[FONT=comic sans ms,sans-serif]# 23 (B). SAAROOPYA MUKTHI.
Siva took the form of a very old man and reached Gowri's house.He told her that he was terribly hungry. Gowri wanted to offer him food but the doors were locked!
The old man told her, "If you touch the doors with your hands, they will open." She tried it and the doors opened. She set to work in the kitchen while the tired old man rested for a while.
She served him tasty food till his hunger disappeared. But a strange thing happened then. The old man was now transformed to a very young handsome man!
His holy ash was transformed into sandal paste and his rudraaksham into golden beads! He was more handsome than Manmatha himself!
Gowri was shaken by this transformation. She hid herself in a corner of the house. The wedding party returned at that moment. The handsome young man now became a small baby. He started kicking his legs and crying very loudly.
The wedding party was bewildered to see the doors of the house wide open and a strange child crying in the house.
They threw out of the house Gowri along with the baby.
Not knowing what to do, Gowri kept on chanting the Paraasakthi mahaamantra.
Suddenly the baby vanished from her hands. Flowers rained from the sky. Gowri was blessed with Saaroopya mukthi.
She was transformed to another Uma Devi! Both the Uma Devis merged! Then they merged with Lord Siva and left for their heavenly abode.
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Siva took the form of a very old man and reached Gowri's house.He told her that he was terribly hungry. Gowri wanted to offer him food but the doors were locked!
The old man told her, "If you touch the doors with your hands, they will open." She tried it and the doors opened. She set to work in the kitchen while the tired old man rested for a while.
She served him tasty food till his hunger disappeared. But a strange thing happened then. The old man was now transformed to a very young handsome man!
His holy ash was transformed into sandal paste and his rudraaksham into golden beads! He was more handsome than Manmatha himself!
Gowri was shaken by this transformation. She hid herself in a corner of the house. The wedding party returned at that moment. The handsome young man now became a small baby. He started kicking his legs and crying very loudly.
The wedding party was bewildered to see the doors of the house wide open and a strange child crying in the house.
They threw out of the house Gowri along with the baby.
Not knowing what to do, Gowri kept on chanting the Paraasakthi mahaamantra.
Suddenly the baby vanished from her hands. Flowers rained from the sky. Gowri was blessed with Saaroopya mukthi.
She was transformed to another Uma Devi! Both the Uma Devis merged! Then they merged with Lord Siva and left for their heavenly abode.
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