|| Mahadev & Parvati || Parvati pati har har shambhu pahi pahi dataar harey

|| Mahadev & Parvati ||
.parvati pati har har shambhu pahi pahi dataar harey

Om Namah Shivaya!

Om Namah Shivaya! 
 

SHIVA SHAMBO SHIVA SHAMBO

KALYANA MURTI NAMO NAMAH
NAMO NAMAH NAMO NAMAH
GIRIJAPATI GANGA DHARE HARA
HARA HARA HARA HARA HARA NAMO NAMAH
KALYANA MURTI NAMO NAMAH NAMO
NAMAH NAMO NAMAH SHIVA SHAMBO... ♥

 

O benevolent Lord, benevolent Lord,You who are the personification of all that is good.I bow down to you again and again. Husband of Girija, daughter of the mountain,Carrying Ganga in your locks. Shiva Hara Hara, you take away all the miseries of life. I bow down to you again and again. ♥

Lord Shiva in the Panchamukha Shivalinga--Aum Pancvaktraye Vidmahe Mahadevaye Dhimahi Tanno Rudra Prachodayat

Aum Pancvaktraye Vidmahe Mahadevaye Dhimahi Tanno Rudra Prachodayat
 

To Lord Shiva, for easing problems, and giving peace & prosperity:

Aum Pancvaktraye Vidmahe Mahadevaye Dhimahi Tanno Rudra Prachodayat.

Aum. Let us meditate on the great Lord with five faces. May that fierce Rudra inspire and illumine our mind and understanding.

Lord Shiva is worshipped as Panchanana Shiva (Shiva with five faces).

The five faces are etched on Shivling or Shivalingam and is known as Panchamukha Shiva Linga – five heads of Shiva carved on Linga. 

The five faces of Lord Shiva are known as Sadyojat, Vamdev, Aghora, Tatpurush and Ishana. And they represent direction and an aspect of Lord Shiva. Some ancient temples also have sculptures of Lord Shiva with five faces. Some paintings also depict Shiva with five faces.

An important prayer (Stotra) dedicated to Panchanana Shiva is the Shiva Panchanana Stotram. It explains about the glory of the each face of Lord Shiva in the Panchamukha Shivalinga.

As per the prayer, the four faces of Shiva faces four directions and the fifth faces the sky.

In some texts, the fifth face facing the sky is replaced by a face on the southeast direction. Another symbolism suggests that the fifth face is the energy that sustains all and is present everywhere. Most statues do not show the fifth face that is the Ishana face.

Scholars and saints have given numerous interpretations for the five faces. There are also some symbolisms associated with the each faces.

Sadyojat faces west and represents creation

Vamdev faces north and represents sustenance

Aghora faces south and represents dissolution.

Tatpurisha faces east and represent spirituality that has destroyed the ego.

Ishana face in the Shivling is described differently in various texts. In some texts, it is believed to be the face facing the sky and symbolizes purity and destruction of ego. Another interpretation suggests that Ishana is the Self and the energy that holds all the aspects together. In some interpretations, Ishana face is shown as facing Southeast direction and represents Eternal Shiva or Shiva as the Supreme Soul.

Sing the praise of God Neelkantha

 

Devam Chandra Kala Dharam Phanidharam,

Brahma kapala dharam,
Gauri vam dharam trilochana dharam,

Rudraksha mala galam Ganga ranga taranga pingala jata Jutam cha ganga dharam,
Neelkanth bhaje vishwanath siddha sahitam Somesha raksha karam.

Sing the praise of the Lord with the moon on His forehead, with a necklace of snake, in his hand the skull of Brahma, whose consort is Devi Gauri, Lord with three eyes wearing a mala of Rudraksha around his neck. Praise to Lord Shiva, who has bound the Ganga, with all its waves, in his matted locks. Sing the praise of God Neelkantha, O Vishwanath along with all siddhas, to Shiva and Parvati, who protects all beings.

Shiv Mahima Stotram

Shiv Mahima Stotram

Mahi padaghatad vrajati sahasa samshaya-padam
Padam visnor-bhramyad bhujaparigha-rugna-graha-ganam,
Muhur-dyaur-dausthyam yat- yanibhrita-jata-taditatata
Jagad-rakshayai tvam natasi nanu vamaiva vibhuta.

