MAHA SHIVAPURANA
continues.................
SIVA ENDS BRAHMA – VISHNU DISPUTE AND
SHABDA BRAHMA :
"I asked him as to who he was. Vishnu replied that he was the full
filler of all of his desires. But I
replied to him that I only was the creator, nurturer and the supreme soul of this world. Vishnu
became angry and said that undoubtedly I (Brahma) was the creator of this world, but he
(Vishnu) was the one, who had created me (Brahma) and the whole world. Vishnu also ordered
me to take his refuge and promised to protect me. But being an ignorant I did not believe him. A
fierce battle was fought between both of us. A Shivalinga manifested between us to end the
battle. We requested that Shivalinga to show its real identity. That Shivalinga had destroyed our
pride."
We heard a sound OM. We became curious to know the origin of that sound. Vishnu saw a letter
'A' towards the south of that Shivalinga. He also saw the letters 'U' and 'M' center towards the
north of the Shivalinga and in its center respectively. He also saw the mantra 'OM', which was
dazzling like a Sun. There was no beginning and end to this mantra OM. As we were making
efforts to know about its origin, suddenly Shiva appeared in the form of a sage. He gave us the
knowledge regarding OM. He also revealed to us that I originated from the letter 'A', Vishnu
originated from letter 'U' and Shiva himself originated from letter M. The letter A signifies
creation, U Signifies nurturement and M signifies salvation.
The three letters A, U and M also symbolizes the basic causes of creation. A or brahma also
symbolizes the semen, U or Vishnu symbolizes the Vagina and the sound of OM is Maheshwar the combined sound of A, U and M. All the three united from which manifested a golden egg.
This golden egg remained submerged in the water for one thousand years. The almighty then cut
that egg into two halves, from which appeared heaven and Earth. We also saw the divine beauty
of Maheshwar."
Then we saw all the vowels and consonants emanating from the physique of Mahadeva. Vishnu
saw the forty eight letters within OMKAR, which in fact were the two following mantras- "TAT
PURUSHAY VIDDYAMAHE MAHADEVAY DHIMAHI, TANNO RUDRAH
PRACHODAYAT." And "TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM BHARGO DEVASYA DHIMAHI
DHIYO YONAH PRACHODAYAT."
"After that we also received the Mahamrityunjay mantras like 'OM JOOM SAH", "HRAUM
HRIM JOOM SAH" and "TRAYAMBAKAM YAJAMAHE". After that we received the five
lettered mantra "OM NAMAH SHIVAY", the chintamani mantra 'KSHAMYAUM', the
Dakshainamurti mantra - "OM NAMO BHAGAVATE DAKSHAINAMURTAYE MAHYAM
MEGHAM PRAYACHCHHA SWAHA. At last we received the great mantra TATVAMASI.
Vishnu was so enchanted by this mantra that he started chanting this mantra. We then prayed to
Shiva-the creator, the nurturer and the destroyer. "Shiva became very pleased with both of us. He preached us the contents of Veda. Shiva told
Vishnu about the methods by which his (Shiva's) worship could be done. He revealed to us that
Vishnu actually had manifested from the left portion of his Shiva's body and myself from the
right portion of his body. He also blessed us that he would manifest his incarnation of Rudra
from our body and also that the purpose of this incarnation would be to do annihilation. Lord
Shiva revealed to us that his consort Uma, was in fact mother Nature and her power in the
incarnation of Saraswati would be my consort. Lakshmi, who would also manifest from the
nature would be the consort of Vishnu."
Brahma told Narada:-
"Lord Shiva informed us that my day consists of four thousand eras and similarly my night too
consists of four thousand eras. Since a month consists of thirty days and a year consists of twelve
months. In this way my age was fixed to be of one hundred years. One day of Vishnu is
equivalent to one year of Brahma. Vishnu's age too was fixed to be of one hundred years. The
day of Rudra is equivalent to one year of Vishnu and his age also was fixed to be of one hundred
years
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OM NAMAH SHIVAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
