7. Story of The Marriage (Shiv Puran)

Shiva called the seven great sages (saptarshis) and asked them to go to Himalaya as his messengers. The message was that he wished to marry Himalaya's daughter Parvati. Himalaya was delighted to see the sages and even more delighted to learn that Shiva wanted to marry Parvati. A date was fixed for the marriage. The day of the marriage dawned. Gandharvas (singers of heaven) sang and apsara (dancers of heaven) danced. All the gods came to Kailasa to accompany Shiva on the procession. Himalaya had also got ready. He had built many gates in front of his house and had placed flags on them. The beauty...

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6. Parvati Ki Tapasya (Shiv Puran)

But Parvati had fallen in love with Shiva and she didn't know what she could do about it. She thought of Shiva all the time. One day the sage Narada came and told her, Shiva is only pleased with tapasya. Without tapasya, even Brahma and the other gods do not get to see Shiva. Why don't you perform tapasya? Parvati decided to do what Narada had asked her to. She asked her parents for permission. Her father agreed with alacrity. Although her mother Menaka was not at all keen that Parvati should perform difficult tapasya, she too eventually agreed. Parvati gave up her jewellery and handsome clothes....

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5. The Burning of the God of Love (Shiv Puran)

The gods decided to follow Brahma's advice. But how could it be ensured that Shiva and Parvati fell in love with each other? The king of the gods was Indra and the god of love was Kandarpa or Madana. Indra summoned Kandarpa. You have to help us, said Indra. There is no other way out. Shiva is performing tapasya in the Himalayas. Parvati is also in the region. Make sure that the two fall in love. That is your job. Kandarpa went to the place where Shiva was meditating. And as soon as the god of love appeared, the place took on the traits of a spring which was pernnial. Flowers bloomed and bees...

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4. Story of Tarakasura (Shiv Puran)

There was an asura (demon) named Tara. Tara's son was Taraka. Taraka wished to defeat the gods. He therefore went to a place named Madhuvana and began to perform very difficult tapasya. He gazed at the sun and stood there with his arms raised. He stood on one leg and that too, only on the toes of his feet. A hundred years passed. For those hundred years, Taraka drank only water and had no food to eat. For the next hundreds, he gave up that also and lived only on air. A hundred years were spent in performing tapasya inside water, another hundred years on earth and a hundred years more inside fire....

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3. Creation (Shiv Puran)

There was water everywhere. In the water, Vishnu created a huge egg (anda). He then himself entered the egg in his huge form. Meanwhile, Brahma started to pray. From the powers of his meditation he created several sages (rishis). Kardama, Daksha and Marichi were among them. Marichi's son was Kashyapa. Daksha had sixty daughters and thirteen of them were married to Kashyapa. The children of Kashyapa and these daughters became adityas (gods), daityas (demons), danavas (demons), trees, birds, snakes, mountains and creepers. Thus was the world populated. A being named Rudra, who was none other than...

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2. Story of The Linga (Shiv Puran)

While they were thus engaged in fighting, a shining linga (Shiva's image) arrived on the scene. It seemed to have no beginning or end. Vishnu said, Brahma, let us stop fighting. There is a third being here now. What on earth is this linga? And where did it come from? Let us try and find out what this is. You adopt the form of a swan (hamsa) and go up. I shall adopt the form of boar (varaha) and go down. Let us try and find the extremities of this linga. Brahma agreed. He became a whilte swan and flew up. Vishnu became a white boar and went down. They looked for four thousand years, but could...

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1. Story of Brahma (Shiv Puran)

At the beginning of creation, there was nothing in the universe. The universe was not there either. It was only the brahman (divine essence) which was everywhere. The brahman was neither hot nor cold, neither thick or thin. It had no beginning and no end. There was water everywhere. Lord Vishnu manifested himself in his great form and slept on the water. While Vishnu was sleeping, a lotus flower (padma) sprouted from his navel. It had many petals and its stem shone like a thousand suns. From the cells of the lotus Brahma was born. He began to wonder, There seems to be nothing around except for...

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Shiv Puraan

" The Shiva Purana has twenty-four thousand shlokas. These are divided into six samhitas or sections." The names of the sectiosn are - 1 - Jnana Samhita, 2 - Vidyeshvara Samhit, 3 - Kailasa Samhita, 4 - Sanatkumar Samhita, 5 - Vayaviya Samhita and 6 - Dharma Samhit. Each samhita is further subdivided into chapters (Adhyaya). Jnana Samhita has Seventy-Eight Chapters, Vidyeshvara Samhita Sixteen Chapters, Kailasa Samhita Twelve Chapters, Sanathkumar Samhila Fifty-Nine Chapters, Vayaviya Samhita Thirty Chapters and Dharma Samhita Sixty-Five Chapters. The Shiva Purana was recited by Vedavyasa's...

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"VIJAY MALLYA" - True Business Man

An Indian man walks into the New York City bank and asks for the loan officer. He... tells the Loan Officer that he was going to India for some business for 2 weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The Loan Officer tells him that the bank will need Some form of security for the loan. So the Indian man hands over the keys and the documents of the new Ferrari car parked on the street in front of the bank. The loan officer consults the president of the bank, Produces all the required items and everything check out to be OK. The loan officer agrees to accept the car as a security for the loan. The...

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Ye to sach hai ki bhagwaan hai

Ye to sach hai ki bhagwaan hai Hai magar fir bhi anjaan hai Dharti pai roop maa baap ka Us vidhata ki pehchaan hai Its true. No matter how rude you behave with your parents. They are there for you to take care of you forever and ever. Children can never pay back their parents. They can never fulfill their expectations. But atleast a child should try to respect them, obey them, love them and try to be with them when they need the most. Love your Parents. Treat them like G...

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Sochana Kya Jo Bhi Hoga Dekha Jayega

One feel Lonely when people whom they love leaves them. Its not easy to forget everything and smile. But one should remember if they become sad and don`t care about themselves then other people who are still there will get hurt. Life is full of ups and downs. One should not leave hope. Life goes on. If you are alive even after being in worst situations of life, then believe that no one is bigger than GOD and he wants you to be in his shadow. Keep Chanting "Shree krishna Sharnam Mamah" like I do whenver i feel low. and keep the attitude "Sochana Kya Jo Bhi Hoga Dekha Jayega". & Do the things...

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Bande mai tha dum

My heart was full of hatred for everyone even for God. I always questions Why me? Bus this is what not allowing me to rest in peace. But once i started forgiving people who hurt me and broken me from inside. I felt light. Mahatma Gandhi`s teaching still wor...

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