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30 May 2023

• 09:5109:51, 30 May 2023 diff hist +2,589 O King, when that uncontrollable poison was forcefully spreading up and down in all directions, all the demigods, along with the Lord Himself, approached Lord Siva (Sadasiva). Feeling unsheltered and very much afraid, they sought shelter of him No edit summary current
• 09:5109:51, 30 May 2023 diff hist +6,004 Lord Narayana is celebrated as a lover of His devotees, and as soon as He understood that Lord Siva was in great danger, He appeared as a brahmacari and personally approached Lord Siva to receive him from a distant place No edit summary current
• 09:5109:51, 30 May 2023 diff hist +3,593 Generally those who are very fond of material prosperity approach Lord Siva for such benediction No edit summary current
• 09:3509:35, 30 May 2023 diff hist +3,512 The remnants of foodstuff offered to Lord Krsna are called prasada, but when the same prasada is eaten by a great devotee like Lord Siva, it is called maha-prasada No edit summary current
• 09:3509:35, 30 May 2023 diff hist +3,065 There is an instance of a great devotee of Lord Siva who obtained a boon from Lord Siva that the head of whomever he touched with his hand would come off its trunk No edit summary current
• 09:3509:35, 30 May 2023 diff hist +5,255 Since he (Jarasandha) possessed demoniac qualities from birth, naturally he became a great devotee of Lord Siva, who is the lord of all ghostly and demoniac men No edit summary current
• 09:2809:28, 30 May 2023 diff hist +1,759 On another day a great devotee of Lord Siva, chanting of Lord Siva's qualities, came to Lord Caitanya's house, where he began dancing in the courtyard and playing his damaru (a musical instrument) No edit summary current
• 09:2809:28, 30 May 2023 diff hist +4,484 Nalakuvara and Manigriva were great devotees of Lord Siva, but because of material opulence they became so extravagant and senseless that one day they were enjoying with naked girls in a lake and shamelessly walking here and there No edit summary current
• 09:2709:27, 30 May 2023 diff hist +8,212 He (Parasara) was spiritual master of Maharaja Janaka and a great devotee of Lord Siva. He is the author of many Vedic scriptures and sociological directions No edit summary current
• 09:2709:27, 30 May 2023 diff hist +7,271 He (Durvasa Muni) was a great devotee of Lord Siva, and by Lord Siva's order he accepted the priesthood of King Svetaketu because of the King's performance of sacrifice for one hundred years No edit summary current
• 09:2709:27, 30 May 2023 diff hist +4,360 Here in this narration we find that although Banasura was a great devotee of Lord Siva, when he faced death by Krsna, Lord Siva was not able to save him. But Lord Siva appealed to Krsna to save his devotee, and this was sanctioned by the Lord No edit summary current

