This has a great significance and Reason. Except
for ShaktiShiva That is Shiva Linga all Gods are circumambulated in
circle, not Shiva. His Parikrama is not done half , but actually from
the doing u stop u have to come back to start point hence whole is done.
Only going to either side of Shiva Linga only is not parikrama you
shall get back to same place.
First
how it is done, then why it is so, and different from all other Gods.
The Argha of Shiva Lingam always faces towards North, that part from
where jal and Nirmalya is vent out, The Rule is No one shall Stand or
Sit or even face it, This part is restricted, One shall never do pranam
pooja, directly facing Jalahari, The best place is just opposite the
Shiva Linga where when you stand you will face North too, From opposite
side you face south, not a disha where Satwic spiritual things are Done.
And in same way when one does Parikrama of Shiva Lingam It should be
Done in U form, You begin by side of shiva Linga and go to other side,
till argha line do not cross it and get back to the place you started,
This is One Full Parikrama of Lord. This diagram shall help.
Now
Why it is done so, Technically so that one shall not cross the jalahri,
line, because all negative energy passes through here, ShivaLingam
emanates high energies from three places, Negative from jalahari,
Extreme energy from Top, Which shall be converted or sublimated by
putting Bel Patra over it or Pushpa, Bhasm Chandan, Patra etc, But top
the Mastak shall be covered always after his abhishek, Or the energy
from top can not be tolerated by normalians, Siddhas Gyanis only can
manage it for sometime if needed, This is all lot more Gyan and
knowledge then that can be covered in an article like this, hence
important things only, And third place from where energy emanates from
Shiva Linga is the middle portion it always produced auspicious energies
which can be easily absorbed by normalians.
Now
the greater truer Reason why Shivas Parikrama is so, See normally in
other gods whole circle would be taken as round for one parikrama, This
is also called Chakra, This world universe is also called to be Chakra
of Time, and all beings are, So you just like in bhavsagar you just go
round and round, in chakra of births and rebirths pleasure pain, and all
mundane disgust. Most Gods give four mokshas, and here maya doesnt end,
and also just apply logic, the one who himself has to come again in a
body, can he give you true moksha, hence in four mokhshas this Chakra
wont stop, Or verify yourself,. even the lokas of moksha vaikuntha golok
bhu kailas etc, maya doesnt goes away completely, you can see narad
sanat kumars etc also getting angry in vaikuntha, the one who gives
Sayujya moksha has to come down and take human birth, he is also not
away from circle of Chakra or Karma.
The
top among all mayawi moksha is Sayujya moksha, Let us see what happens
here, One become like deity he worships, he may also take avatars yet be
servant of that diety, only having his form, and when that diety goes
to take avatar they may also follow, hence Chakra wont stop, and to stop
this Chakra even MahaVishnus , Bramhas after there job time is over go
to certain loka beyond time dilation, here they also work and meditate
for GREATEST AND ONLY TRUE MOKSHA KAIVALYA, and just like these
Mahavishnu etc we at earth are so fortunate that we can get that utter
everlasting blissful beyond maya and time Kaivalya Moksha, But how,
Tells Shree Ram in Muktika Upnishad that Only by Gyan and worship of
True Adwait Shivam as depcited in upnishads such as Mandukya
ShwetaShwatar. or To Stop this chain of pleasure pain drama ego, One
shall worship SHIVA DEVOTEDLY. HE WILL CRUSH THIS CHAKRA, the maya.
Shiva
parikrama denotes that, Your true Reality is always Bramhan, the pure
bliss, But upon having a thought you get ego and strayed from Shiva
self, it is like a wave roared in an ocean thinking it is individual
apart from Ocean itself, this is false maya, and the wave would go
falling rising changing shape and sizes, hence the SHIVAS part a drop
from ocean for timer being took itself as different and took 84 lacs
bodies initially, This is begining of Shiva Parikrama that Once u were
Shiva but wanted to experience individuality got a different body, as u
walk, it means that Jeevatman is now in motion experiencing the Maya,,
taking many bodies and than human being stucked in karma, and is going
on, But here Shiva breaks Chakra having no where to go, Now jeevatman
returns to Home to his Original true blissful state of being SHIVA not
and individual but divine consciousness. And then jeevatman returns back
to same place hence same state, as you go back to place where u started
parikrama.
Hence
it means that Shiva breaks this circle of maya and illusion of duality,
drama nonsense and establishes the being the jeevatman in his true form
His Original eternal Shivatva. And as per Vedas and Shastras Only Shiva
can do it. That is why all Shastras unanimously declare Only Kashi to be
the place where Moskha is guaranteed for all her dwellers, be it even
insect or rodents animals or fishes all are granted Mokshas here, Five
Kind of Mokshas. None other Teertha or God has this Authority.
And
Shiva has the peculiar quality, he usually would not make servants out
of hos devotees like other popular gods, but In ShaktiShiva Realm, They
offer One to become SHIVA Grant SHIVATVA or Godliness, That is how
MahaVishnu and Bramha and Indra etc became Gods, by doing tapas dhyan
sadhna worship of Shiva, Purans are full of such stories and those great
places are still here as been made by these Gods to worship Shiva, All
Gods have made temple for Shivas in his name. Like Rameshwar Gopeshwar.
But Shiva The Param not made any temple for any God, that Nirakar beyond
maya the Husband of Mahmaya Shakti is Final God, the Alpha and Omega.
Shree
Ramana says, Kaivalya Atma Gyan depends on Grace the Anugrah the Fifth
power of Param Shiva which Only he has, Other Gods like trinity have
three powers, like srsti, sthiti lay and then Ishwar has fourth Tirobhav
and only Param Shiva has anugrah the power to bestow Grace of Moksha
Kaivalya eternal unending Bliss becoming Shiva from false imaginary
Jeeva.
So this is
why and how the Parikrama of Shiva is not complete circle but actually
getting away beyond, above the Chakra. The Point to be noted it, This is
case with ShivaLingam only, if there is statue of Shiva Parvati than it
can circumambulated fully. As Here Shiva is in Sakar roop.
But
ShivaLingam is form of God beyond form, the one in whom all Gods and
goddesses entire Universe is present, hence Now understanding this
signinficance Shiva would make his devotee free of this circle making
him Shiva, Yet he would let one walk all the steps, he would not just
take in between but as one becomes Gyani, he realizes Shiva self before
the journey is complete, This is meaning if Shivas Parikrama.
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