Phallic Worship of Shiva

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Sages ask Suta to narrat the story behind the worship of phallic formof Shiva to which Sage Sutasays that once upon a time in the forestof daruka, sages were all devotees of lord Shiva and worshipping himdaily. to test their devotion, lord Shiva comes in the form of anaked person (avadhoota) with ashes smeared all over is body,standing there and holding his penis. the wives of the sages wereextremely frightened at this sight while other women excited,surprised and approached lord Shiva. some embraced him, others heldhis hands and the women were engrossed in struggling with oneanother. meanwhile the great sages came there and seeing lord Shivaengaged in perverse activities, they were pained and infuriated.deluded by siva maya and plunged in grief, the sages asked the nakedperson who he is but Shiva does not reply. then the sages curseShiva that his penis fall on the ground since he is actingpervertedly in violation of the vedic path.due to the curse of the sages, the penis of that avadhoota fell downand burnt everything and wherever it went, it began to burneverything there. the penis went all over the earth, patala andheaven and never remained steady anywhere and kept on going places.unable to comprehend Shiva maya, the sages and gods approached lordbrahma to find a solution to stop the penis from burning everythingeverywhere. then lord brahma says that if a guest comes to theashram of sages, he must be treated with respect even if he isavadhoota. since this avadhoota instead of getting respect gotcursed, the penis would not become stationary which bodes bad for allthe three worlds. to make the penis stationary and steady, lordbrahma advises the gods and sages to propitiate goddess parvati andpray her to assume the form of vagina so that it holds the penis.lord brahma also states that a pot shall be placed over it and waterfrom holy centres shall be poured into the pot along with the sproutsof durva and barley invoked with vedic mantras. the penis held inthe vagina thus shall be drenched in water with sata rudriyamantras. parvati in the form of vaginal passage and an auspiciousarrow shall form as the pedestal wherein the phallus shall beinstalled with vedic mantras. the Shivalinga then shall bepropitiated with the offerings of sandal paste, fragrant flowers,incense and other things as well as by food offerings and other formsof worship. with prostrations, holy hymns, bhajans and songs heshall be propitiated further with svastyayana mantras etc.thus pleased, lord Shiva tells the gods and sages that if the penisis supported in the vaginal passage, it will immediately become quietand no woman other than parvati can hold his penis. then goddessparvati assumes the vagina form and holds the phallus and isworshipped by brahma, Vishnu, other gods and sages and the three worlds stayed in peace and happiness.

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