans did not listen to him. God? Who is that? What is that? Was it an idea that came from stories? Or did stories articulate this idea for us? We can argue endlessly. We can even ask if heroes exist in the world before stories, or did the idea of a hero come to us from stories?

Of course, science came along and rejected everything that stories told us. Today scientists tell us there is no God. And historians will tell you that notions of heroes and villains are not true either. There is no objective criteria, no checklist, for defining a hero. What is hero for one, is villain for another. It all comes from our imagination. We just have to switch on the television and pick up a newspaper to realise this. They reveal how storytellers construct the world for us, twist and turn events to make the same thing look comic and tragic. And we wonder what truth is. Is there a truth out there? Perhaps Shiva it is to provoke this question that Shiva told Parvati the first story.

Originally posted by: Kadamvari

again found something in a site..couldn't control myself from sharing
You are a jeweller.

One day Parvati got bored and begged Shiva to entertain her. So he told her a story, the world's first story. This story was told in a secret cave somewhere in the middle of the Himalayas. The plot would have been lost in the snow but for a tiny bird that survives in that cold desolate landscape.

Hmm...he always chose to tell stories in alone to Parvati😭.mujhe bhi shunna hai.😭

This bird shared the story with a fish. The fish shared it with a Gandharva who shared it with the Yaksha. Much may have been lost in translation for by the time the story reached humanity, it was not one but hundreds of stories with myriad plots and characters, with amazing twists and turns. It was called the Brhadkatha, or the vast story. Later it was called the Katha-sarit-sagar, the ocean of stories. There were stories within stories, like whirpools of thought, sucking everyone in and then spitting them out.

So the bird played the role of pioneer to spread the world's first story everywhere.👏 Katha Sarit Sagar...thank you unknown birdie.😳

Illustration/ Devdutt Pattanaik The sketch is mesmerizing.

Imagine life without stories. We would have no hero or villain, no comedy or tragedy, no adventure, no heaven or hell. Perhaps not even God. Stories are such an integral part of our life that we forget how critical it is to defining our humanity.

Hmm...So story is an inseparable part of human's life.😃

Animals do not tell stories. They do not have the wherewithal one needs to tell a story. They do not have the neo-frontal cortex, the most recently developed part of the brain, located just behind our forehead that allows us to imagine. From imagination come stories.

Hmm...so being imaginative is a prove of our active brain.😉

Animals do not need stories. When hungry, they eat. When thirsty, they drink. Having eaten and drank, they rest or play. But not humans. We want to know why we are hungry and why we are thirsty. It bothers us. We seek explanations. We need a story for that. And there are many stories.

Hmm...for giving explanations we need to build stories.😉

Someone said that hunger and thirst were God's punishment because humans did not listen to him. God? Who is that? What is that? Was it an idea that came from stories? Or did stories articulate this idea for us? We can argue endlessly. We can even ask if heroes exist in the world before stories, or did the idea of a hero come to us from stories?

Well this is a never ending debate. We should leave it on the intellectuals and we should enjoy the stories.😡

Of course, science came along and rejected everything that stories told us. Today scientists tell us there is no God. And historians will tell you that notions of heroes and villains are not true either. There is no objective criteria, no checklist, for defining a hero. What is hero for one, is villain for another. It all comes from our imagination. We just have to switch on the television and pick up a newspaper to realise this. They reveal how storytellers construct the world for us, twist and turn events to make the same thing look comic and tragic. And we wonder what truth is. Is there a truth out there? Perhaps Shiva it is to provoke this question that Shiva told Parvati the first story.

Science and history are not enough for living. And stories are something which teach us about good and bad...justice and injustice. That is why we have to learn stories with morals so we could be a good person one day.😊

Shiva Insults his Wife

There was an asura who wanted to become immortal, so he prayed and meditated
for many, many years. Finally Brahma appeared before him to grant him a boon,
and the asura asked for the boon of Immortality.
Brahma said, ..I cannot grant you that boon, but at least this much I can
do for you: you will not be able to be killed by any male.?

