Darshan of 12 Jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva

OmKareshwar Jyotirlinga: -

Once Vindhyaparvat did hard penance of Lord Shiva for many months, pleased with this austerity, Shankar Ji gave him a darshan. And asked Vindhya Parvat to express his desire. Many sages and devas were also present on this occasion. According to Vindhyaparvat's wish, Lord Shiva performed two parts of the Jyotirlinga. One was named Omkareshwar and the other named Mamaleshwar. Two forms of Jyotirlinga are worshiped in Omkareshwar. According to another story related to Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga, the great devotee of God, Ambarish and Suryavanshi King Mandhata, the father of Muchukund, pleased Lord Shankar by performing harsh penance at this place. The name of this mountain became the mountain of Mandhata only in the name of that great man, Mandhata.



Kedarnath Jyotirlinga: -

There are many stories about Kedarnath Mahadev.

 It is written in Skanda Purana that once when Parvati ji asked Shiva about the Kedar area, then Lord Shiva told him that Kedar region is very dear to him. They always reside here with their Ganas. They have lived in this area ever since they took the form of Brahma for the creation of the universe.

 In the Skanda Purana, a description of the glory of this place is also found that there was a fowler whose deer was very dear to the meat. Once it came to Kedar area in search of prey. Even after wandering all day, he did not find a victim. When Narada Muni came to this area at dusk, Fowler from afar considered him a deer and agreed to run on him.

 By the time he runs the sun, the sun has completely sunk. In the dark, he saw a snake swallowing a frog. The frog transformed into Shiva after he died. Similarly, Fowler saw that a deer is killing a lion. The dead deer is going to Shivlok with Shiva ganas. Fowler was surprised to see this amazing scene. At the same time, Narada Muni appeared before the Fowler in Brahmin dress.

 Fowler asked Narada Muni about these wonderful scenes. Narada Muni explained to him that this is a very sacred area. Animals and birds also get salvation when they die at this place. After this, Fowler remembered his sinful actions, how he killed animals and birds. Fowler asked Narada Muni for his salvation. After getting knowledge of Shiva from Narada Muni, Shiva became absorbed in worship by staying in Fowler Kedar area. After his death, he got a place in Shiva Loka. The story of Kedarnath Jyothirling is described in the Shiva Purana about the story of Kedarnath Jyotirlinga, that two brothers named Nara and Narayana used to keep their mortal idol of Lord Shiva and worshiped and meditated on them. Pleased with the devotional penance of both these brothers, Lord Shiva appeared to them. When Lord Shiva asked him to ask for a boon, in the spirit of public welfare, he asked for a boon from Shiva that he should always be present for public welfare in this area. On his prayer, Lord Shankar appeared in the form of Jyotirlinga in the Kedar region. The story of the Pandavas associated with Kedarnath is written in the Shiva Purana that after the war of Mahabharata, the Pandavas were atoning that their own brothers and brothers had been killed at their hands. They wanted to get rid of this sin. When he asked Ved Vyas ji for this solution, he said that the sin of killing brothers can be eradicated only when Shiva will provide freedom from this sin. Shiva was unhappy with the Pandavas, so when the Pandavas reached Kashi to have visions of Vishwanath, they did not directly appear there. Finding Shiva, then the five Pandavas reached Kedarnath. Seeing the Pandavas come, Shiva took the form of a buffalo and joined the herd of buffalo. To identify Shiva, Bhima spread his legs near the face of a cave. All the buffaloes started coming through the middle of his foot, but the buffalo turned Shiva did not accept to go through the foot, due to which the Pandavas recognized Shiva. After this, Shiva started to dissolve in the land there, then Bhima caught the buffalo made Lord Shankar like a back. Lord Shankar appeared on seeing the devotion and determination of the Pandavas and freed them from sins. Even today five Pandavas are worshiped along with Draupadi at this place. The worship of Shiva here as part of the buffalo has been going on since then.



Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga: -

There is a mythological story on why Bhima Shankar Jyotirlinga was named Bhima Shankar. The story is of the Mahabharata period. The battle of Mahabharata took place between the Pandavas and the Kauravas.

