--Wow, talk about penis envy... I wonder if Sigmund was a devotee to Shiva, and didn't even know it! R.G.
- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To All: > > Given the apparent interest in sexuality in this forum and the > national political scene, here is an excerpt of a post from another > group as shown below: > > ******************************** > dear friends > > many people asked the reason for worshipping the shivalinga with yoni > and why devotees do not worship the image of lord shiva himself. > here below is the narration of the same from the holy shivapurana, > kotirudra samhita, chapter 12: > > ---------quote----------- > sages ask suta to narrat the story behind the worship of phallic form > of shiva to which sage suta says that once upon a time in the forest > of daruka, sages were all devotees of lord shiva and worshipping him > daily. to test their devotion, lord shiva comes in the form of a > naked person (avadhoota) with ashes smeared all over is body, > standing there and holding his penis. the wives of the sages were > extremely frightened at this sight while other women excited, > surprised and approached lord shiva. some embraced him, others held > his hands and the women were engrossed in struggling with one > another. meanwhile the great sages came there and seeing lord shiva > engaged in perverse activities, they were pained and infuriated. > deluded by siva maya and plunged in grief, the sages asked the naked > person who he is but shiva does not reply. then the sages curse > shiva that his penis fall on the ground since he is acting > pervertedly in violation of the vedic path. > > due to the curse of the sages, the penis of that avadhoota fell down > and burnt everything and wherever it went, it began to burn > everything there. the penis went all over the earth, patala and > heaven and never remained steady anywhere and kept on going places. > > unable to comprehend shiva maya, the sages and gods approached lord > brahma to find a solution to stop the penis from burning everything > everywhere. then lord brahma says that if a guest comes to the > ashram of sages, he must be treated with respect even if he is > avadhoota. since this avadhoota instead of getting respect got > cursed, the penis would not become stationary which bodes bad for all > the three worlds. to make the penis stationary and steady, lord > brahma advises the gods and sages to propitiate goddess parvati and > pray her to assume the form of vagina so that it holds the penis. > lord brahma also states that a pot shall be placed over it and water > from holy centres shall be poured into the pot along with the sprouts > of durva and barley invoked with vedic mantras. the penis held in > the vagina thus shall be drenched in water with sata rudriya > mantras. parvati in the form of vaginal passage and an auspicious > arrow shall form as the pedestal wherein the phallus shall be > installed with vedic mantras. the shivalinga then shall be > propitiated with the offerings of sandal paste, fragrant flowers, > incense and other things as well as by food offerings and other forms > of worship. with prostrations, holy hymns, bhajans and songs he > shall be propitiated further with svastyayana mantras etc. > > thus pleased, lord shiva tells the gods and sages that if the penis > is supported in the vaginal passage, it will immediately become quiet > and no woman other than parvati can hold his penis. then goddess > parvati assumes the vagina form and holds the phallus and is > worshipped by brahma, Vishnu, other gods and sages and the three > worlds stayed in peace and happiness. > ---------------unquote------------------- > > narrating the above story, it is preached that when devotees worship > an image or form of the god, even if he is avadhuta or naked, > devotees shall focus on their meditation with holy vision which is > why our elders advise that whenever we see the image of a diety, we > shall look at their feet and prostrate at the feet to seek blessings. > > members are aware that naga sadhus who live like avadhootas live > naked with ash smeared all over the body and they are given highest > respect. in all kumbha melas, naga sadhus are the first people to > take bath. we also see digambar jain gurus live all along as > avadhootas and these avadhootas travel barefoot and devotees treat > these avadhootas as god. > > some other puranic experts also narrate that this story highlights > the significance of lord shiva and parvati representing the creation > of this universe. we also find at the beginning of raghuvamsam, > kalidasa eulogizing lord shiva and parvati and their cosmic union as > the parents of this universe. > > with best wishes and blessings > pandit arjun > www.rudraksharemedy.com >
