june 12
part 2
And the very loving tandav of Shiv Parvati Purusha Prakriti starts. [ tears, Shiver, gap in wonder]
[I didn't know the wondrous ever flowing journey I would be part of by the end of this month for Parvati Kali was coming to show me the way] [How can I not fall in love with Ashtamatrika Ashtamurti, navDurga Bhola vairagi swami, Dasmahavidya Adiguru yogi swami ] [how can I resist the innocent wonder of their children]
How can I not be a part of Purusha Prakriti, the journey of Parvati to Shiv. The hunting music of which will still be played when everything is dust. The eternal tandav of them will still be heard when everything is Sunya.[ aum naad bindu. Om namah sivaya. Shivohum. Om shanti shanti shanti. Tatvamasi. Shiv satya sundar.
Shiv Parvati the wonder of love devotion surrender truth.
And then Shiv will wipe tears from Kali Parvati face with great love again and play's Damru and Rudra veena .Brahmananda , The universe will be created. Shiv Parvati Prakriti tandav will start once again.
Sati met Himvan and Mena in Shiv puran who loved her so showing them helping her pithas was a blessing.
Prakriti blessing Parvati birth is taken from many purana. Prakriti had also cursed gods that they will suffer as Shiv is suffering [Prakriti included herself in the curse]. in one devi purana Prakriti promised Shiv she will take birth as Mena daughter and Ganga and Parvati were born.
Ganga was devoted to Shiv in puranas and devi puranas but did not love him. But she was very proud and arrogant till the time she realized her life aim was to serve with her purity and Shiv holding her in his jata made her more pure and protected everyone from the force of her wave. Ganga loved and married King Santanu and had 8 children of whom only Bhism lived a long life who was Kumar all his life.
in Mahabhagvata Purana Ganga is part of Parvati, born first and is only mentioned as consort of Shiv as alegory of panch bhoota Prakriti Shiv.
[few devi centric Up purana and regional version of epics just mantion Ganga as consort but have detailed myth of her marriage to Vishnu and Santanu. Ganga is also mentioned as consort of Samudradev [alegory]. ] all this will be used later.
so Ganga as consort [friend not wife ] in refernce to Shiv is symbolic refrence to her residing in his jata . indeed Shiv has as his companion in his head moon Ganga fire sun space wind air , you might wonder why Prakriti earth is missing , well she is busy taking birth as Uma Parvati ]
but folk legends does talk of her marriage and Parvati romantic love jealousy but then folk stories are us humans having fun while telling many truth and vidyas where we don't spare anyone from our creativity. [some Purana also]
All the folk lore of Parvati jealousy highlight Shiv Parvati blessing of Ganga to mankind. Ganga many myth have Parvati Shiv vidya which will be later used.
ashokaps
Edited by ashokaps - 10 years ago