One day I just thinking that why Lord Shiva is worshipped by all Gods and Shiva don't worship anyone. Then I searched on Internet and don't found anything, but only that all devotees have the same question. On one site I found something intresting, let me post you that:
It's very intresting article I found. Actually I only worship Lord Shiva. I just believe in him only. Don't know why! You can call me anything. But I don't worship any other. For me it's only Lord Shiva.There is a difference between Bhagwata Purana and Shiva Purana:
Now, Lord Rama established Shiva Linga when he was marching towards Lanka which is known as
- Bhagwata Purana states that Vishnu is more supreme than Shiva, and from Vishnu, Brahma and by Brahma, Shiva was born. But if that is so, why does Vishnu worship Shiva in all of his incarnations, whereas Shiva never worships anybody?
- Shiva Purana says that Vishnu and Brahma were created from
Aadi Anant JyotirStambhaof Shiva. When there was a dispute between Brahma and Vishnu about who is more supreme, at that time, Shiva appeared as Jyotirstambha and asked both of them to reach start and end of it. Vishnu traveled downwards to reach end and Brahma traveled upwards to reach beginning, but both of them failed and considered there is no end of Shiva and asked Shiva to guide them. In this story Brahma lied that he reached beginning, So Shiva banned his worships in Hinduism, which is true. Brahma's son Daksha Prajapati was against Shiva because of this reason only.Rameshwara Mahadevameaning Ishwar (God) of Rama. In Ramayana, when Lord Rama wanted to do Prashchatap because he considered killing Ravana as sin of killing a brahmana, he asked Hanumanji to organize to establish a Shiva Linga and asked again Shiva for mercy and to cut his sin. If Lord is himself able to cut sins, can't he cut his own sins?
In Krishna avatar when Krishna wanted to bring some treeKalpa Vrikshafrom Indra, he worshiped Shiva for blessings and that is known asGopeshwara Mahadevain vrindavana meaning Ishwara (God) of Gopal (Krishna). Also when Krishna wanted to have a son, he asked sages and from their advice he prayed to Lord Shiva to get a son. If Krishna was Vishnu against who nothing will happen, why he said that "Shive Sarvadhi Sadhike" means nothing happens without Shiva's will, so please bless me with son!! when the Mahabharata was about to be battled he asked Pandavas to have bliss of Shiva first and arranged a Pooja of Shiva Linga.
In Bhagwata Purana also, there is a story about Lakshmi Devi's unhappiness with Vishnu because Vishnu told her that half area of his heart is dedicated to Lord Shiva only. And in the rest of the half, all the creatures of world and all deities including her wife Lakshmi lives!
Parashurama is also considered as great devotee of Shiva, Shiva gave him Parashu (axe), for which Parashurama is famous for.
So, why doesn't Shiva worship anybody whereas Vishnu worships him in all his incarnations?
What I think is, because Shiva is the only Supreme Paramatma as he is unborn (Ajanma), Akarta and Abhokta (Vairagi) as said in Geeta that God is Ajanma, Akarta and Abhokta. God is neerakar (shapeless and formless), Shiva Linga is symbol of Shiva's such form only.
And also Vishnu always advised other deities (Kartikeya, Indra, Parvati, etc.) to worship Shiva only if they have mistakenly committed sins.
I'm curious and trying to make sense of all this. Can anybody throw some light on my doubts?
EDIT:
Vishnu says Shiva is the eternal origin (seed) of all things
From Veda Vyasa's Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva:
The blessed Vishnu said, 'I saluted Mahadeva, saying,--Salutations to thee, O thou that art the eternal origin of all things. The Rishis say that thou art the Lord of the Vedas. The righteous say that thou art Penance, thou art Sattwa, thou art Rajas, thou art Tamas, and thou art Truth...Vishnu himself said "Shiva is the eternal origin of ..." That's why I think Shiva linga is the seed and whatever we see, it is just a tree from that seed.
First thing, I should clear about Shiva is that he never born. He never have any avtar (incarnations) as avtar in vedas and puran means one who take birth from human body. Rudra, Aghori, Bhairav, etc.. etc.. are all part (ansh) of Shiva. One who just came out from Shiva for a particular task. So Shiva don't have any avtar (incarnations).
Now coming to the topic, Why doesn't Shiva worship anybody where as Vishnu worships him in all his incarnations? Answer is, Shiva is the seed of everthing. Lord Shiva in the form of Lingum form everything in the world. The creator called Brahma also came out from Shiva Linga. To prove that, Shiva is almight supeior God I would like you to read the story.
First Story:
Sudarshana Chakra was given to Lord Vishnu by Lord Shiva
Second Story:
Rama worship Lord Shiva to cut sin of killing Brahmana
Third Story:
Is this true that Lord Shiva is the best worshiper of Krishna?
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