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Lord
Maheswar made this Mount as his permanent abode and lived ever
after, coming to the rescue of genuine bhaktas, bent upon augmenting
the community of devout god-seekers. Here is an illustration - there
came once a mystic by name Panditharadhya to adore the Lord. It so
turned out that he was constrained to demonstrate the superiority of
bhakta over sage. He argued vehemently and in proof of his faith and
its merit, he bundled up burning charcoal pieces in a cotton piece
of cloth and placed it over the leaves of a nearby Sami tree.
Marvelous! Neither the cloth, nor the tender sami leaves bore the
marks of burning, although charcoal pieces issued forth flames. To
the wonderstruck spectators, Lord Siva gave darsan and endorsed that before devotion every thing else
is nothing.
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