AGNISTHA PARAD SHIVLINGA Nigdi, Pune, Maharashtra

SUVARNARUPI RASLINGA According to ancient metallurgy, metals are also meant as representatives of gods. As mercury (Parad) is considered or said to be the semen (seed) of Lord Shiva, likewise gold and coper is also the representative of Mata Parvati (Mahadevi). MAKING OF SUVARNA RASLINGA WITH MERCURY (PARAD) AND COPPER. After undergiong the process of ASHTASANSKAAR (eight stages of purification) as per the 'Parad Samhita', mercury (Parad) is called as 'Siddhaparad or Agnibaddha Parad. Only such parad has the capacity to withstand at high temperature in the heating process, and only this agnibadhha parad has the power of converting copper into a yellowish golden metal. Copper is melted in the furnace at a very high temperature about 1050 degrees and at the same time mercury is also melted separately. When both the metals melt down, mercury is slowly poured into the crucible of molten copper. This process of mixing the two metals, results in a small explosion with a big crackling sound and thick smoke.The final result of this mixture is the new yellowish golden metal. This metal is again melted in the furnace at about 1050 degrees and then die-casted to make the Shivlinga. A Shivlinga made from this new metal is known as the ‘Suvarna Raslinga’ in Parad Samhita. After the final finishing treatments like grinding, buffing and polishing it is coated with a one gram gold plating which gives the shivlinga a golden look.

Everybody who worships Shiva, the great god of Hindus, or those who have seen Shiva-worship, know what Shiva-Lingam is. Shiva Lingam, also called as Pindi is composed of two parts. The central oval mass standing like a pillar is ‘Bana’ and around this Bana there is an oval or oblong ‘Salunka’ or ‘Vedi’. By looking at this Lingam no sensible person can imagine a sexual union. But unfortunately the Western scholars wrongly associated this Lingam with the phallus, a male sexual organ, and saw obscenity in this worship. They say that Bana is the penis and Salunka is the vagina, a female sex organ, and thus copulation is represented in the Shiva-Lingam. By any stretch of imagination, we cannot see the two sex organs in the Lingam. The Bana appears to have come out, upwards through the Salunka; it is not penetrating down into the Salunka, to think of sexual symbolism. Some scholars say that the conception of phallicism occurred to the primitive people and they started this Shiva-Linga - worship. It is an established fact that the philosophy of the Upanishads has made the thinkers of the modern world almost blind by its dazzling light of knowledge. The people who attained such a high quality of wisdom and philosophy cannot be condemned as primitive. Those philosophers were worshipping Shiva Lingam. Can that be sexual symbolism? Can a person who has got his own sex organ, ever go to a temple to see the same thing there? Impossible.Those, who say of Shiva Lingam as sexual symbol, are themselves primitive,because they cannot see anything else but sexuality.   Why did this sense of phallicism arise? It is because those people took wrong meaning of the word ‘Lingam.’ Lingam is, now, taken as a word suggesting sex, but its original meaning is a ‘sign’ or ‘symbol’. For example,Mahatma Gandhi was recognized by his charkha, while a doctor is recognized by his stethoscope. Charkha and stethoscope are the signs or symbols of Mahatma Gandhi and a Doctor respectively. In Sanskrit we would say Charkha is the Lingam of Gandhiji, while stethoscope is the Lingam of Doctor. Similarly Lingam of Gandhiji is Charkha. Formerly it was said that the Lingam of Indra was Vajra, Lingam of Brahmadeva was lotus. Thus ‘Linga’ means a sign or symbol by which a particular person is recognized. This is the basic meaning of Lingam and in this basic sense Kathopanishad 2/3/8 says, “The Purusha which is superior to unmanifested Brahma has no “Lingam”. Later on, with the same basic meaning the word Lingam was applied to the organ by which male and female are distinguished; and that meaning later became more popular. Now, with these clear basic ideas let us think of Shiva Lingam. Before considering the ‘lingam’, let us see what Shiva Himself is. For this consideration we will refer to Vyasa, author of the epic Mahabharata and the oldest and the greatest of the intellectuals and historians. Vyasa was also a great sage, a seer, who had achieved superhuman powers, the Siddhis. He has written so many books of such a high quality that there is no comparison for him in the whole world. Let us see what Vyasa says about Shiva.

Mercury (parad) is also known as quicksliver or flowing metal. The glory of parad shivlinga has been stated in the puranas, shastras and tantra text. It is said to be the semen (seed) of Lord Shiva. To contain or bind mercury is very difficult, that too by medicinal herbs only. In the ancient grantha(book) named Parad Samhita many rare medicinal herbs are mentioned which can help in the process of purifying mercury and removing all the dosha (ill effect) from it to make it stable and solid. Some important herbs like Chitrak, Nakhshinkani, Vyagrapadhi, Shankpushpi, Bhilavaa, Putrajivika, Laajwanti, Neem, Shami, Soamlata, Jatamaasi, Vakratundi, Kanguni, Jalakumbhi, Mahakali, Dantimool, Kumpari, Devdaali, Aawala, Indravan, Bel,Safed palas, Dudhi, Shivlingi, Safed gunj ect. play an important role in the purification procces. After this stage mercury (parad) comes completely in a pure from by undergoing the Ashtasanskar (eight stages of purification) as per the parad Samhita. Only such stable and solid form of mercury can withstand at very high temperature when heated. It can also be made to powder by crushing as well as can be turned into liquid form by heating agian. This siddha parad is then formed to make the unique Murtibaddha or Agnibaddha 'Parad Shivlinga'.Caution :Be careful while handling the parad Shivlinga. If it comes in contact with gold or gold plated ornaments it has the power to change the color of gold into white or ser in color. This itself proves the purity and authenticity of our products.