Enlightenment Through Dance
According to Skanda Purana a group of Rishis was performing Yagna in forest when Shiva passed by. Shiva was naked and the wives of the Rishis were aroused by Shiva.
Losing all interest in the Yagna, they pursued Shiva. This angered the Rishis. They used the power of Yagna to create a tiger, a venomous snake and a demon.
Shiva flayed the tiger alive, and wrapped the skin around him. He caught the snake and wound it around his neck like a necklace. Then, leaping on the demon's back, he began to dance.
As he danced, the sages realized Shiva was God and his dance was a visual discourse on the true purpose of existence - not to indulge the ego and change the world but to discover the divine within with the help of the divine without.
According to Skanda Purana a group of Rishis was performing Yagna in forest when Shiva passed by. Shiva was naked and the wives of the Rishis were aroused by Shiva.
Losing all interest in the Yagna, they pursued Shiva. This angered the Rishis. They used the power of Yagna to create a tiger, a venomous snake and a demon.
Shiva flayed the tiger alive, and wrapped the skin around him. He caught the snake and wound it around his neck like a necklace. Then, leaping on the demon's back, he began to dance.
As he danced, the sages realized Shiva was God and his dance was a visual discourse on the true purpose of existence - not to indulge the ego and change the world but to discover the divine within with the help of the divine without.
Lord Shiva is known for his dance, and this topic is written really well. Good job.
ReplyDeleteLord Shiva,Woah, This is interesting and depicts oh how truly powerful he is.
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