Mahashivaratri is a special occasion to express reverence and devotion to Lord Shiva, which is considered to be the day of the union of Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati. It is believed that worshiping Lord Shiva on this day fulfills all the wishes of the devotees and keeping the fast of Mahashivaratri destroys sins, mental peace, spiritual energy and happiness and prosperity are attained. This festival, which is celebrated on the Chaturdashi date of Krishna Paksha of Phalgun month every year, is being celebrated on 26 February this year. Mahashivaratri is considered the most sacred day of Lord Shiva, which is also a source of positive energy. According to religious belief in India, Mahashivaratri has great importance. It is an opportunity to reach spiritual peak. Mahashivaratri is considered to be the best opportunity to assimilate the Shiva element, eliminate negative energies and achieve spiritual uplift.
On the day of Mahashivaratri, it is considered very virtuous to perform Jalabhishek of Lord Shiva. On this day, offering Jalabhishek of Shivling, milking, bell -leaf, dhatura, cannabis and honey, special results are obtained. It is believed that on this day, by worshiping Lord Shiva with Jalabhishek, worshiping and fasting is pleased soon and his special grace is received. This fast is also considered beneficial to maintain love and happiness and peace in married life. The devotees who awaken on this night get renewable virtue and all their wishes are fulfilled. According to Shivpuran, by keeping a fast fasting on this day and doing night awakening, all sins are destroyed and devotees attain salvation. It has been said in the scriptures that on the night of Mahashivaratri, the worship of four Prahar has special significance, in which Shivalinga is anointed with different liquids in every stroke, water in the first glory, curd in the second gesture, ghee in the third ghee and There is a law to anoint with honey in the fourth Prahar.
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In the scriptures, Lord Shiva has been called ‘Kaal of Kaal’ and ‘Dev of Devas’ means ‘Mahadev’. Despite being one, Shiva has many forms of Natraj, Pashupati, Harihar, Trimurti, Mrityunjaya, Ardhanarishwar, Mahakal, Bholenath, Vishwanath, Omkar, Shivling, Batuk, Kshetrapal, Sharabh etc. Devadhidev Lord Shiva does not have as many temples or pilgrimage places in all India. Even today, their worship is widely worshiped all over the country. The revered Shiva is also considered to be a pioneer and revered among all the gods because he is pleased with his devotees very quickly and with the offering of milk or water, the offerings of the leaves of milk or water, the offerings of the leaves of the leaves and the leaves of the leaves, fulfill all their wishes on their devotees We do. They symbolize the emotional and national unity and integrity of India. There is hardly any village in India where no temple or Shivling of Lord Shiva is established. If there is no Shiva temple, then Shivalinga will definitely be found under a tree or on a platform. Although many people have a question in the brain of many people, as the birthday of different great men is celebrated as their birth anniversary, similarly why is Lord Shiva’s birthday celebrated as a night instead of his birth anniversary?
In this regard, it is believed that the night is considered a symbol of sin, ignorance and tamoguna and to destroy these evils in the form of Kalima, there is a divine light in the pasture world every month, this night is Shivaratri. The literal meaning of Shiva and Raat literally clarifies in a religious book, “In which the whole world is sleepy, who is a disorderless, he is Shiva or who declines Amangal, he is a happy, happy Shiva.” Those who absorb the whole world inside themselves are Karunasagar Lord Shiva. Those who are daily, truth, world base, disorderless, witness, are Shiva. Shiva in the form of Mahasamudra is an unbroken supreme element, many of these personalities are worshiped by many names, they are omnipotent and omnipotent, this is expressively called ‘Saguna Ishwar’ and ‘Nirguna Brahma’ and this is God, the world Souls, Shabhav, Mayobbhav, Shankar, Mayaskar, Shiva, Rudra etc. are addressed with many names.
Ardhachandra is Shobhayaman on Shiva’s forehead, in relation to which it is said that the urns of poison and nectar were born from the sea at the time of churning the sea. The effect of this poison was so intense that it could have destroyed the entire creation, in such a situation, Lord Shiva gave a new life to the world by drinking this poison, while the moon was made by the moon. Due to poisoning, Lord Shiva’s throat turned blue, which made him known as ‘Neelkanth’. Lord Shiva held an art of the moon on his forehead to prevent the horrific temperature of poison. This is the third eye of Lord Shiva and for this reason Lord Shiva is also called ‘Chandrashekhar’. In religious texts, it is mentioned about Lord Shiva that Shiva is surrounded by Shiva ghosts and ghosts who make the immense beauty of the three worlds and Sheelwati Gauri. His body is wrapped with Bhasma, the necklace of snakes in the throat remains beautiful, there is poison in the throat, Jagat Tarini Ganga Maiya is in the jatas and there is a lot of flame in the forehead. The bull (Nandi) is considered to be the vehicle of Lord Shiva and it is believed that even if Lord Shiva himself is an unknown form, Lord Shiva provides Mars, Shri and happiness and prosperity to his devotees.
– Yogesh Kumar Goyal
(The author has been a senior journalist active in literature and journalism for 35 years)
