Mahashivratri 2023: 5 Interesting Facts About Shiva-Parvati Marriage

Mahashivratri 2023: 5 interesting facts about Shiva-Parvati marriage, Goddess Gauri’s mother was scared after seeing the procession, and refused to marry.

Mahashivratri 2023: Today the pomp of Mahashivratri is being seen all over the country. Every Shiva devotee wants to get blessings by pleasing him by immersing himself in the devotion of his deity.

According to religious beliefs, Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati were tied in a matrimonial bond on Chaturdashi Tithi of Krishna Paksha of Phalgun month.

There are also religious beliefs that on Shivratri, Lord Shiva also appeared in the form of a Jyotirlinga with the same effect as crores of suns.

5 interesting facts related to the marriage of Lord Shiva and Parvati.

1. According to religious beliefs, things related to the marriage of Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati are found in the Puranas.

First of all Lord Shankar was married to Mata Sati. Sati’s father Daksha was not in favor of this marriage, but King Daksha got his daughter Sati married to Lord Shankar at the behest of father Brahma.

Once King Daksha insulted Lord Shankar by not inviting him to the Yagya. Due to this Mother Sati committed self-immolation by jumping into the Yagya, being sad and angry.

2. After this incident, Lord Shiva got engrossed in severe penance.

Mother Sati was born in the form of Mother Parvati at the place of Parvatraj Himalaya. According to religious beliefs, there used to be a terror of the demon Tarakasura during that time.

It was a boon that the killing of Tarakasura is possible only by the son of Lord Shiva.

But Lord Shiva was engrossed in penance, for which all the gods planned the marriage of Lord Shiva and sent Kamdev to dissolve Bholenath’s penance, but Kamdev himself was consumed.

3. Lord Shiva agreed to marry Mother Parvati at the great request of all the gods. Lord Shiva reached Mata Parvati’s place in a procession.

In this procession, all kinds of people, ganas, demons, demons, deities, animals, insects, spiders, ghosts, vampires, and deranged people arrived at Mata Parvati’s place as baraatis.

4. Seeing such a procession, Goddess Parvati’s mother got scared and refused to hand over her daughter’s hand to Lord Shiva.

Mata Parvati saw that the situation was deteriorating, so she requested Lord Shiva to come dressed according to our customs.

After that Lord Shiva was bathed with divine water, prepared with flowers, and taken to Mother Parvati’s place. Only then did their marriage take place.

5. During marriage it is customary that the genealogy of the bride and groom is announced.

In this marriage, the genealogy of Mother Parvati was narrated with great fanfare, but when Lord Shiva’s turn came, everyone became calm.

According to religious beliefs, taking care of this matter, Dev Rishi Narad spoke about the qualities of Lord Shiva.