Penance of Devi Sati

(Ref: Shiva Purana - Rudra Samhita - Sati Khanda - 15)

Devi worshipping Shiva

• Devi Sati performs Nanda Vrata: Devi Sati performed Nanda Vrata to get Lord Shiva as her husband. She worshipped Lord Shiva with various food items and flowers at home with great devotion and concentrated mind on the following days:
- On Ashwina on the Nanda Tithi
- On Kartika Chaturdasi
- On Margashirsha Ashtami
- On Pausha Shukla Saptami
- On Magha Poornima
- On Chaitra Shukla Chaturdasi
- On Magha Shukla Tritiya
- On Jyestha Poornima
- On Ashadha Shukla Chaturdasi
- On Shravana Ashtami and Chaturdasi
- On Bhadra Krishna Trayodashi

• Shiva bestows boon: After completion of Her Vrata, Brahma, Vishnu and other devas went to the abode of Shiva and requested Him to accept Sati as His wife. Shiva agreed and finally appearing before Sati told Her to ask for a boon. Overpowered by shyness, Sati told Shiva to bestow a boon according to His liking. Shiva said: "Become my wife".

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4. Festivals
5. Saints: Ramakrishna - Vivekananda - Ramana
6. Sadhana
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8. Nature

Meditation on Earth and Life: >>

Om, May there be Peace in Heaven,
May there be Peace in the Sky,
May there be Peace in the Earth,

(Shanti Mantra of Upanishad)

Preserve Nature,
And Nature will preserve Us,
Simplify Life,
And help Nature thrive,
Plant Trees,
And make our planet Green.

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