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BHAKTI MARG ACCORDING TO SHIVAPURAN

There Nothing is more pleasurable than the Path of Bhakti in all the Loka's and in all the four Yuga, whoever dives in this sacred ocean of Ishwara's Bhakti , can definitely attain Mokshā and get relief from BhavaSagara ,

it is more pleasing in the Kali Yuga as compared to others., The reason is the lack of both knowledge and disinterest in humans.

Bhakti is the only path through which we can connect with Ishwara and whoever become hurdle in Ishwara's Devotees with bad intentions he is always

punishable by Ishwara.

The Bhakti which is inspired by Shashtra's and is surrendered to Ishwara by heart selflessly , considered to be श्रेष्ठ , and which is full of Selfishness is always called निम्नकोटी भक्ति .

Both these types of devotion are of two types in terms of नैष्ठि and अनैष्ठि

- there are 6 types of नैष्ठि and
- 1 of अनैष्ठि

There are mainly two types of devotion -

1) सगुण
2) निर्गुण

The nine parts of both Nirguna and Saguna have been described, which is something like this -

● श्रवण - Hearing the Lord's Kirtan by drowning in devotion.

● कीर्तन - Performing bhajan with pure devotion by singing the glory of the Lord.

● स्मरण-

~ Remembering God by conquering all kinds of fears. (Nirguna bhakti)
~ To serve the Lord from dawn to dusk. (Saguna)

● सेवन - Control of all senses and following the path of virtue prescribed by the Veda.

● दास्त - Worshipping of Ishwarā with the heart's nectar of devotion.

● अर्चन - Always consider yourself to be Prabhu Kinkar and always being indulge in worshipping Ishwara.

● वंदन - Ashtang Pranam to the presiding deity by settling the Ishwara in the mind and chanting mantras.

● सख्य - Have unwavering faith in Ishwara, that there is something good in both in मंगल and अमंगल ।

● आत्मसमर्पण - Surrender to Ishwarā without devoid of subsistence worries.

According to Mahashiva Purana, all these Bhakti Mārga are always said to be the ones providing salvation .

Sorry for typos 😔🙏

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#Thread on Maa Kali: Divine protector from evils and bestower of Moksha!

Amongst all 10 Mahavidya's the priority (मूलरूपा) has been given to Mata Mahakali . From the philosophical point of view, due to the predominance of Kaal tattva, Shri Kali is said to be the beginning in all the विद्या ।

There are two forms of Maa Kalika - उग्र and सौम्य , which spread mainly in ten forms and started being called Mahavidya,Being the presiding deity of the महानिर्गुण, she is given an analogy out of darkness.

She is called 'Sundari' when she takes form of महासगुण,

In Brihanniltantra it is said that
विद्या हि द्विविधा प्रोक्ता कृष्णा- रक्ता - प्रभेदतः ।
कृष्णा तु दक्षिणा प्रोक्ता रक्ता तु सुन्दरी मता ॥

The story of the appearance of Bhagwati Kali is described in Kalikapuran,

Markandeya Purana and Naradapancharatra.

According to Markandey Puran 87.5-24

Maa Kali was born from the forehead of Mata Ambika when she was very angry at Rakshas. Either she swall0wed whatever came in her way or she complety destr0yed it, Wearing Garland of skulls.

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|| KAMAL MOULANA MASJID IN DHAR |

Firstly, Dhar is a Sanskrit Word. This city was the capital of a prosperous empire in ancient times. Hence it had many temples and Rajprasāda. Most of them now stand as mosques.

There ब्रह्माकृति will make everyone believe that they originated in the form of temples. More than this, the written proof of this, is also available. Sanskrit Language is engraved on stones covered in dust and buried in walls.

An obvious example is that of the monument which is known as Kamal Maula Mosque. A few years ago, when some portion of that building was uprooted and fell down,

then there were stone panels on it, which were filled with pages of Sanskrit plays. It has now been established that the monument named 'Saraswati Kantabharan' was in the form of a unique library of Sanskrit literature.

This library was unique in the sense that the literature that was stored in it was engraved on stone sheets, not on mortal papers. This example should be sufficient to inspire students of history,

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#Thread On Shri Satya Narayana Vrat Katha!

Once Devarshi Narada came to the Mrityūlok while visiting various lokās, he saw that here man is suffering from many kinds of sorrows, and according to their bad deeds,

he took birth in many types of Yöniş and got punished for their deeds. He started thinking about, the solution that can definitely reduce the suffering of all of them. With this thought in his mind,

he went to the shelter of Bhagwān Satyanarayan and bowed to him heartily. Seeing Narad ji anxious like this, Shrihari Vishnu asked him the reason for his problem.

Narada ji said,
Prabhu you are Antaryāmi ,how could anyone hide anything from you?

However, if you have asked, I will tell you .In Mrityūlokā, according to their deeds, all of them are born in various Yoniş and are suffering in many ways

Prabhu!
Kindly tell me, what is the solution that will surely end this affliction of human beings?

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#Thread on 10 Mahavidya - The Adhishthatrā shakti of the ten directions which is considered as the form of Adi Parashakti Mata Pārvati.

She takes the form of Kali in anger, Tara in summative anger, and Dhoomavati in quick anger, in love and nurture in compassion, she takes the form of Bhuvaneshwari,

Matangi and Mahalakshmi, In Shakti Sadhana we can gain knowledge and strength by worshipping Mahāvidyas.

.Mahavidya Sadhana can be practiced by any caste seeker or practitioner of any religion. According to the scriptures,

by worshiping one of these ten mahavidya dailyWe get freedom from all kinds of obstacles that have been going on for a long time and get ultimate happiness,

the belief is that the worshipping of these ten Mahavidyas is as fruitful as the Kalpa Vrikshyā

Their Sadhnā is done in the form of 2 Kulā

●Kāli Kula
●Shree Kula

Nine Devis are said to be present in each of these two 2 kulā , but acco. to some beliefs, kulā have three forms,

●Ugrā: (Kali chinnamasta, Dhoomāvati)
●Soumyā: (Tripurasundari, Bhuvaneshwari, Mātangi and Mahalakshmi)
Ugrā - Soumyā: (Tara and Bhairavi)

Origin of Dashamavidya: In the past, there was an asura named Durgam, who, after seeking a boon from Brahma ji, 9

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#Thread on Panch kedar- five Divine Abodes of Mahadev !

The story of Panch Kedar is back to the Mahabharata period, after the war of Dharma, pandavas wanted to get rid of all their sin of killing their cousins,
brahmins and pitra, thus they left their Rajya in search of Shiva.

But being deeply hearted by the war of Mahabharata Shiva took the form of bull and hide himself .
while searching for Shiva pandavs observe that a bull was grazing over their and Bheema, recognises that bull as Shiva an caught his tail and hind legs

but the bull disappeared into ground and later reappeared as in five parts i.e.arms,humps,face ,hair and head,navel.

1.Kedarnath: a place where divinity meets the spirituality, here humps of the bull appeared.

Rudranath: it offers some of the finest sceneries of the snowy peaks of the Himalayas, here the face of the bull reappered .

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