Dear Devotee,
> I also see a sculpture ,irking my eyes always, every time , I see
> that pillar where a sculpture depicts like this. It has brahma , in
> the form of holy-Swan flying up ?. and our almighty In the form of
> Boar trying to go down and in the center of which Shiva is there.
> They try to depict a story that Our beloved almighty and Brahma
> tried to find the origin of Shiva one trying to see his head and
the > other tail.
If this one merely irks your eyes, wait till you read accounts from
shiva/linga puranas & sharabhopanishad. The story of Nrsimha slain by
rudra in the form of sharabha. They twist the whole meaning of "harim
harantam..." yajurvedic mantra as "shiva who killed Hari (in the form
of Nrsimha)". In tamil nadu there is a shiva temple, if I remember
correctly, where he is called "sattainathar" - shiva who is wearing
the skin of vishnu for clothes!
You have to take them as the hostility of shaivas & vaishnavas in
yesteryears channelized through literary means. Vaishnavas have given
the shaivas their due in their puranas. For example, in Harivamsha,
there is a story on how shiva became nIlakanTha - Vishnu choked shiva
to such an extent that shiva started begging for mercy. The mark from
the choking became permanent on Shiva's throat.
Regards,
Kasturi Rangan .K
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