 This war had caused the loss of great heroes in India. Many Mahavirs and soldiers from both sides had to die in the war.

 Both the parties involved in this war received training from Guru Dronacharya. The place where the Kauravas and Pandavas worked to train both. He is stud.

 Today it is known as Ujjak. Here, Bhim Shankar of Lord Mahadev is a huge Jyotirlinga. Some people also call this temple Bhimashankar Jyotirlig. According to the story of Bhimshankar Jyotirlinga, description of Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga is found in Shiv Puran. It is said in Shivpuran that in the old times there was a demon named Bhima. He was the son of the demon Kumbhakarna. But he was born right after his father's death. He was not aware of the incident of his father's death at the hands of Lord Ram.

 With the passage of time, when he came to know about this incident from his mother, he became anxious to kill Shri Lord Ram.

 To accomplish his purpose, he practiced rigorous penance for many years. Pleased with his penance, Brahma ji gave him the boon of winning.

 The demon became autocratic after getting a boon. Due to this, along with humans, Gods and Goddesses also started being afraid. Gradually, his terror was discussed everywhere. In the war, he started defeating the gods too.

 Wherever he goes, the orgy of death begins. He got everyone else to stop worshiping. After being extremely upset, all the gods went to the shelter of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva assured everyone that they will find a solution for this. Lord Shiva destroyed the demon. All the Gods requested Lord Shiva to be enthroned in the form of Shivalinga at this place. Lord Shiva accepted his prayer. And he is still here as Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga.



Vedhnath Jyotirlinga: -

According to mythology, this Jyotirlinga was brought here by Lankapati Ravana. It has a very interesting story. Ravana was the ultimate devotee of Lord Shankar. According to Shiva purana, once to appease Lord Shiva, Ravana went to the Himalayan Mountains and established the Shiva Linga and started doing harsh penance. Lord Shankar was not pleased even after doing penance for many years, then Ravana decided to sacrifice his head to please Shiva. While duly worshiping Dashanan Ravana cut his nine heads one by one and offered it to the Shiva Linga, when the tenth head was about to be cut, Lord Shiva appeared there and asked Ravana to ask for a boon. When Ravana got the desired boon, he requested Lord Shiva that he wants to take him with him to Lanka. Shiva told Ravana that he cannot go with him. If he wants, he can take this Shivling. Lord Shiva allowed Ravana to take the Shivling which he worshiped and offered nine heads. While carrying Shivling, Shiva told Ravana that do not place this Jyotirlinga anywhere on the road, otherwise it will be installed there. Lord Vishnu did not want this Jyotirlinga to reach Lanka so he requested Ganga to join Ravana's stomach. As soon as the Ganges reached Ravana's stomach, the desire to urinate inside Ravana became strong. He started thinking that by giving the Shivling to someone, Vishnu appeared there under the guise of a cow. Ravana, seeing that cowboy, handed him the Shivling and instructed not to keep it on the ground. When Ravan started urinating, his desire for urine was not going to end, in such a situation, it took Ravana a long time and he became extinct by placing the boy Shiva Linga on the ground. When Ravana came back, despite making a million attempts, Shivalinga did not budge from there, in the end, Ravana had to return to Lanka empty-handed. Later all the gods and goddesses came and worshiped this Jyotirlinga and duly installed it.



Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlig: -

There is a famous legend in relation to Trimbakeshwar Jyotirling. According to the legend, Gautam Rishi meditated here. To get rid of the sin of cow slaughter, Gautam Rishi had done austerities here. And asked Lord Shiva to bring the river Ganga to earth. The river Godavari, called the Ganges of the south direction, originated here at the same time in place of the river Ganges.



Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga: -

There is a mythological story in relation to Vishwanath Jyotirlinga. It is about the time when Lord Shankar used to stay on Mount Kailash after marrying Parvati ji. But Parvati ji felt that even after marriage, she had to stay in her father's house. On this day, Goddess Parvati ji put this wish of her mind in front of Lord Shiva. Hearing this about his beloved, Lord Shiva left Kailash mountain and started living in Kashi city with Goddess Parvati. And after coming to the city of Kashi, Lord Shiva was established here as a Jyotirlinga. Since then, Vishwanath Jyotirlinga has become the abode of Lord Shiva in the city of Kashi.



Somnath Jyotirlinga: -

There is a mythological story of the birth of Jyotirlinga. According to the legend, King Daksha married his twenty seven girls to Chand Dev.

 Dev was very happy to be the husband of twenty seven girls. All the girls were also happy with this marriage. Of all these girls, Chandra Dev was most fascinated by the girl named Rohini.

 When Daksha came to know about this, he explained to Chandra Dev. But to no avail. The effect of his persuasion was that his attachment towards Rohini became more.

 After knowing this, King Daksha cursed Dev Chandra that, go on today, you become a patient of tuberculosis. As a result, Dev Chand suffered from tuberculosis. His honor and influence also declined. To get rid of this curse, he went to the shelter of Lord Brahma.

 Brahma Dev told this way to get rid of this curse, that the place where you have Somnath temple, came to that place and asked Chand Dev to meditate on Lord Shiva. According to the saying of Lord Brahma, after worshiping Lord Shiva, Chandra Dev became free from curse.

 Since that time, it is believed that Lord Chand had come to this place to do penance. After the completion of penance, Lord Shiva asked Chandra Dev to ask for a bride. On this, Chandra Dev asked the bridegroom, O God, let me free me from this curse. And forgive all my crimes.

 It was not possible even for Lord Shiva to end this curse completely. The middle route was taken out, which are the sides in a month. One Shukla Paksha and Krishna Paksha will not have this curse on their side. But in this side, you will suffer from this curse. In the Shukla Paksha and Krishna Paksha, they grow in one side, and they decrease in the other. Chandra Dev thanked Lord Shiva for receiving this kripa. And praised him.

 From that time, the practice of worshiping Lord Shiva at this place started at this place. And Lord Shiva came to the Somnath temple and became famous all over the world. Gods also bow down to this place. Chandra Dev is also located at this place along with Lord Shiva.


Nageshwar Jyotirlig: -

There is a famous legend in relation to Nageshwar Jyotirling. According to the legend, one was a businessman who believed in religion. He had exclusive devotion in Lord Shiva. Even after being busy in business, he used to devote time to worship, worship and meditation. This devotion angered a demon named Daruk. Due to the demon nature, he did not like Lord Shiva even at all.

 That demon was always in search of such an opportunity, how he could obstruct the devotion of the businessman. Once, he was going from a business boat to some commercial work. The monster saw this, and he took the opportunity and attacked the boat. And took the passengers of the ferry to the capital and imprisoned them. Even in captivity, the businessman used to regularly worship Lord Shiva.

 When the news of the merchant's Shiva worship in the prison house reached that demon, he felt very bad. In anger, he reached the prisoner near the businessman. The businessman was engrossed in worship and meditation at that time. The demon started to rage at him in the same posture. When the demon's anger had no effect on the merchant, the demon asked his followers to kill the merchant.

 Even this order should not distract the businessman. On this too, the merchant started praying to Lord Shiva for the salvation of himself and his companions. Pleased with his devotion, Lord Shiva appeared in the same prison as a Jyotirlinga. And gave the merchant Pashupat-weapon to protect himself. With this weapon, the demon Daruk and his followers were killed. Since that time, the name of this Jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva became famous as Nageshwar.



Rameswaram Jyotirlinga: -

Rameswaram is a mythological story about Jyotirlinga. That when Lord Shri Ram was going to Ayodhya after rescuing Mother Sita from the captivity of Ravana, at that time he stopped and rested on the Gandhamadan mountain on the way. After resting, he came to know that the sage Pulastya Kul is committed to destroy here. To avoid this curse, they should worship Jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva at this place.

