Friends, there is a story in Shivpuran that due to the boon of Parvati, there was a demon named Daruki who was immersed in ego. Her husband Daruk was also very powerful. She used to torment good men by taking many demons with him. She had a forest on the shore of the Western Sea, which was very prosperous. Daruki had given the responsibility of taking care of it to her husband Daruk. People prayed to the sages to drive them away. So the sages said that if these demons continue to kill creatures on earth and destroy the Yagya, then they themselves will also die. Hearing the curse, the gods took advantage of the opportunity and started fighting with them. Fearing the curse, the demons thought that even if they fight, they will be killed, and if they don’t fight, what will they eat, they will still be killed. Then Daruki remembered the boon granted by Parvati that she could go wherever she wanted with her forest and kin. On the advice of the demons, she blew up the entire forest and went on the water in the middle of the ocean. Seeing that incident, it seemed as if the mountains were flying in the sky with wings. Due to fear of the curse of Sage Aurva, those demons did not come to the land. Rather, they kept roaming in water only. They would bring people sitting on boats to their city, put them in jail and even kill some. Even while staying there, they continued to torment people in some way or the other. Just as people used to remain afraid when they were on land earlier, the same now started to remain when they were in water also. Once she came out of her city located in the demonic waters and stopped the way to earth to torment people. At the same time, many beautiful boats filled with people arrived from all around. Pleased with that, the demons soon caught them. They tied them in strong chains and put them in jail. There they were also reprimanded by demons, due to which they remained unhappy. Among those people, a devotee of Shiva named Supriya used to perform Shiva puja and used to teach it to all the other people and make them do it. Shiva also used to directly accept his offering material, but even Vaishya did not know this. One day the servant of the demon Daruk saw Lord Shiva directly in front of the Vaishya. When Daruk asked the merchant, he denied knowing. Daruk ordered him to be killed. When the demons came running to kill him, he started chanting Shivkirtan continuously. Due to this, Shiva appeared from that pit i.e. prison with a beautiful temple with four doors all around. Shiva killed all the demons by giving Pashupat weapon to Vaishya. Then he gave a boon that in this forest, the religions of all the four varnas will remain stable and there will be only devotees of Shiva here, there will never be any Tamoguni. Saddened by this, Daruki went crying to Parvati. Parvati quarreled with Shiva to protect those demons. With this Shiva told her to then do whatever she e wanted. Then Parvati told Shiva that your promise or boon would be implemented at the end of the era. Till then the evil world will remain. And said that this Daruki Rakshasi is my power, she is the strongest among all the Rakshasas, she should rule over the Rakshasas. These demons’ wives will give birth to their sons here. All of them together will reside in this forest with my permission. Then Shiva said that I will also reside in this forest to protect my devotees. The one who will see me lovingly while being established in his varna-ashrama-dharma, will be a Chakravarti king. Then after the end of Kaliyuga and the beginning of Satyayuga, the famous king named Veersen with his big army will become very mighty due to my devotion, and will come here and see me, and as a result will become the Chakravarti king. In this way, Shiva and Parvati, having fun and enjoying the pastimes, settled there. Shiva became famous by the name of Nageshwar Jyotirlinga and Parvati became famous by the name Nageshwari.
