tara was the name of the snake in lord shiva's neck.
tara was the name of the snake in lord shiva's neck.
name of the snake in lord shiva's neck?
tara
the temple is known for being the holy abode of mansa devi, a form of shakti and is said to have emerged from the mind of the lord shiva. mansa is regarded as the sister of the nāga (serpent) vasuki. she is also believed to be the daughter of lord shiva in his human incarnate. the term "mansa" means wish and it is believed that the goddess fulfils all the wishes of a sincere devotee. there is a folk tale about this, once mansa, a common girl who was unaware about her complete truth from her guardians decided to meet lord shiva and ask him about her truth. to meet lord shiva, she sat for sadhana and after years of spiritual exercise, she got the fortune to meet lord shiva and clarify her truth from him. after learning her truth, she attained the powers of goddess of welfare for the world. devotees who pray to mansa devi for fulfilling their wishes tie threads to the branches of a tree located in the temple. once their wishes are fulfilled, people come back again to the temple to untie the thread from the tree. goddess mansa is also offered coconuts, fruits, garlands and incense sticks for prayer.
mansa devi temple, haridwar
the most popular story about the birth of baba balak nath as 'sidh-purush' is associated with the amar katha of lord shiva. it is said that lord shiva was sharing the amar katha with goddess parvati in the cave of amarnath, and goddess parvati fell asleep. a kid-parrot was there in the cave and he was listening the entire story and was making noise of 'yes' ("hmm.."). when the story finished, lord shiva found goddess parwati sleeping and so he understood that someone else had heard the story. he became very angry and threw his trishul on the kid-parrot. the kid-parrot escaped from there to save his life and trishul followed him. in the way, the wife of rishi vyasa was yawning. the kid-parrot entered her stomach through her mouth. the trishul stopped, as it was unreligious to kill a lady. when lord shiva knew all this he also came there and narrated his problem to rishi vyas. rishi vyas told him that he should wait there and as the kid-parrot would come out, he could kill him. lord shiva stood there for a very long time but the kid-parrot did not come out. as lord shiva stood there, the whole universe got disordered. then all the lords met sage narada and requested him to request lord shiva to save the world. then narada came to lord shiva and prayed him to leave his anger as the child had already heard the amar katha.and so now he had become immortal and now nobody could kill him. listening to this, lord shiva told the kid-parrot to come out and in return the kid-parrot demanded a blessing from him. lord shiva accepted that and the kid-parrot prayed that as he comes out as a man, any other child who gets birth at the same time would be granted all kind of knowledge and would be immortal. as lord shiva accepted this, a divine baby come out from the mouth of rishi vyas. he prayed lord shiva and got his blessings. this divine baby was called sukhdev muni later. the other babies who got birth at that time were famous as navnatha and eighty-four siddhas ("chaurasi sidh"). one of them was baba balak nath.
sidh bawa balak nath