Tuesday, March 9, 2010

SHANKH, TULSI AND SHALIGRAM

TULSI, SHANKH & SHALIGRAM are the 3 things which have very high position in the HINDU culture. The HINDUS worshiped all the three with high regards but very few know about the back grounds of these. The SHANKHCHOUR was an ASUR KING and in previous birth he was the SUDAMA a very close friend of LORD KRISHANA. Due to the SHRAP (curse) of the DEVI RADHA he took birth in the ASUR family, but he was still a very prominent follower of GOD in the present birth and was following the religious path with all faith. Since the ASUR and DEVTA always have a feeling of enmity towards each other so he was against the DEVTAS. He did a very hard meditation to please the GOD BRAHMA and as a result the GOD BRAHMA blessed him with SHRI KISHAN KAVACH and blessed him that only the LORD SHIV will kill him.

On the other hand the TULSI was also doing a very hard meditation to please the GOD BRAHMA and the GOD BRAHMA ask the SHANKHCOUR to contact her and get married with her, GOD BRAHMA also told SHANKHCHOUR about the place where she was doing meditation. Ultimately the SHANKHCHOUR went there and make a proposal to marry her. When she did not accept that then the GOD BRAHMA went there and asked her to marry SHANKH CHOUR and bless her that unless she lost her SATITAV (sexual relationship only with the husband) no body will be able to kill her husband. On the advice of GOD BRAHMA, the TULSI get married with the SHANKHCHOUR and they both started living happily.

Due to enmity with the DEVTAS the SHANKHCHOUR fought with them and defeated them. The DEVTA took a shelter in the unknown caves and the SHANKHCHOUR deprive them of the part of the YAGH given in their name. Otherwise the people were happy in his rule. When a lot of time passed then the DEVTA went to the GOD BRAHMA and GOD VISHNU and told Both of Them about their miserable position. Though the SHANKHCHOUR was ruling properly but he had deprived the DEVTAS from their home the SWARAG (heaven) and this act of his was the violation of the rule of nature or the GOD hence the LORD SHIV decided to kill him and get back the heaven to the DEVTAS the real owner of the SWARAG. The LORD SHIV asked them to go to the GOD RUDHAR who is the part of LORD SHIV and resembles LORD SHIV in all respect and told the GOD BRAHMA, VISHNU and DEVTAS that only GOD RUDHAR will kill SHANKHCHOUR. Then They all came to the GOD RUDHAR and told HIM the facts. The GOD RUDHAR agreed to fight with the SHANKH CHOUR.

Then the LORD SHIV or GOD RUDHAR asked HIS wife DEVI BHADAR KALI HIS sons GOD GANESH AND GOD KARTIK and all HIS followers and the DEVTAS to get ready for the war with the SHANKH CHOUR. Before war the LORD SHIV sent HIS ambassador to advise the SHANKH CHOUR and asked him to return back the SWARAG back to the DEVTAS, but the SHANKH CHOUR did not accepted the advises of the LORD SHIV and ultimately the war started. The war started and continued for a long time and DEVI BHADAR KALI and other followers of LORD SHIV kept on killing the ASURS on the side of the SHANKH CHOUR. But when the LORD SHIV was just going to kill the SHANKH CHOUR then an AKASHVANI took place reminding the LORD SHIV about the blessing of the GOD BRAHMA and also it was mentioned that killing SHANK CHUR without destroying the SATITAV of TULSI will make the blessings of GOD BRAHMA wrong. So the LORD SHIV or GOD RUDHAR did not kill the SHANKH CHOUR at that time and advised the GOD VISHNU to take the necessary steps.

Then the GOD VISHNU changed Him in to a PRIEST and went to the SHANKH CHOUR and asked from him his SHRI KISHAN KAVACH in the donation and the SHANKH CHOUR gave the VISHNU KAVACH as a donation to the GOD VISHNU. Then the GOD VISHNU went to the city of the SHANKH CHOUR and converts Him in to the SHANKH CHOUR and went to the TULSI. Then the TULSI could not distinguish between the real and the duplicate SHANKH CHOUR and had sex with the GOD VISHNU. As a result the SATITAV of the TULSI got destroyed. Then both the blessings of GOD BRAHMA ended and LORD SHIV killed the SHANKH CHOUR.

When the TULSI came to know about this then she got very angry and gave GOD VISHNU a SHRAP(curse) that HE will be converted in to stone. But in the mean time the LORD SHIV came there and advised the TULSI to give up her anger and leave that body and get her converted in to the SUKSHAM SHARIR (minute spiritual body) and go to the BAIKUNTH DHAM along with the GOD VISHNU. She was also blessed that she will remain close to the GOD VISHNU just like the DEVI LAKSHMI and the residual will be converted into the GANDAKI river which will be worshiped as a sacred river and the GOD VISHNU will be symbolically stay there as a stone and will be eaten by the small pesticides which will create a small circle in the stone. This stone will be known and worshiped as the SHALIGRAM. The plant named TULSI will be stayed on the earth and will be worshiped as a sacred plant and will be served in the CHARNAMAT of GOD except in the CHARNAMAT of LORD SHIV. The SHANKH CHOUR was converted in to the SHANKH and was also gave the sacred position in the HINDU religion and the water through the SHANKH is supposed to be the sacred water in all the worships except in the POOJA of LORD SHIV and the SHANKH CHOUR went back to the BAIKUNTH LOK as the SUDAMA.