'shiv puran' ka sambandh shaiv mat se hai. is puran mean pramukh roop se shiv-bhakti aur shiv-mahima ka prachar-prasar kiya gaya hai. pray: sabhi puranoan mean shiv ko tyag, tapasya, vatsaly tatha karuna ki moorti bataya gaya hai. kaha gaya hai ki shiv sahaj hi prasann ho jane vale evan manovaanchhit phal dene vale haian. kintu 'shiv puran' mean shiv ke jivan charitr par prakash dalate hue unake rahan-sahan, vivah aur unake putroan ki utpatti ke vishay mean vishesh roop se bataya gaya hai.
bhagavan shiv sadaiv lokopakari aur hitakari haian. tridevoan mean inhean sanhar ka devata bhi mana gaya hai. any devataoan ki pooja-archana ki tulana mean shivopasana ko atyant saral mana gaya hai. any devataoan ki bhaanti ko sugandhit pushpamalaoan aur mithe pakavanoan ki avashyakata nahian p dati. shiv to svachchh jal, bilv patr, kantile aur n khae jane vale paudhoan ke phal yatha-dhootara adi se hi prasann ho jate haian. shiv ko manoram veshabhoosha aur alankaroan ki avashyakata bhi nahian hai. ve to augh d baba haian. jatajoot dhari, gale mean lipate nag aur rudraksh ki malaean, sharir par baghambar, chita ki bhasm lagae evan hath mean trishool pak de hue ve sare vishv ko apani padchap tatha damaroo ki karnabhedi dhvani se nachate rahate haian. isilie unhean nataraj ki sanjna bhi di gee hai. unaki veshabhoosha se 'jivan' aur 'mrityu' ka bodh hota hai. shish par ganga aur chandr-jivan evan kala ke dyotam haian. sharir par chita ki bhasm mrityu ki pratik hai. yah jivan ganga ki dhara ki bhaanti chalate hue ant mean mrityu sagar mean lin ho jata hai.
sanbandhit lekh
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