29 May 2023

• 14:0114:01, 29 May 2023 diff hist +2,367 These great personalities (Marici, Daksa and Vasistha) arranged for a great sacrifice, for which demigods like Indra and the fire-gods assembled with their followers. Lord Brahma and Lord Siva were also present No edit summary current
• 14:0014:00, 29 May 2023 diff hist +2,774 Thereafter, the demigods, the great saintly persons, the inhabitants of Pitrloka and Bhutaloka, the demons, the followers of the demigods, and also Lord Brahma, Lord Siva and the demigods subordinate to Indra all returned to their respective homes No edit summary current
• 13:5913:59, 29 May 2023 diff hist +2,000 My dear Vidura, all the followers of Lord Siva surrounded the arena of sacrifice. They were of short stature and were equipped with various kinds of weapons; their bodies appeared to be like those of sharks, blackish and yellowish No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 29 May 2023 diff hist +4,176 Lord Siva's followers and devotees, headed by Virabhadra, are known as viras, and they are ghostly demons No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 29 May 2023 diff hist +4,614 In order to resume the activities of sacrifice, the brahmanas first arranged to purify the sacrificial arena of the contamination caused by the touch of Virabhadra and the other ghostly followers of Lord Siva No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 29 May 2023 diff hist +7,458 He (Siva) stressed worshiping Lord Krsna, or Govinda, three times in this verse (Bhaja Govindam) and especially warned his followers that they could not possibly achieve deliverance, or mukti, simply by word jugglery and grammatical puzzles No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 29 May 2023 diff hist +7,910 Followers of Lord Siva, who are drunkards, who are addicted to intoxicants and sex life, who do not bathe and who smoke ganja, are against all human etiquette No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 29 May 2023 diff hist +1,785 Dhruva Maharaja went to the northern direction of the Himalayan range. In a valley he saw a city full of ghostly persons who were followers of Lord Siva No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 29 May 2023 diff hist +2,761 By blaspheming the principles of the Vedas, which are the pure and supreme path of the saintly persons, certainly you followers of Bhutapati, Lord Siva, will descend to the standard of atheism without a doubt No edit summary current
• 13:5713:57, 29 May 2023 diff hist +2,935 As a follower it was right for him (Nandisvara) not to tolerate an insult to his master (Siva), but he should not have cursed the brahmanas who were present No edit summary current
• 13:4813:48, 29 May 2023 diff hist +4,598 When one is simply in the mode of ignorance, one becomes a devotee of Lord Siva because Lord Siva is the predominating deity of the mode of ignorance within this material world No edit summary current
• 13:4813:48, 29 May 2023 diff hist +2,257 The Gajendra-moksana temple is sometimes mistaken for a temple of Lord Siva. It is about two miles south of the city of Kaivera (Nagercoil). Actually the Deity is not of Lord Siva but of Visnu No edit summary current
• 13:4713:47, 29 May 2023 diff hist +3,056 The deity of Bhagalin is worshiped with the prasada of Visnu, and also, in the famous Lord Siva temple of Bhuvanesvara, the prasada of Lord Visnu or Lord Jagannatha is offered to the deity of Lord Siva. This is the Vaisnava principle No edit summary current
• 13:4713:47, 29 May 2023 diff hist +4,815 There is the Deity of Kurma there (at the holy place known as Kurmacala), and Srila Ramanujacarya was thrown from Jagannatha Puri to this place. At that time he thought that the Deity of Kurma was Lord Siva’s deity; therefore he was fasting there No edit summary current
• 13:4613:46, 29 May 2023 diff hist +27 Panagadi (Pannakudi) is about thirty miles south of Tirunelveli. Formerly the temple there contained the Deity of Sri Ramacandra, but later the devotees of Lord Siva replaced Lord Ramacandra with a deity of Lord Siva named Ramesvara or Rama-linga Siva No edit summary current
• 13:4613:46, 29 May 2023 diff hist +9 It is understood that formerly there was a Deity of Lord Ramacandra there (in Vatapani). Later the Deity was replaced with a deity of Lord Siva known as Ramesvara or Bhutanatha No edit summary current
• 13:4613:46, 29 May 2023 diff hist −10 It is said that on the northern side of the temple (of Ekacakra-grama) there was a Deity of Lord Siva named Bhandisvara and that the father of Nityananda Prabhu, Hadai Pandita, used to worship that Deity No edit summary current
• 13:4513:45, 29 May 2023 diff hist −10 It (Mallikarjuna) is a deity of Lord Siva and is one of the Jyotir-lingas No edit summary current
• 13:4513:45, 29 May 2023 diff hist −10 In that temple (of Radha-Krsna and Gaura-Nityananda established by Sri Madhusudana Mullik in Calcutta in the Bengali year 1256) there is also a small Deity of Lord Siva as Gopesvara. This is all described on a stone by the side of the entrance door No edit summary current
• 13:4513:45, 29 May 2023 diff hist +3,641 He is always in the transcendental position, but because He is worshiped by Lord Siva, the deity of tamo-guna or darkness, He is sometimes called tamasi No edit summary current
• 13:4513:45, 29 May 2023 diff hist +6,858 A Vaisnava's visit to the temple of Lord Siva, for example, is different from a nondevotee’s visit. The nondevotee considers the deity of Lord Siva an imaginary form because he ultimately thinks that the Supreme Absolute Truth is void No edit summary current
• 13:4513:45, 29 May 2023 diff hist +2,602 At Vrddhakola, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu visited the temple of Sveta-varaha, the white boar incarnation. After offering Him respects, the Lord visited the temple of Lord Siva, wherein the deity is dressed with yellow garments No edit summary current

