This very prayer became well known as the 'Shiva Mahimna Stotra'. In this prayer he sung the greatness of the Lord. He then designed a prayer to Lord Shiva for forgiveness. The thief Pushhpadanta, not knowing this, stepped on the sacred Shiva Nirmaalya, and by that he incurred the wrath of Lord Shiva and lost the divine power of invisibility.
which have been used in worshipping Lord Shiva. Shiva Nirmaalya consists of the Bilva leaves, flowers, etc. He tried very hard to capture the thief, but in vain, because the Gandharvas have divine power to remain invisible.įinally the king spread the sacred Shiva Nirmaalya in his garden. One day a Gandharva (Heavenly Singer in the court of Indra, the Lord of the Heaven) named Pushhpadanta being fascinated by the beautiful flowers, began to steal them, as a consequence of which king Chitraratha could not offer flowers to Lord Shiva. There were beautiful flowers in this garden, which were used every day by the king in worshipping Lord Shiva. The Shiva Mahimna Stotra is very popular among the devotees of Lord Shiva and is considered one of the best among all Stotras (or Stutis) offered to Lord Shiva.Ī king named Chitraratha, who was a great devotee of lord Shiva, had constructed a nice royal garden.
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