Shukresh Shiv
Aware
of immense spiritual energy of lord Shiva and his matchless benevolence
Shukrachray who is in the habit of
worshipping lord Krishna by chanting his mantra reached Kashi at the bank of Holy river Ganga and sat down to please
him. He prepared a shivling of earth and bathed it one lakh times with
panchamrit i.e. gangajal, ghee, honey, milk and curd. Regularly he would paste
sandalwood paste on the shivling and offer all auspicious articles to please
him.
His devotion to his lord created
thousands of his names which he chanted all the time to win the heart of his
lord. No being can please a spiritual being without purging his chitta
which represents causal body or ling sharir and is the cause of
existence. Shukrachary purged his chitta by focusing on names, properties and
form of lord Shiv day and night. This took him a thousand years. Lord Shiv then
one day appeared from the Shiv ling, smiling and resplendent spreading
scintillating brilliant light that knows not the existence of darkness.
“Blessed son of sage Bhrigu! You are
virtually abode of penance and austerity. I am pleased with you. Seek anything.
There is nothing that you do not deserve now.” Said a generous bestower of
boons who is ever committed to usurp evil tendencies from the mind.
The devout servant however did not ask for
anything. So overwhelmed was he that he remained lying prostate in the feet of
his lord without lifting even his face.
His tongue repeated only glorious names of his lord in gratitude and
praise. Lord Shiv was so moved by his selfless devotion that he lifted him in
his arms and said,-“Having purified yourself by such penance, you are now as
deer to me as my son You will enter my body and take rebirth from my ling. I
bestow upon you the rarest of science of sanjeevani which will empower you to
resurrect anyone. You will be as glowing and resplendent as sun and moon and
will rule as a shining main planet in the galaxy. This ling which you have
worshipped to please me, will be known as Shukresh ling and whosoever will
worship this, shall be bestowed with powerful semen and multitude of
progenies”. Blessing him the lord
disappeared leaving behind a trail of peace, bliss and prosperity of all kinds
on his devotee who is immortal and most powerful in his function as semen to
carry out the lineage of all beings.
hi Manjula, wanted to ask you a quick question, where did you get the content of this story, would want to know more about this ling. can you help me with some literature around this, i searched the net but nothing is available. Thanks.
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