The eternal love between Mahadev and Sati Maa has
been immortalized in this world and will be remembered till the end of times
and beyond. I am writing this story on the basis of Puranik Kathas, Devon ke
Dev Mahadev and Goswami Tulsidas’s Shree Ramcharitmanas .
I believe it is time to spread such stories so that
our youngsters do not remain ignorant about our religion, culture and heritage.
With the blessings of Mahadev, I will begin my story.
Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu were hoping for Aadi
Shakti and Aadi Purush (Mahadev) to unite and bless their creation even
further. During these times Daksh Prajapati, a son of Brahma and Aditi performed a severe penance to beget another
daughter. He was the proud father of thirteen exceptional daughters before this
(and would be having total of 24 daughters all in all), yet he always found
something missing in his life, hence the penance. Aadi Shakti was very pleased
with him and promised to be born as his fourteenth daughter
Overjoyed Daksh returned and soon Prasuti and he
were blessed with a beautiful daughter. They named her Sati (the feminine form
of truth) as per the wish of Aadi Shakti herself. Sati, from her childhood,
showed all signs of greatness and was the darling of everyone around,
especially her father. Daksh doted on her and pampered her to no end. Time
seemed to fly and very soon Sati was of marriageable age, which set Daksh
worrying about finding the perfect the groom. He wanted to give up his gems
only to the most deserving groom. He approached his father Brahma, who told
him, Aadi Shakti could only be married to Aadi Purush and Daksh agreed.
This is not what has been shown in Devon Ke Dev
Mahadev, however, so I beg the indulgence of my readers. This is written in the
Purans. After many hurdles they were arrived but were never, wholeheartedly
blessed by Daksh. Soon after their wedding the couple was invited to attend a
ceremony, which they attended in all their splendor. Daksh too was an invitee
and was received very warmly by everyone present. In respect to his prominence,
everyone but Mahadev stood up in greeting. Daksh was very annoyed and pledged
to organize a huge ‘Yajñá (यज्ञ)’ and invite all prestigious people to the most
common people to the ‘Yajñá’ but not Mahadev and Sati Maa.
Mahadev is ‘Trikaal Darshi’ and he had seen this
future event and the outcome too, that was exactly the reason why he had not
been ready to wed Sati Maa (as Aadi Shakti had been born as a human and had no
recollection of her original form). As destiny would have it, Sati Maa was
adamant about attending the ‘Yajñá’ invited or not. She refuted all advice, and
told Mahadev in no uncertain terms that she could not think of any discomfort in her own father’s
house and go she must. All appeal fell on deaf ears, as even Gods are not
spared by destiny when they are born as humans.
There is another tale too, which I have read in Shree
Ramcharitmanas and seen in Devon Ke Dev too. Once, Mahadev was relating the
story of Shri Ram to Sati and he told her that even in his human form Ramji
knew that he was an incarnation of Lord Visnu and was able to recognize all the
Gods. This was very perplexing for Sati, maybe because she had not yet been
connected to her real self and so she decided to test Shri Ram. However when
she disclosed her plans before Mahadev, he was horrified and forbade her to do
so. The human trait within Sati did not pay heed nor did she try to understand why she had been asked to desist. She soon
went to the sea shore where Shri Ram was searching for Sita in Dandak Aaranya. Here Sati Maa made her second and an unpardonable
mistake, to test Shri Ram she disguised herself as Sita Maa. She was not able
to fool Shri Ram, he immediately recognized her and asked her to bless him, and
he also addressed her as mother.
The enormity of her folly struck Sati but the deed
was already done and she could do nothing to undo what was already done. Mahadev not
thought it fit to disturb Shri Ram, so after Sati Maa came back, both returned
to Kailash. An infuriated Mahadev informed Sati that she had lost the right to sit on his
left side (Vamangi) as his wife because she had taken the form of Sita, whom he
worshiped as mother. This further saddened Sati Maa and she resolved to go to
her father’s ‘Yajñá’ come what may. It is believed that Sati Maa had lost her
purity and thus had to shed her human form to become Mahadev’s true partner in
life.
Sati Maa was insulted by Daksh on her arrival and
when he abused Mahadev in the vilest of language, she could bear it no more.
She took her real form (Aadi Shakti) and self-immolated herself. The wrath of
Mahadev could not be withstood by anyone and Daksh had to pay with his life.
However, Mahadev brought him back to life at the ardent prayers of Prasuti and
all the people who were present at the venue.
So deeply did Mahadev love Sati that he carried away
her body and roamed about in abject misery? At last to stop his anguish from
destroying “Shristi”, Vishnu Bhagwan parted the body of Sati Maa into 51 parts and scattered them in different places on the
earth. These places were converted into Shakti Peeths by Mahadev and then he
went away to an unknown place to meditate and pledged never again to be pulled
into any relationship. He wanted to meditate and teach himself to be an ascetic
from there
on. Who among us can hold a candle to this colossal love? No one ever can.
HAR HAR MAHADEV!!!
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