The asura was very happy because he would now become the strongest and most
powerful of all the great fighters. He immediately invaded Heaven and threw
Indra out. Then he began destroying Heaven and expelling all the cosmic gods
one by one.

The cosmic gods hurried to Brahma and pleaded, ?What have you done, what
have you done, my Lord? Now you have to save us!?

Brahma said, ?I am the culprit. I granted the boon, but now I do not have
the power to protect you. I have to go to Shiva. Only he can save you from
this predicament. Let me go and ask Shiva what can be done.?

So Brahma went to Shiva and explained the whole situation to him. He said,
?I gave this asura the boon of becoming invincible. Now he has thrown Indra
and all the other cosmic gods out of Heaven. There is only one way he can
be defeated, and that is by a female. Can you not provide a very powerful
female to kill this asura??

Shiva thought for a few moments. ?It is a very difficult task,? he said at
last, ?but I will try my best. I will see what I can do for you.

While Shiva was wondering how to solve this problem, Parvati happened to
walk by. Now, Parvati was extremely beautiful and her complexion was very
fair. All of a sudden, for some unknown reason, Shiva addressed her as .Kali.?
As soon as Parvati heard her husband calling her Kali, she got furious.

Why are you calling me by that name?? she screamed. ?You married me because
I was so beautiful. Now why are you casting a slur on me? Have I become dark?
Am I no longer beautiful? I am so disgusted with you! Who asked you to marry
me? I am not going to stay with you. If you think that I am dark-skinned,
I will leave this instant!...

Shiva made no attempt to retract his words, and so Parvati left him and entered
into the forest. She began praying and meditating and practicing very strict
spiritual austerities. One day a tiger came near her as she sat meditating.
It wanted to kill and devour her. Upon seeing the tiger, Parvati thought,
How kind this tiger is! I am meditating here all alone and it has come to
protect me.? She entered into the soul of the tiger and, out of sheer gratitude
and love, removed all the tiger?s ferocious qualities. The tiger remained
by her side and became her most favourite devotee.

Parvati continued meditating on Brahma. At long last he came to see her.
He said, ..I am so pleased with you. Now what can I do for you??
I wish to have a better complexion,? said Parvati. ?Shiva has called me
Kali. What an insult! That means my skin is no longer beautiful. I cannot
bear to be called dark. I want to be more beautiful.?
?All right,? said Brahma, ?I will grant you this boon. From the cells of
your body a dark being will come out. It will be quite black. When your body
is rid of this being, you will become beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.
From now on you will be known as Gauri, she who has the most beautiful complexion.

Immediately, a very dark and very powerful being came out of the cells of
Parvati?s body. It took the form of a female and Brahma endowed it with all
kinds of spiritual and occult powers. This being fought against the asura
and defeated it. Then Indra and all the other cosmic gods went back to Heaven
and lived again in perfect joy. Meanwhile, Parvati returned to Shiva and
they were very happy together once again.

Sri Chinmoy 

Originally posted by: Kadamvari

aww rimi thanks yar for such comment on comparatively uninteresting article

Originally posted by: Kadamvari

again found another story
You have great eyes.

Shiva Insults his Wife

This is very bad!!

There was an asura who wanted to become immortal, so he prayed and meditated
for many, many years. Finally Brahma appeared before him to grant him a boon,
and the asura asked for the boon of Immortality.
Brahma said, ..I cannot grant you that boon, but at least this much I can
do for you: you will not be able to be killed by any male.?
Hmm...each time Brahma gave boons to Asuras and they became restless and ferocious.Not fair.
The asura was very happy because he would now become the strongest and most
powerful of all the great fighters. He immediately invaded Heaven and threw
Indra out. Then he began destroying Heaven and expelling all the cosmic gods
one by one.
Expelling Indra is very good work...for that reason I am ready to forgive this asura.😈
The cosmic gods hurried to Brahma and pleaded, ?What have you done, what
have you done, my Lord? Now you have to save us!?