27 May 2023

• 13:4013:40, 27 May 2023 diff hist +6,497 When this (yawning) weapon is released, the opposing party becomes tired, stops fighting and begins to yawn. Consequently, Lord Siva became so fatigued that he refused to fight anymore and began yawning No edit summary current
• 13:4013:40, 27 May 2023 diff hist +6,753 When Lord Siva released his personal weapon, called Pasupata-astra, Krsna immediately counteracted it with the Narayana-astra. Lord Siva then became exasperated in fighting with Lord Krsna. Krsna then took the opportunity to release His yawning weapon No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 27 May 2023 diff hist +7,794 This incident of the fight between the ultimate weapons of Lord Siva and Lord Krsna proves that if Krsna gives someone protection, no one can kill him, and if Krsna does not give one protection, no one can save him No edit summary current
• 13:3913:39, 27 May 2023 diff hist +5,612 The fighting (Siva against Krsna and Balarama) was so fierce that those who saw the battle were struck with wonder, and the hairs on their bodies stood up No edit summary current
• 13:3813:38, 27 May 2023 diff hist +5,221 News of the fighting (Siva fighting with Krsna and Balarama) spread all over the universe No edit summary current
• 13:3713:37, 27 May 2023 diff hist +3,043 Lord Siva, who was affectionate toward Brhaspati, joined Brhaspati. The father of Brhaspati was Angira, from whom Lord Siva had received knowledge. Therefore Lord Siva had some affection for Brhaspati and joined his side in this fight No edit summary current
• 13:3713:37, 27 May 2023 diff hist +4,155 If one remembers in the morning the narration of this fight between Lord Krsna and Lord Siva and takes pleasure in the victory of Lord Krsna, he will never experience defeat anywhere in his struggle of life No edit summary current
• 13:3613:36, 27 May 2023 diff hist +2,433 Arjuna was a famous fighter, and he attained fame by fighting many great demigods, including even Lord Siva. BG 1972 purports No edit summary current
• 13:2013:20, 27 May 2023 diff hist +3,356 While Lord Siva observed the beautiful woman (Mohini-murti) playing with the ball, She sometimes glanced at him and slightly smiled in bashfulness No edit summary current
• 13:2013:20, 27 May 2023 diff hist +2,420 This woman (Mohini-murti), who had large, high hips, was a woman of yogamaya presented by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. She released Herself somehow or other from the fond embrace of Lord Siva's arms and ran away No edit summary current
• 13:1913:19, 27 May 2023 diff hist +2,934 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks that Mohini-murti dragged Lord Siva to so many places, especially to where the great sages lived, to instruct the sages that their Lord Siva had become mad for a beautiful woman No edit summary current
• 13:1913:19, 27 May 2023 diff hist +2,576 Since Lord Siva was being harassed by the woman (Mohini-murti), it is to be understood that this was being done not by a woman but by Lord Visnu Himself No edit summary current
• 13:1513:15, 27 May 2023 diff hist +6,597 Lord Siva, who is considered to be most tolerant, was also struck by Cupid's arrow because he also became mad after the Mohini incarnation of the Lord and acknowledged himself to be defeated No edit summary current
• 13:1413:14, 27 May 2023 diff hist +3,076 Lord Brahma's being captivated by the charms of his daughter and Lord Siva's being captivated by the Mohini form of the Lord are specific instances which instruct us that even great demigods like Brahma and Lord Siva, are captivated by the beauty of woman No edit summary current
• 13:1413:14, 27 May 2023 diff hist +2,112 Just as a maddened bull elephant follows a female elephant who is able to conceive pregnancy, Lord Siva followed the beautiful woman (Mohini-murti) and discharged semen, even though his discharge of semen never goes in vain No edit summary current
• 13:1313:13, 27 May 2023 diff hist +2,629 Following Mohini, Lord Siva went everywhere - near the shores of the rivers and lakes, near the mountains, near the forests, near the gardens, and wherever there lived great sages No edit summary current
• 13:1313:13, 27 May 2023 diff hist +2,202 Being embraced by Lord Siva like a female elephant embraced by a male, the woman (Mohini-murti), whose hair was scattered, swirled like a snake No edit summary current