||Sri Ram Jayram Jaya Jaya Ram||

Chapter – 40 – Dhoha – 39

The grand procession of the celestial wedding of Lord Mahadeva

The deities began preparations for the celestial wedding, they decorated all the celestial vehicles and abodes and they have witnessed auspicious and happiest signs all over the world. The celestial Gandharvas and Apsaras performed music and dances in extreme bliss. The Ganas of Lord Shambhu immersed in the decoration of the groom, they tied the locks of hair on the uppermost part of the head and decorated with serpents, he was adorned in earrings and garland of serpents, his entire body was smeared in sacred ashes, he was attired in the skin of the lion, his forehead spread intense luster of the crescent moon on the hair locks, and Goddess Ganga on the pinnacle of the hair locks, beautiful eyes were decorated, serpents were decorated as a sacred thread across the chest, his throat shone in bluish color, he was adorned in the garland of skulls, although he was dressed up in a unique way, he was looked serene and auspicious.  Lord Shiva was holding Damaru and trident, thus he mounted on the celestial bull and began the journey to the abode of Mount Himavan.

The female deities laughed at Lord Shiva and spoke “ It is impossible to find a bride for this groom”, Lord Vishnu, Lord Bhrama and all the deities traveled on their respective celestial vehicles to the abode of Himavan. The gatherings of deities were entirely different from the groom and his Ganas. Lord Vishnu gave instructions to Dikpalakas to take a position in the grand procession, Lord Shambhu smiled at the command of Lord Vishnu and he called for Bhringi to bring all the Ganas to participate in the grand procession. Lord Shiva laughed at his Ganas who arrived in various appearance and their amusing vehicles. The Ganas had hilarious  appearance, some had no head and others had numerous heads, some had no hands and legs and others had several hands and legs, some had no eyes and others had several eyes, some of them were too short and some were  large-sized, some of them had a delicate body and others had massive form, some of them were clean and others were dirty, they were decorated in utterly shocking jewels, holding skulls and their body were smeared in blood, some had the faces of the donkey, dog, pig and fox, they were attired in laughable garments, thus the groom accompanied by numberless spirits,  ghosts, Yogis, Pishacha, etc.  These Bhoothaganas were singing and dancing and taking great pleasure in the procession, they looked too ignorant and witty engaged in various amusements. In this way, a long crowd of groom’s people moved towards the palace of Himavan who decorated the whole city that was beyond description.

Himavan has invited numerous mountains and hills, forests, ocean, rivers, and ponds to take part in the celestial wedding were assumed in the form of handsome humans and attended the wedding followed with their families and children.  They sang auspicious songs praising the bride and groom, Himavan already arranged several fortresses for his guests, the whole city of Himavan was decorated at the supervision of Lord Bhrama. The whole city was decorated attractively, with pleasure gardens, streams, and rivers.  The houses in the city were decorated with flags and various decoratives, the men and women in the city were attired in magnificent clothes looked fascinating, even to the ascetics. The birthplace of Jagathjanani/Paramba was beyond comparison, it flourished with rich natural and mineral resource, wealth, auspiciousness, Siddhis, and happiness.