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Another version
about the Hill is this. Once Parvati, the consort of Lord Siva, sportingly closed the eyes
of Siva for a short while (nimisha). The eyes of Lord Siva are the Moon and the Sun and
the Fire. As Parvati obstructed the vision of the eyes of Lord Siva, the sun, the moon and
fire could not perform their duties. As the nimisha of Lord Siva is equivalent to several
years in worldly computation, the clock of time had to be set back, which led to
miscalculations and upset all natural laws.
Many sages approached Lord Siva and Parvati and acquainted them of the situation. Lord
Siva reprimanded Parvati that she, being the Creator and Mother of this Universe, should
not have done this and the only remedy for it was to do penance (Prayaschitta). |
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