shivaratri athava mahashivaratri hinduoan ka ek pramukh tyohar hai. phalgun mas ke krishn paksh ki chaturdashi ko shivaratri parv manaya jata hai. mahashivaratri par rudrabhishek ka bahut mahattv mana gaya hai aur is parv par rudrabhishek karane se sabhi rog aur dosh samapt ho jate haian.
- shivaratri vah ratri hai jisaka shivatattv se ghanishth sanbandh hai. bhagavan shiv ki atipriy ratri ko shiv ratri kaha jata hai. shiv puran ke eeshan sanhita mean bataya gaya hai ki phalgun krishn chaturdashi ki ratri mean adidev bhagavan shiv karodoan sooryoan ke saman prabhav vale liang roop mean prakat hue-
phalgunakrishnachaturdashyamadidevo mahanishi.
shivaliangatayodbhoot: kotisooryasamaprabh:॥
tika tippani aur sandarbh
sanbandhit lekh
varnamala kramanusar lekh khoj