shiv ki puja anant faldayi pan. sunil joshi junnarakar shiv ki sharan lene se param pad ki prapti hoti hai- shiva bhutva shiv yajet arthat shiv banakar hi shiv ka pujan karen. sunne men yah bara vichitra sa lagta hai, kintu yah ishvar ki abhed upasna hai. vastutah sakhya bhav navdha bhaktiyon men pramukh hai. sakha bhakti men maitri bhav se ishvar ki upasna ki jati hai. shri krishn aur arjun donon mitra hain kyonki saman gun vale vyakti hi mitra hote hain, virodhi svabhav vale nahin. islie kaha jata men ane vale vyavdhan, kasht adi rupi vish ko chup chap pi len- isi men hamara aur dusron ka kalyan nihit hai.
satyam shivam sundaram- shiv shabd anand ka bodhak hai. jab hamara man shiv sankalp se yukt hota hai to hamen sara sansar sundar dikhai deta hai. hamare tan ki kurupta ojhal hone lagti hai aur hamare netron se, vani se arai karm s e sandai rya jhalakan e lagta h,ai tab sara sansar shivamay dikhai deta hai. shvetashvatropnishad ke adhyay 4 ke 10 ven shlok men kaha gaya hai- mayan tu prakritin vidyanmayinan tu maheshvaram. tasyavyvbhutaistu vyaptan sarvamidan jagat.. prakriti ko maya janna chahie aur maheshvar ko mayavadi. usi ke avyvbhut (ansh) se yah sanpurn jagat vyapt hai arthat sanpurn jagat men shiv hi shiv samaya hua hai.
shiv mahimn stotra men kaha gaya hai- he sharad! ap sab m ne vyapt hanai. ap akane ar pad se rig, yaju, sam (tinon vedon), jagrat, svapn, sushupti (tinon avasthaon), svarg, mrityu, patal (tinon lokon) aur brahma, vishnu, rudra (tinon devtaon) adi mayik prapanchon (vikaron) ko dharan kie hue hain. inse pare jo vikar rahit, vilakshan aur chaitanya svarup hai, vahi chaitha ‘turiya’ apka pavitra dham hai. onkar ka chandra bindu, jise sukshm dhvani dvara ingit kiya jata hai, sabhi jiv-atmaon ke andar sthit param pita ‘onkareshvar’ ki jo sharan grahan kar leta hai use yah turiya pad prapt ho jata hai. shiv ke param dham turiya ko adhik spasht karne ke lie mandukyopnishad ke pratham agam prakaran ka 12 van shlok yahan prastut hai. amatrashchaturtho avyavharyah prapanchopshmah shivo'dvait. evmonkar atmaiv sanvishantyatmanatmanan y evan ved..
matra rahit onkar turiya atma hi hai. vah avyavharya, prapanchopasham, shant, shiv aur advait hai, jo ise is prakar janta hai vah svatah apni atma men hi pravesh kar jata hai. shiv jyetirling: bahut se agyanijan shivling ko bhagvan shankar ki sharirik indriya mante hain, jo galat hai. sanskrit bhasha men ling ka arth hota hai chihn ya pratik. shivling ko jyotirling kaha jata hai. yah jyotirling sabhi praniyon ke hriday men mahajyoti ke rup men vidyaman hai, yahi atma hai. jyotirling hi nirgun nirakar brahm ka pratik hai. gita ke anusar, ‘vah parmatma suryadi jyotiyon ka bhi jyoti aur agyanrupi andhkar se pare kaha jata hai. vah gyan, gyaey aur gyanagamya hai tatha sabke hriday men sthit hai’. srishti ke praranbh men agyanrupi andhkar ka vinash karne ke lie bhagvan shiv hi svayan jyotirling ke rup men prakat hue.