OMG!Seriously this is a time to wake up and let take some lessons on war strategy. How long Brahma, Vishnu and Mahadev are going to protect them??😡😡😡

Brahma said, ?I am the culprit. I granted the boon, but now I do not have
the power to protect you. I have to go to Shiva. Only he can save you from
this predicament. Let me go and ask Shiva what can be done.?
Hmm...every single hazards alway is redirected to either Vishnu or Shiva or Vishnu and Shiva both.😡😡😡😡Disgusting.😡
So Brahma went to Shiva and explained the whole situation to him. He said,
?I gave this asura the boon of becoming invincible. Now he has thrown Indra
and all the other cosmic gods out of Heaven. There is only one way he can
be defeated, and that is by a female. Can you not provide a very powerful
female to kill this asura??

And still we women have no right to feel free to walk in the streets at night, go to our work places, school, college and universities without worry of any type of assault. Ma where are you ?? Why don't you kill these monsters too😡😡? Or you want to do it by us ourselves with our own methods??😈

Shiva thought for a few moments. ?It is a very difficult task,? he said at
last, ?but I will try my best. I will see what I can do for you.

Mahadev and his thoughts!!😳... I guess that he is thinking that how will he tell Ma Parvati to take Kali form to kill that demon??😆🤣Cause last time after that venture she wept atleast 3days continuously...🤣

While Shiva was wondering how to solve this problem, Parvati happened to
walk by. Now, Parvati was extremely beautiful and her complexion was very
fair. All of a sudden, for some unknown reason, Shiva addressed her as .Kali.?
As soon as Parvati heard her husband calling her Kali, she got furious.

Bravo👏👏👏👏...This is callled "Ulta samjhili Ram". But why did Parvati think that Shiva indicating to her complexion by saying Kali??😉

Why are you calling me by that name?? she screamed. ?You married me because
I was so beautiful. Now why are you casting a slur on me? Have I become dark?
Am I no longer beautiful? I am so disgusted with you! Who asked you to marry
me? I am not going to stay with you. If you think that I am dark-skinned,
I will leave this instant!...
Exactly...whom do Shiva ask to marry Parvati?? And she is not dark at all...but It is a treat of eyes to watching angry Parvati...I want to see this.😭
Shiva made no attempt to retract his words, and so Parvati left him and entered
into the forest. She began praying and meditating and practicing very strict
spiritual austerities. One day a tiger came near her as she sat meditating.
It wanted to kill and devour her. Upon seeing the tiger, Parvati thought,
How kind this tiger is! I am meditating here all alone and it has come to
protect me.? She entered into the soul of the tiger and, out of sheer gratitude
and love, removed all the tiger?s ferocious qualities. The tiger remained
by her side and became her most favourite devotee.

Hmm...Shiva didn't do a single attempt to stop her??😲😲Well may be it is for Jagat Kalyan.

But how many years Did Parvati praying, meditating and practicing strict austerities? But I like the Tiger...😳actually Ma's vehicle...Lion and Tiger are very cute and calm. They never harm people ...intentionally. 😃 Even most of hunters said that they are the most royal and behaving animals.

Parvati continued meditating on Brahma. At long last he came to see her.
He said, ..I am so pleased with you. Now what can I do for you??
I wish to have a better complexion,? said Parvati. ?Shiva has called me
Kali. What an insult! That means my skin is no longer beautiful. I cannot
bear to be called dark. I want to be more beautiful.?
?All right,? said Brahma, ?I will grant you this boon. From the cells of
your body a dark being will come out. It will be quite black. When your body
is rid of this being, you will become beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.
From now on you will be known as Gauri, she who has the most beautiful complexion.

Hmm...I have heard this story...but didn't like that Brahma came to give the boon to Parvati for her fair complexion.

Immediately, a very dark and very powerful being came out of the cells of
Parvati?s body. It took the form of a female and Brahma endowed it with all
kinds of spiritual and occult powers. This being fought against the asura
and defeated it. Then Indra and all the other cosmic gods went back to Heaven
and lived again in perfect joy. Meanwhile, Parvati returned to Shiva and
they were very happy together once again.

Hmm...I can imagine how beautiful is Parvati right now and the Goddess who emerged from Parvati's cell is known as Kaushiki and she is dark complexioned lady so may be she known as Kali. Shiva lives with Parvati happily😉😉☺️

Sri Chinmoy