शिव के अवतार
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hiandoo dharm granth puranoan ke anusar bhagavan shiv hi samast srishti ke adi karan haian. unhian se brahma, vishnu sahit samast srishti ka udbhav hota haian. jis prakar vishnu ke 24 avatar haian usi prakar shiv ke bhi 28 avatar haian.
- vedoan mean shiv ka nam ‘rudr’ roop mean aya hai. rudr sanhar ke devata aur kalyanakari haian.
- vishnu ki bhaanti shiv ke bhi anek avataroan ka varnan puranoan mean prapt hota hai.
- shiv ki mahatta puranoan ke any sabhi devataoan mean sarvadhik hai. jatajootadhari, bhasm bhabhoot sharir par lagae, gale mean nag, rudraksh ki malaean, jataoan mean chandr aur ganga ki dhara, hath mean trishool evan damaroo, kati mean baghambar aur nange paanv rahane vale shiv kailas dham mean nivas karate haian.
- parvati unaki patni athava shaktti hai.
- ganesh aur kartikey ke ve pita haian.
- shiv bhakttoan ke uddhar ke lie ve svayan dau de chale ate haian. sur-asur aur nar-nari—ve sabhi ke aradhy haian.
- shiv ki pahali patni sati dakshraj ki putri thi, jo daksh-yajn mean atmadah kar chuki thi. use apane pita dvara shiv ka apaman sahan nahian hua tha. isi se usane apani jivan lila samapt kar li thi.
- 'sati' shiv ki shaktti thi. sati ke pita daksharaj shiv ko pasand nahian karate the. unaki veshabhoosha aur unake gan sadaiv unhean bhayabhit karate rahate the. ek bar daksh ne yajn ka ayojan kiya aur shiv ka apaman karane ke liye shiv ko nimantran nahian bheja. sati bina bulae pita ke yajn mean gee. vahaan use apamanit hona p da aur apane jivan ka moh chho dana p da. usane atmadah kar liya. jab shiv ne sati dah ka samachar suna to ve shok vihval hokar krodh mean bhar uthe. apane ganoan ke sath jakar unhoanne daksh-yajn vidhvans kar diya. ve sati ka shav lekar idhar-udhar bhatakane lage. tab brahma ji ke agrah par vishnu ne sati ke shav ko kat-katakar dharati par girana shuroo kiya. ve shav-aang jahaan-jahaan gire, vahaan tirth ban ge. is prakar shav-moh se shiv muktt hue.
- bad mean tarakasur ke vadh ke lie shiv ka vivah himalay putri uma (parvati) se karaya gaya. parantu shiv ke man mean kam-bhavana nahian utpann ho saki. tab 'kamadev' ko unaki samadhi bhang karane ke lie bheja gaya. parantu shiv ne kamadev ko hi bhasm kar diya. bahut bad mean devagan shiv putr—ganapati aur kartikey ko pane mean saphal hue tatha tarakasur ka vadh ho saka.
- shiv ke sarvadhik prasiddh avataroan mean arddhanarishvar avatar ka ullekh milata hai. brahma ne srishti vikas ke lie isi avatar se sanket pakar maithuni-srishti ka shubharambh karaya tha.
shiv ke das avatar
shiv puran mean shiv ke bhi dashavataroan ka varnan milata hai.
- mahakal
- tara
- bhuvanesh
- shodash
- bhairav
- chhinnamastak girija
- dhoomravan
- bagalamukhi
- matang aur
- kamal namak avatar haian.
bhagavan shankar ke ye dasoan avatar tantr shastr se sambandhit haian. ye adbhut shakttiyoan ko dharan karane vale haian.
- shiv ke any gyarah avataroan mean
- kapali
- piangal
- bhim
- virupaksh
- vilohit
- shasta
- ajapad
- apirbudhy
- shambhu
- chand tatha
- bhav ka ullekh milata hai. ye sabhi sukh dene vale shiv roop haian. daityoan ke sanharak aur devataoan ke rakshak haian.
shiv ke aanshavatar
in avataroan ke atiriktt shiv ke durvasa, hanuman, mahesh, vrishabh, pippalad, vaishyanath, dvijeshvar, hansaroop, avadhooteshvar, bhikshuvary, sureshvar, brahmachari, sunatanatark, dvij, ashvatthama, kirat aur nateshvar adi avataroan ka ullekh bhi 'shiv puran' mean hua hai.
barah jyotirliang
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shiv ke barah jyotirliang bhi avataroan ki hi shreni mean ate haian. ye barah jyotirliang haian-
- saurashtr mean ‘somanath’
- shrishail mean ‘mallikarjun’
- ujjayini mean ‘mahakaleshvar’
- oankar mean ‘amleshvar’
- himalay mean ‘kedaranath’
- dakini mean ‘bhimeshvar’
- kashi mean ‘vishvanath’
- gomati tat par ‘tryambakeshvar’
- chitabhoomi mean ‘vaidyanath’
- daruk van mean ‘nageshvar’
- setubandh mean ‘rameshvar’
- shivalay mean ‘ghushmeshvar’.
any devagan- puranoan mean brahma, varun, kuber, vayu, soory, yamaraj, agni, marut, chandr, nar-narayan adi devataoan ke avataroan ka varnan bahut kam sankhya mean hai. unake prasang prayah indr ke sath hi ate haian.
chitr vithika
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