On the auspicious day of Shivaratri the one who performs Abhishek and Pooja to Parthiva linga along with the Shiva linga and if you keep the Parthiva Linga near the plants in your home it removes all Vaastu Doshas and gives auspicious results for the whole year.

If you mix the Parthiva Linga in the land where u cultivate it gives good crop for the whole year
Listening Shiva Puranam on this day makes you dearer to Lord Shiva
Performing pooja with Hibiscus Flowers (गुड़हल का फूल ) will make your desires fulfilled easily.

As per Shiv Puran, Queen Ghrishna (After whom Shri Ghrishneshwar jyotirlinga is named) used to make 108 Parthiv Linga and worship them on a daily basis. By its impact, she got back her DEAD SON and Shiva blessed him by manifesting himself in the form of Shri Ghrishneshwar Jyotiling. Grushneshwar Jyotirlinga Mandir or Grushneshwar is a Jyotirlinga mandir of Shiva in Verul village of Sambhajinagar district, Maharashtra. It is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga mandirs.

Historical Background

This story is described in the Puranas about this Jyotirlinga – in the south country, there lived a very bright ascetic Brahmin named Sudharma near Devgiri Mountain. His wife’s name was Sudeha, and both of them had a lot of love for each other. They had no problems of any kind but they had no children.

Astrological calculations showed that there could be no childbirth from Sudeha’s womb. Sudeha was very keen to have children. She urged Sudharma to remarry her younger sister. At first, Sudharma didn’t want to do this but in the end, he had to bow down to his wife’s insistence. He could not resist her request. He married his wife’s younger sister Ghushma and brought her home. Ghushma was a very humble and virtuous woman. She was an ardent devotee of Shiva. Every day, one hundred and one earthly Shivalinga was made and worshiped with true devotion to the heart.

Shiva caused a very beautiful and healthy child was born from her womb a few days later. With the birth of the child, there was no end to the joy of both Sudeha and Ghushma. Both days were going by very comfortably. A while later a bad thought took birth in Sudeha’s mind. She thought I don’t have anything in this house. Everything here has been infiltrated.

By now, the evil thought of Sudeha’s mind had taken the form of a huge tree. “She also took control of my husband. The child is also his.” This evil thought slowly began to grow in her mind. Here the child of Ghushma was also growing up. Slowly he became young. He also got married.

Finally one day Sudeha killed Ghushma’s young son while sleeping at night. She took his body and threw it in the same pond in which Ghushma used to immerse the earthly Shivalingas every day. In the morning, everyone came to know about it. There was chaos in the whole house. Both Sudharma and her daughter-in-law beat their heads and started crying bitterly.

But Ghushma remained engrossed in the worship of Shiva as usual as if nothing had happened. After finishing the puja, she set out to release the mortal Shivalingas into the pond. When she started returning from the pond, her beloved son was seen coming out from inside the pond. He came as usual and fell at the feet of Ghushma.

As if he was somewhere nearby at the same time, Shiva also appeared there and asked Ghushma to ask for a boon. He was very angry with Sudeha’s heinous act. He was eager to slit her throat with his trident. Ghushma folded his hands and said to Shiva- ‘Prabhu! If you are happy with me, forgive that unfortunate sister of mine. She has committed a heinous sin, but by Your mercy, I got my son back. Now forgive her my lord! I have one more prayer, for the welfare of the people, you should live in this place forever.

Shiva accepted both these things. Appearing in the form of Jyotirlinga, he started living there. Due to the worship of Sati Shiva devotee Ghushma, he became known here as Ghushmeshwar Mahadev.

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