When You danced to save the world, the earth was suddenly thrown into a precarious state at the striking of Your feet; the spatial regions and the hosts of stars felt oppressed by the movement of Your massive club-like arms; and the heavens became miserable as their sides were constantly struck by Your waving matted hair. Indeed it is Your very mightiness which is the cause of the trouble. (16)

Jai Shiv Shankar Kirpa nidhan

Jai Shiv Shankar Kirpa nidhan

Jai Shiv Shankar Kirpa nidhan,

sukh shanti Pirbhu karo pardhan,

beete jeevan Shiv Bhakti me, 

Bhakto ko do ye Wardan,

Mahadev Shiv hain antar yami,

ghat ghat ke Wasi Jugg ke Swami,

sb ke sune ge,

jhooli barhen ge,

karen ge Shiv sb ka kaliyan. 

Jai Shiv Shankar Kirpa nidhan,

sukh shanti Pirbhu karo pardhan,

chahl or kapt hain mujh ko ghery dur karo jeevan ke andhery,

hy jo tirme Shiv Bhagwan,

Pirbhu jagado antar giyan.

Jai Shiv Shankar Kirpa Nidhan,

Sukh Shanti Pirbhu Karo Pardhan,

beete jeevan Shiv Bhakti me,

Bhakto ko do ye Wardan,

Shiv ka duwar hy mangal kari,

Shiv jee hain Bhola Bhandari,

sb ka Shiv Bhandar bharen ge,

Munn se karo Shiv ka gunn gaan.

Jai Shiv Shankar Kirpa nidhan, 

sukh shanti Pirbhu karo pardhan.

♥ History from Shiv Puran ♥ Mahashivaratri- on 14th day in the dark fortnight of the month of Phalguna

♥ History from Shiv Puran ♥

According to Puranas, once the other two of the triads of Hindu gods, Brahma and Vishnu were fighting over each other’s prowers. Horrified at the intensity of the battle, God Shiva To make them realize the futility of their fight, God Shiva assumed the form of a flaming Linga in between Brahma and Vishnu and challenged both of them by asking them to measure the gigantic Linga (phallic symbol of God Shiva).

Awestruck by its magnitude, Brahma and Vishnu decided to find one end each to establish supremacy over the other. Lord Brahma took the form of a swan and went upwards while Lord Vishnu assumed the form of Varaha - a boar and went into the earth towards nether land. Both searched for thousands of miles but neither could find the end. On his journey upward, Brahma came across Ketaki flower. Exhausted and bewildered with his search to find the uppermost limit of fiery column, Brahma made Ketaki assent to lie that he had seen the top of the column where the flower had previously resided. Accompanied by his accomplice, Brahma confronted Vishnu and asserted that he had indeed discovered the origin of the cosmic column. 

At this point, the central part of the pillar split open and Shiva revealed himself in His full glory. Overawed, both Brahma and Vishnu bowed before him accepted God Shiva’s supremacy. God Shiva also explained to Brahma and Vishnu that both of them were born out of him and that the three were then separated out into three different aspects of divinity. However, God Shiva was angry with Brahma for making a false claim. 

The God cursed Brahma that you spoke the lie even when you have my volition so no one would ever pray and worship to you, but you will get your share in yagna and the yagna would not be considered complete in which you don't get a share. (This legend explains why there is hardly any Brahma temple of significance in India and Brahma is not worshiped among peoples) God Shiva also punished the Ketaki flower for testifying falsely and banned it from being used as an offering for any worship of God Shiva but you will be used in decorating my attire. 

And pleased with Vishnu and said that you spoke the truth even when you have my volition so you will be worshiped like me in the world & Lord Vishnu is worshiped like God Shiva in the world. 

Since it was on the 14th day in the dark fortnight of the month of Phalguna that Shiva first manifested himself in the form of a Linga, the day is extremely auspicious and is celebrated as Mahashivaratri - the grand night of Shiva. ♥