Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Story Behind Lord Shiva Wearing Crescent Moon on his Head







Actually, Chandra (Moon) is the main cause behind it. Chandra was married to 27 wives and One of the wives is Dakha’s daughter. But Chandra loves Rohini who is one among those 27 wives. Daksha has warned him once to see 27 wives equally, but Chandra couldn’t follow his words. Then Daksha has cursed Chandra get faded up. At that time what to do Chandra didn’t understand and later he seek advice from Lord Brahma, that to pray Lord Shiva for 6 months at the bank of river Saraswati by making linga. Chandra Prayed and Lord Shiva appeared infront of him and offer to give a boon to Chandra. Chandra explained his problem to Lord Shiva. But Even Lord Shiva has no complete power to get Chandra out of the curse. So Lord Shiva said Chandra to compromise and he declared to him that in Krishnapaksha, Chandra will wane and in Shukla paksha it gets brighten in lunar fortnight. This should be satisfy everyone.

     
                Therefore, Shiva has worn Chandra on his head and let him grow for only 15 days and other 15 days it won’t. The linga which was made by Chandra and prayer is known as Somanatha Linga and among all jyothirlinga it is the first one.

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