Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Crores

  1. Crores of the Devas beginning with Mahendra and their vehicles too followed Mahadeva. 
  2. There were crores and thousand billions of these. 
  3. Innumerable lords of Gajias came there. Billions and trillions of Ganas followed behind (the Lord). Gaijas having the colour of conch-shell were crores in number. 
  4. Ganas called Kekaras numbered ten crore; Vidyuts eight crore; 
  5. ViSakhas sixtyfour crore; 
  6. Pariyatrikas nine crore; 
  7. glorious Sarvantaka and Vikrtanana went with six crores; 
  8. Jvala- kesa went surrounded by twelve crores. 
  9. The glorious Samada with seven crores; 
  10. Dundubha with eight crores; 
  11. Kapallsa with five crores; 
  12. the splendid Samhladaka with six crores. 
  13. Kundaka and Kumbhaka each with a crore. 
  14. Vi$tambha, the chief of the Ganas, the most excellent of all, went with eight crores. 
  15. Pippala with a thousand; the powerful Samada too like that; 
  16. Avesana with eight; 
  17. Candratapana with seven crores. 
  18. Mahakesa with a thousand; Nandi with twelve crores; 
  19. Naga, Kala, Karala and Mahakala (each) with a hundred. 
  20. Agnika with a hundred crores. 
  21. Agnimukha with a crore. 
  22. Adityamurdha and Dhanavaha each with a crore. 
  23. Sannaga with a hundred; Kumuda with three cpores. 
  24. Amogha, Kokila and Sumantraka each with a crore. 
  25. Kakapada with six crores; the Gaga called Santanaka with six crores; 
  26. Mahabala, Madhupihga and Pingala (each) with nine crores. 
  27. NHa with ninety; 
  28. Caturvaktra and Purvapat each with seventy; 
  29. Virabhadra, Karaga and Balaka each with sixty-four. 
  30. Pancak$a, Satamanyu and Meghamanyu each with silty-four
  31. K§§thak0|i ’ Sukda and V F?abha each with 49
  32. isvaru P a »TaI a ketuand Sitanana each with fifty; 
  33. ’ D^Ptatma, Mrtyuha, Visada, Yamaha and Bhmgiriti, Asam and Hasaka as well as Sahasrapat each with sixty-four. 
These and other leaders of the Gagas followed. They were innumerable and all of them were very powerful All of them had a thousand hands. They wore matted locks of hair and crowns. They had the crescent moon for an ornament. They were blue-throated and three-eyed. They were adorned with necklaces, ear-rings, armlets, crowns and other ornaments. They were endowed with Anima and other qualities (Siddhis). They were competent to curse as well as to bless. Leading chiefs of Ganas resembling crores of Suns came there.

Gada

 The mace of Lord Shiva. A blow from the weapon is the equivalent of being hit by a million elephants.

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Kundala

 God Shiva wears two earrings or Kundalas. Traditional images of Shiva depict the two earrings named - Alakshya and Niranjan. 

  1. Alakshya is believed to be one that cannot be shown by any sign. 
  2. Niranjan is said to be one that cannot be seen by mortal eyes.

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Karalaka

Karālaka (करालक) is the name of a rākṣasa chief, presiding over Mahātala, according to the Parākhyatantra 5.44-45. Mahātala refers to one of the seven pātālas (‘subterranean paradise’). The word pātāla in this tantra refers to subterranean paradises for seekers of otherworldly pleasures and each the seven pātālas is occupied by a regent of the daityas, nāgas and rākṣasas. The Parākhyatantra is an old Śaiva-siddhānta tantra dating from before the 10th century.

Monday, August 22, 2022

Tirthas




Rameshwaram : 23 Tirthas

 Mahalakshmi, followed by Gayatri, Savitri, Saraswathi, Gavya, Gavyaksha, Nala, Neela, Sethumadhava, Gandhamadhava, Brahmahatya Vimochana, Shanku, Surya, Chandra, Chakra, Shiva, Sarva, Satyamrita, Gaya, Ganga, Yamuna and finally Kodi

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20600 Tirthas

66 Crore - Kaveri

abode

The abode of Siva can be made of 
  1. clay, 
  2. wood, 
  3. burnt bricks or 
  4. rocky slabs. 
The merit accrued in each case is ten times greater than that in the previous case.

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