Scorpion on Shivling

Shashi Tharoor says, “Mr Modi is a like a Scorpion sitting on a Shivling. You cannot move it with your hand and you cannot hit it with a chappal either.”

He further says, “I worship a Shivling at home & carry a miniature Shivling in my pocket daily.”

I have no comments on the language and metaphorical attack by Shashi Tharoor on Modi. I do have however suffered a deep wound to my faith and beliefs in Hinduisms and have a feeling of very strong repulsion, condemnation towards Shashi Tharoor for the way he has disparaged my Gods.

Kedarakhanda- Maheswarakhanda of Skanda Purana mentions names of all serpents which are present on Lord Shiva as ornaments.

Narada goes to Kailasa and sees the Lord Shiva the lord of the three worlds, as being served by Suras and Asuras. The lord had the lustre of pure gold. His lotus-like feet were served by Sankha, the excellent serpent. He was served by the following serpents: Dhrtarastra, Takşaka in particular, the great serpent Padma and Šeșa in particular. He was continuously served by other excellent serpents. Vasuki had become a necklace of great lustre and was retained in the neck. Kambala and Asvatara were his perpetual ear-rings. Other excellent serpents were ensconced at the root of his matted hair.

Shashi Tharoor may well benefit from reading “Skand Purana” the thirteenth in the sequence of Puranas; provided he is aware of them. “Skand Purana” with 81000 shlokas is long to read and he may skip directly to “Maheswarakhanda” of “Skand Purana”

Shashi Tharoor may read at-  http://www.kamakoti.org/kamakoti/details/skandapurana3.html the following in English:

While describing the worship of Siva Linga, Sage Lomesh emphasised that there was no difference of Bhagavan Siva and Lord Vishnu:

Yo Vishnuh sah Sivo Jneyo yah Sivo Vishnureva sah, Peethika Vishnu Rupamsyallinga ruupee Maheswarah / Thasmallinga- archanam sreshtham Sarveyshaamapi vai Dwijah

(He who is Vishnu is Siva and Siva be known as Vishnu Himself; the base is Vishnu and the ‘Linga’ is Maheswara and thus worship of Siva Linga is idyllic).

Brahma worships the Linga made of ‘Mani’ Stone, Indra worships ‘Ratna’ Linga, Chandra of Pearl made Linga, Surya of copper, Kuber of Silver made Linga, Varun of Ruby, Yama of Blue coloured Linga, Vayu of Kesari colour and so on. Inhabitants of Pataala too worship Siva. Gandharvas, Kinnaras, Daityas and Rakshasas were no exception. Bali, Namuchi, Hiranyakasipu, Vrishaparva, and several of Sukracharya followers were great Bhaktas of Maha Deva.

Ravanaasura was an illustrious devotee of Maha Siva who bestowed a number of boons in appreciation of the Demon’s severe ‘Tapasya’ such as Gyan, Vigyan, invincibility in battles, and even double the number of heads of Panchamukha Parameswara! Ravan thus became the Lord of Trilokas.

As Devas approached Nandi to entreat Maha Deva to get rid of the menace of Ravana, Nandi gave the background as to why he sported the face of a monkey when Ravana waited to meet Maha Deva; Nandi did not like the comments of Ravana about Nandi’s face and gave a curse that a monkey-face placed before a human being in the Avatar of Lord Vishnu would herald the death of Ravana. Nandi also advised Devas to pray for Vishnu (who too was the same as Siva) to annhilate Ravana. Thus Devas prayed to Vishnu and the latter advised the Demi-Gods to place Nandi ahead and quickly become ‘Vanaraas’ or monkeys. He would be born at Ayodhya and His consort Sita would be abducted by Ravana who ignored a human being while asking for boons from Siva. Various Devas assumed ‘Amsas’ or alternate forms like Indra as Vali, Brahma as Jambavaan, Surya as Sugriva, the Eleventh Rudra as Hanuman, Seshanag as Lakshman, Vishnu’s ‘Bhujadanda’ or shoulders as Bharat and Shatrughna, Brahma Vidya ( Vedavati in earlier birth) as Devi Sita etc.

Indeed Ravan was an illustrious devotee of Maha Deva but despite that unparalleled devotion to Siva, the Demon’s wish-list and evil actions were totally misdirected to highly immoral purposes and wicked ambitions that had to inevitably lead to destruction; yet, the steadfast devotion to Parama Siva was credited to provide salvation not only to himself but also his family and followers. Ravana could never realise that both Maha Deva and Bhagavan Vishnu were one and the same, as a thick veil of Maya (Illusion) misdirected him totally, vindicating the absolute Truth that Vishnu and Siva were indeed just the same; foolish entities like Ravana followed wrong convictions!

Shashi Tharoor as claimed by him has pocketed Shiv and possibly doesnot know that Shivling is not carried around in pockets. If Shiv-Bhakta Ravana did not survive attempting to pocket Shiva, all others Shiva-Bhakts, like Shashi Tharoor, better be careful.
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