शरभ (शिव अवतार)
[[chitr:Statue-Shiva-Bangalore.jpg|thumb|230px| shiv moorti, baiangaloor]] sharabh bhagavan shiv ke avatar the. inaka adha sharir sianh ka tha. ve do pankh, choanch, sahasr bhuja, shish par jata, mastak par chandr se yukt the. bhayankar daant evan nakh hi unake astr-shastr the. shivapuran mean inaki katha ka varnan hai.
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diti ke do putr hue-b de ka nam 'kanakakashipu' tatha chhote ka nam 'kalakaksh' tha. donoan devataoan ke putr the. kanakakashipu ke char putr hue, jisamean sabase chhota prahlad bhagavan vishnu ka bhakt tha. vah apane sahapathiyoan aur mitroan ko bhi vishnubhakti ki mahima samajhata tha. devashatru kanakakashipu ne kruddh hokar use dharati par patak diya, kintu usane vishnu poojan nahian chho da to pita ne hath mean talavar uthakar kaha-"kahaan hai tera vishnu?" prahlad ne uttar diya-"vah to sarvatr haian." "phir is khambe se kyoan nahian nikalata?" lohe ke khambe par talavar se prahar karake kanakakashipu ne poochha. khambe se turant hi narahari ke roop mean vishnu avatarit hue. unhoanne kanakakashipu ka udar chirakar use mar dala, kintu unaka krodh shant nahian hua.
narahari vishnu ke krodh se sabhi devata tharrane lage. ant mean shiv ne apane bhakt virabhadr ko unaka krodh shant karane ke lie bheja. virabhadr ne aur bhi adhik bhayanak roop dharan karake vishnu ka aanhakar tatha krodh nasht kar dala. virabhadr ne narahari se kaha-"tum prakriti tatha shiv purush ho. unhoanne vishnu mean apana viry sthapit kiya tha, isi se vishnu ki nabhi se kamal utpann hua, jis par brahma prakat hue. tadanandar shiv ke 'sharabh' namak avatar ke darshan hue. shiv ne vishnu ko prerit kiya ki vah any bhaktoan ki or dhyan dean.[1]
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tika tippani aur sandarbh
bharatiy mithak kosh |lekhak: d aau. usha puri vidyavachaspati |prakashak: neshanal pablishiang haus, nee dilli |prishth sankhya: 305 |
- ↑ shivapuran, 7|21-22|-