 After knowing this, Lord Shri Ram requested Hanuman to go to Mount Kailash and bring Shivalinga. Hanuman went to Mount Kailash after getting orders from Lord Rama, but he could not see Lord Shiva there. On this, he chanted Lord Shiva carefully. After which Lord Shiva appeared pleased and appeared to him. And fulfilled the purpose of Hanuman ji.

 Here, there was a delay due to Hanuman ji meditating and pleasing Lord Shiva. On the other hand, Lord Rama and Goddess Sita keep waiting for the auspicious time to establish Shivling. Fearing the auspicious auspicious moment, Goddess Janaki methodically formed the gender of sand and established it.

 After a few moments of the establishment of Shivling, Hanuman ji was both sad and surprised when he arrived with Shankarji. Hanuman Ji insisted that only the Shivling brought by him should be established. On this, Lord Rama said that you remove the previously installed Shivling, then after that the Shivling brought by you will be installed.

 Hanuman Ji tried to remove the Shivling with all his strength, but he failed. At the place of sand shiva lingam from his place, Hanuman ji was bled. Mother Sita started crying after seeing this situation of Hanuman. And Lord Rama explained to Hanuman ji that due to the sin you committed to remove the Shivling from its place, he had to face this physical suffering.

 Hanuman ji apologized to Lord Rama for his mistake and the Shivalinga which Hanuman ji brought from Mount Kailash. It was also established near by. Lord Rama named this gender as Hanumadishwar. Both of these Shivalingas have been praised by Lord Sri Rama through many scriptures. "



Ghritneshwar Jyotirlinga: -

A Brahmin named Sukarma and his wife Sudesh resided near the Devgiri mountain in the Indian state of South India. Both were devotees of Lord Shiva. But they did not have any children, due to this they were very unhappy due to which their wife used to urge them to have another marriage, so on the insistence of the wife, Sukarma got married to his wife's sister Ghushma.

 Ghushma was also an ardent devotee of Shiva and by the grace of Lord Shiva, he received a son. Ghushma's value increased with the receipt of a son, but due to this, Sudesh started to get jealous of her. When the son got older, he was married and seeing all this, more envy was born in Sudeha's mind. Due to which he decided to destroy the son and one day when everyone fell asleep, he stabbed Ghushma's son with a knife and cut the pieces into the lake where Ghushma immersed the earthly penis daily. Used to do Throwing the dead body in the pond, she came to the house and slept comfortably.

 Like every day, when all the people got busy in their tasks and engaged in routine work, Sudeha also happily got involved in household chores. But when the daughter-in-law woke up from sleep, she found the bed stained in blood and seeing some terrible pieces of flesh, seeing this terrible scene, the distraught daughter went to her mother-in-law Ghoshma and started crying and asking about her husband and mourning. Sudeha also joined her in mourning so that no one doubted her, Ghoshma did not feel sad at all, listening to the daughter-in-law's cry and continued in her daily puja vow and Sudharma was also engaged in her daily worship. Both husband and wife worship God with devotion without any disturbance and worry. When the worship was over, Ghushma saw Shayya, a son soaked with blood, even after seeing this strange scene, he did not have any kind of mourning.

 He said that the one who has given me a son, Shiva will protect him as well, he is also the time of the blacks, he is the shelter of the men and he is our guardian. Therefore, nothing would happen due to worrying, he remembered Shiva God, having patience and became free from grief. And as usual the Shiva Mantra continued to chant 'Om Namah: Shivaaya' and went to the banks of the lake with the earthly bodies, and when he flowed the earthly bodies into the pond, his son was seen standing on the bank of the lake and seeing his son, the gush was delighted. Lord Shiva appeared in front of him.

 Lord Shiva was very pleased with the devotion of Ghushma and asked to ask for a boon. Bhagwan said that if he wants, he should kill his sister with a trident. But Ghushma bowed respectfully to Maheshwar and said that Sudeha is the elder sister, so you should protect her and forgive her. Ghushma pleaded that I cannot misbehave and it is considered good to do good to those who do bad as well. Therefore, Lord Shiva was very happy to hear the devotional thoughts of Ghushma and said Ghushma you can ask for another groom. Ghoshma said, Mahadev, if you want to give me a groom, then for the protection and welfare of people, you should stay here forever. Pleased with the prayer, Maheshwar Shivji gave a boon to live in that place forever and started living there as a Jyotirling near the pond and the name of that pond, which became famous as Ghushmeshwar, has since become Shivalaya.



Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga: -

According to the story, a dispute arose between the two sons of Lord Shankar about who would get married first. When Shri Ganesh and Shri Karthikeya could not reach any solution in the dispute, both of them went to Lord Shankar and Mother Parvati with their own opinion.

 Seeing their two sons fighting like this, first the parents tried to convince them both. But when he was not able to convince Ganesha and Karthikeyan in any way, he put a condition similar to both. Told both of them that whichever of the two of you will be able to complete the whole circle of the earth first. He will be married first.

 Both were very happy to hear this condition of marriage. Karthikeyan's vehicle is a peacock, so he soon ridden his vehicle and left to complete this task. But the problem came in front of Mr. Ganesh, his vehicle is a mouse, and a mouse is a slow speed creature. As soon as the idea of ​​the speed of his vehicle came, Shri Ganesh understood that he could not win in this competition with this vehicle.

 It is Shri Ganesh. Clever Wisdom, that is why they have got the place of God of Wisdom, just what they did, they took a middle path to win the competition and, following the scriptures, started to show their parents.

 According to the scriptures, parents are also like the earth. The parents understood the cleverness of their intelligence. And he also blessed Shri Ganesh to fulfill his wish.

 As per the condition, Shri Ganesh was married to both Siddhi and Riddhi.

 When Karthikeyan returned after seeing the earth, he saw that Shri Ganesh was married. And they have lost the bet. Kartikeyan angered by the wisdom of Shri Ganesh went to Mount Shail and Mata Parvati went on Shri Shail to convince son Karthikeyan.

 And Lord Shankar also reached here as Jyotirlinga to request his son. From that time, Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga was established on Shri Shail mountain, and it became obligatory to worship Shiva on this mountain.

 Sri Mallikarjuna temple construction story In addition to this mythology, a legend is also famous in relation to Shri Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga. According to legend, once upon a time, Shri Shail was a king near the mountain. Whose law was Chandragupta. That king had a daughter.

 The girl was staying in an ashram located on Shree Shailparvat, leaving the palaces to fulfill her wishes. The girl had a beautiful cow. Every night when the girl slept. So he used to take milk from his cow's milk.

 One night the girl did not sleep and woke up and started trying to catch the thief. The thief came in the night, the girl ran after him to catch the thief, but after going some distance, he only got a Shivling there. At the same time, the girl made the construction of Sri Mallikarjuna temple on that Shivling.

 Every year a huge fair is organized here on the occasion of Shivaratri. The same place is famous today as Shri Mallika Arjun Jyotirlinga. Visiting this Jyotirlinga fulfills the wishes of the devotees. And that person, after having all the enjoyment in this world, goes to Shri Vishnu Dham in other world also.



Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga: -

The ancient legend related to the establishment of Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is famous. According to the legend, once a king named Avantika used to rule a king named Vrittabhasen. King Vritthabasen was another devotee of Lord Shiva. He used to spend most of his daily routine in devotion to Lord Shiva.

 Once the neighboring king attacked his kingdom. King Vrittabhasen succeeded in winning this war with his courage and effort. On this, the neighboring king thought it appropriate to use some other route to win in the war. For this, he enlisted the help of an asura. That Asura had the blessing of being invisible.

 The demon made many attacks on Avantika kingdom using his unique knowledge. To avoid these attacks, King Vrittabhasena considered it appropriate to seek refuge of Lord Shiva. Hearing the call of his devotee, Lord Shiva appeared there and he himself protected the subjects. On this, King Vrittabhasen requested Lord Shiva to remain in the kingdom of Anvatika, so that any other attack could be avoided in the future. Hearing the King's prayer, God appeared there as a Jyotirlinga. And since that time, Mahakaleshwar is worshiped in Ujjain.