Next Week Will Be Dedicated To Shivratri

Hope this happens...

@chathu & nabiii:Parvati saved Shiv ji 's life by not letting the poison spread..she placed a finger on his throat,blocking the poison from not going beyond the throat.Thus the poison doesn't spread to the rest of his body and Shiv ji's throat turned blue due to this shivji is called "Neelakanta"

Originally posted by: ...Renu...

Hope this happens...

@chathu & nabiii:Parvati saved Shiv ji 's life by not letting the poison spread..she placed a finger on his throat,blocking the poison from not going beyond the throat.Thus the poison doesn't spread to the rest of his body and Shiv ji's throat turned blue due to this shivji is called "Neelakanta"

Originally posted by: sashashyam

This post about Shivaratri and the Neelkanta Mahadev is fresh and relevant, and provides much fascinating lore from the Shiva Purana.

As you would know, but some others might not, Mahadev swallowed the aalakaala vish when it came out of the ocean during the saagarmanthan, and Parvati grasped his throat and stopped it from going further. So it stained his neck, where it stagnated, blue, leading to the Neelkanta name. This episode was shown very well in Devon ke dev Mahadev some months ago.

If the CVs are going to use this parallel - and their heavy and repeated hints, like a conjuror pushing a card at the viewer, indicate that it very well might be so - and mesh it with the Benazir track ( she looked particularly unappetising yesternight ) I am curious as to how they will manage it. The poison would have to be sucked out, and perhaps because Benazir vish quotient might have been weakened by the non-availability of her khuraak, the poison might not act as quickly as with that Maqsood Khan, the dak munshi, and give Jodha some time to get it out.

Shyamala B.Cowsik