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Posted: 17 November 2012 at 2:53am | IP Logged

Sharabha Deva ' A form of Lord Shiva

All of us are quite well aware of different forms of Shiva, be it in the form of Pashupati from the Harappan times, or Rudra from the Vedic times or other forms like Mrityunjaya, Sadashiva, Maheswara, or Nataraja form. The ascetic form and the family form of Shiva or the Linga form of Shiva are all well known.

There is a relatively unknown or lesser-known form of Shiva and probably a form whose motivation was more 'political'. It is the Sharabha form of Lord Shiva.

According to Shiva Purana, Sharabha was a fierce looking creature. It had the wings and beak of a bird, body of a lion, sharp teeth, many legs and huge arms. It had sharp claws and was blazing fire. Its voice was like thousands of thunders striking together and the three eyes were like raging fire.

The myth has its origins in the Narasimha avatar of Vishnu. Having achieved its purpose of killing the demon Hiranyakashipu, Lord Vishnu was supposed to go back to his original form. But Narasimha having tasted blood was in no hurry to return to his original form. There was a growing belief that Vishnu might not go back to his form, and so to tame it, Lord Shiva had to take a more dangerous form to subdue it. A battle ensued, where Narasimha tried to strike at Sharabha only to realise that Sharabha was invincible. On striking Sarabha, it was Vishnu who groaned in pain only to realise that it was none other than Lord Shiva, and thus was Narasimha subdued, who later sang praises of the Sharabha Deva!

Edited by mnx12 - 17 November 2012 at 11:17am

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jayvenk

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Posted: 17 November 2012 at 2:57am | IP Logged

so mina may be the news report got the name mixed up??? It was mentioned as Rishab !!!! Shocked

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Posted: 17 November 2012 at 3:01am | IP Logged

Yes the name may be is spelled wrong as Sarabhdev is not heard much. But this story is there that's why Hiranyakashyap's story is shown, it involves Shivji too

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Posted: 17 November 2012 at 3:02am | IP Logged

mina did u see the promo of laddooo ??

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Posted: 17 November 2012 at 3:04am | IP Logged

Originally posted by mnx12

Yes the name may be is spelled wrong as Sarabhdev is not heard much. But this story is there that's why Hiranyakashyap's story is shown, it involves Shivji too Smile

Confusion for forum members.. Foram dear ... Smile

all clear now

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Posted: 17 November 2012 at 3:06am | IP Logged

Originally posted by jayvenk

mina did u see the promo of laddooo ??

No I didn't, how is it?

Can someone post the link?

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Posted: 17 November 2012 at 3:07am | IP Logged

it was shown today.. link might be in after sometime only i think. but very little was shown .. and only the back of gannu laddoo was seen sitting on a swing .. "mahadev ke ladle" sri Ganesh said the voice

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Posted: 17 November 2012 at 3:09am | IP Logged

Originally posted by jayvenk

it was shown today.. link might be in after sometime only i think. but very little was shown .. and only the back of gannu laddoo was seen sitting on a swing .. "mahadev ke ladle" sri Ganesh said the voice

Wow, so sweet