[Advaita-l] bhagavAn rAmachandra worshipped shiva

[V Subrahmanian]

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> The vAlmiki rAmAyaNa clearly and explicitly mentions that bhagavan
> ramachandra worshipped shiva at the banks
> of setusamundram.  The yuddha-kANDa (vide 19th shloka from 123rd sarga)
> mentions this:
>
> एतत् कुक्षौ समुद्रस्य स्कन्धावारनिवेशनम् || ६-१२३-१९
> अत्र पूर्वं महादेवः प्रसादमकरोत्प्रभुः |
>
> See this island, located in the middle of the ocean, where my troops were
> stationed. At this place, the lord Shiva (the supreme deity)
> formerly bestowed his grace on me.
>

In the Parāśaropapurāṇam the story of Rama installing the Linga after
Rāvaṇa vadha is alluded to:


अथवा सर्वपापानां प्रायश्चित्तं तथैव तु

सेतुबन्धे महातीर्थे गन्धमादनपर्वते  ८४

*यत्र रामस्तु कल्याणि साक्षाद् दाशरथिः शुभः*

*निहत्य रावणं मूर्खं तत्पापविनिवृत्तये  ८५*

*स्थापयामास मल्लिङ्गं स्वनाम्ना देवनायकम्*

तत्र स्नात्वा यथाशक्ति धनं दत्वा तु पर्वणि  ८६

तं मां दृष्ट्वा महादेवं लिङ्गस्थं करुणाकरम्

प्रदक्षिणां नमस्कारं प्रकुर्यात् परमास्तिकः  ८७


regards

subbu


>
> That said, vaishnavas have a distorted view w.r.t to "mahAdeva" too and
> say that it is sAgara-abhimAni-dEvata !
>
> When one doesn't want to listen, we can't change their views.  It is left
> to their prArabdha.
>
> reg,
> sriram
>
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