investigative analysis of myth
Daruk demon is the ego. His demonic wife Daruki is intellect. Many ideas arise from it. They are the demon children of these two. These keep people wandering here and there, make them worried, create fear etc. in them and create many vices. Many even die due to these defects. The west direction is the back part of the body. Forest is the area of the brain filled with hair, which is spread more towards the back of the body. Sagar aka ocean is the Muladhar area as both are situated at the lowest place. This mental confusion spreads in the brain itself. It is the ego that protects the body along with it. People go to gurus and sages for peace of this mess. The sage says that if the mental confusion continues to distract people like this, then how will they be able to work. And if they do not work, what will they earn and what will they eat? Due to this, if there are no people who become victims, then this mental mess which has become a hunter, whom it will eat to sustain life. Reassured by this, people keep this mental confusion under control and start doing their work. It is said in this way that knowing the opportunity, the gods started a war with those demons, because people are able to work only through the senses situated in the body in the form of gods. If this mental confusion keeps re-emerging from the mindset of yoga or meditation, then there occurs a witnessing of it itself, because people are busy in their work. This will itself destroy it. If it does not continue to appear, then how can it maintain its existence, that is, how can it remain alive? It has been said that if the demons fight with the gods, they will still be killed, and if they don’t, then what will they eat, hence they will still be killed. Meaning, people’s problems are their food, and the darkness of ignorance that increases due to them is their increased health. Due to this, the mental confusion becomes hidden in a subtle or latent or subconscious form. In a way, it hides in the dark sea of Mooladhar. In the middle of the ocean, in the depths, there is darkness because no ray of light can reach there. Any person who gets tired or upset with life and becomes depressed, in a way, goes boating in the sea of Muladhar, thinking that there are no earthly troubles of worldly life here. He gets peace for a short time, but then he falls into the trap of the dark subconscious mind. It is possible that during times of poverty, famine, epidemic, political or geographical crisis, many people may have collectively fallen prey to distress and depression. This is what many people going together in boats and descending into the sea has been said. The darkness experienced through the unconsciousness of the subconscious mind is likened to putting people by those demons into a dark prison cell. It is in the form of darkness that those demons haunt them. When old misdeeds buried in the subconscious mind are felt in the form of angry creatures or humans, perhaps this is the demons reprimanding those people. Many people get killed, meaning many people get sick and die from depression, and many commit suicide. A Shiva devotee meditates on Kundalini at Mooladhar in that dark state. Other people also get benefit from his satsang. The more darkness there is in that dark chamber of the subconscious mind, the more the Kundalini shines. Perhaps it is said that a demon saw Lord Shiva directly. The world of darkness prevents the Yogi from doing sadhana. Due to this, neither the light of the world remains in his mind because he has already left the world, nor of Sadhana, not of anyone. This state is similar to death. Perhaps it is said that the ego of the people in the form of Daruk ordered the death of Vaishya through worldly thoughts and things in the form of demons. Due to this, the seeker, out of fear of the world or stubborn anger towards it, intensifies his sadhana and awakens his Kundalini. Perhaps it is said that out of fear of those demons, the Vaishya started chanting Shivkirtan continuously and loudly. Then a temple with four doors appears, and Shiva is seated in it. Muladhara Chakra also has four petals. Kundalini awakening is the manifestation of Shiva. He destroys the demons in the form of mental confusion. Actually the subconscious mind is stuck to the soul in the form of darkness of the soul. When light is born in the soul, it itself gets destroyed.
Parvati is the form of nature aka Prakriti. She wants the expansion of the world, which is not possible without Tamoguna. Intellect or intelligence in the form of Daruki demon is her power. Meaning, the world expands only through intelligence. Intelligence is the most powerful sense. She creates many demonic thoughts by making the egoistic creature her husband i.e. her protector. Those thoughts, by marrying the demonic senses like hands and feet, i.e. by meeting them and with their cooperation, produce various types of worldly things. All those things are said to be the sons of those demons and demonesses. All of them live in the same forest-like brain which resides in the subtle form in the Muladhar. Worldly things may appear external, but they all exist in the mind only. It is only through the intellect that they are permitted to stay there, because if it wishes, it can get them all thrown out through yoga etc. Shivalinga, Shiva temple and Shivamurthy are also part of this forest, which protects the devotees. The person who will follow Varnochit Dharma i.e. Karmayoga and with the power generated from it will awaken kundalini by loving it in the form of Shiva , i.e. will have the darshan of Shiva, he will be a Chakravarti king, i.e. he will be such a soul whose all the chakras will be awakened or active. Kaliyug, Satyayug, all these are stages of life of people. Kaliyuga stage means man’s worldly stage full of competition and materialism. As long as this state exists, the defects of the mind will remain. When man evolves and enters the stage of Satyayuga, i.e. the stage of spiritual practice, then he kills these vices like a mighty warrior. This happens due to the power of Shiva, which means meditation of Shiva. From this he gets Kundalini awakening which means seeing Shiva, which is a state like Chakravarti king. Because the Muladhar Chakra, Kundalini Shakti and Sushumna Nadi are all associated with the serpent, the name of the Linga situated in Muladhar is Nageshwar and the Shakti associated with it is Nageshwari. The mysterious story of King Veersen related to this will be described in the next post.
Demystifying Kundalini 