In the pure mind of man, God resides with Parvati. In this way, the pure soul of man attains the supreme name of Shiva. Therefore, this Shiva Purana is a good tool for all Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. Therefore, everyone should listen to the Shiva Katha. This is why Shiva has created this for us as a compulsion. By listening to this Shiva Katha, meditation is perfected. Through meditation, good enlightenment is attained. Through such knowledge, salvation is certainly attained. Those who are unable to meditate on the Supreme Lord, by listening to this Shiva Katha, will be able to meditate in the next life and attain salvation. By listening to this story, even those who have committed many sins by meditating on Shiva will attain siddhi after repentance.
Hearing this story of truth is a source of good fortune for all human beings. If worshipped properly, the disease of bondage to samsara will be destroyed. By listening to this story of God, by and by thinking of Shiva again and again, the mind will also become pure. Therefore, through Shiva's sons Ganapati and Subrahmanya, one can definitely attain divine liberation by his grace. There is no doubt about this. One who does not have this kind of devotion to Shiva should be considered an animal. Such a person, having an intellect that is attached to the bondage of Maya, can never attain liberation from the bondage of samsara. Therefore, O wife of the bramhin, I have attained detachment from material pleasures. Now listen to the story of the most sacred Shambhu. Now listen to this story of the Supreme Lord. By this, your mind will be purified and you will attain liberation. He who meditates on the lotus feet of Shiva with a pure mind will attain liberation in a single birth. This is the truth, I say. The Suta says. That great Brahmin, being kind and intelligent, thus instructed Chanchula and became silent, absorbed in meditation on Shiva. Afterwards, Binduga's wife Chanchula became a woman of a happy mind, with eyes filled with tears of joy, as the words of the brahmin were thus spoken. Thus, overwhelmed with joy, the fickle one, with a contented mind, bowed down to the feet of the great Brahmin and, paying homage, said, "I am grateful."
Then, rising with anxiety, she bowed down and, in a low voice, spoke thus, "As one endowed with wisdom and detachment, about the great Brahmin." Chanchule said. O great Brahmin, O great Shaiva, you are blessed, knowing the supreme truth. You are indescribable, being a good man and full of benevolence. You save me from falling into the ocean of hell. I have heard the story of Shiva, which is resplendent with mythological meanings. Hearing this, I have become wise enough to renounce all material pleasures. Now I have the best kind of devotion in listening to this Shiva Purana.
Sutas says Having said this, Chanchula, having paid homage to the Brahmin, served him, eager to gain his favor and listened to the Shiva Purana. Later, that Brahmin, who was a great Shaiva devotee, told her a good story from the Shiva Purana at that very place. In this way, she heard the most excellent Shiva Purana from that Brahmin. She was grateful to hear a great and good story that gives salvation through devotion, knowledge, and renunciation. By the grace of the Brahmin, the wise teacher, the fickle one quickly attained mental purity by listening to the story. By the grace of Shiva, she became interested in the meditation of God. In this way, taking refuge in Sadhguru, she became well-centered in Shiva and repeatedly meditated on the divine body of Shiva, the form of Jnanananda.
She bathed in the holy water, wore a braided hair, wore a linen sash, smeared ash all over her body, and adorned herself with rudraksha beads. Continuing in this way, chanchula became interested in chanting the name of Shiva. She kept a vow of silence, took only the food required for her body, and meditated on Shiva in the manner instructed by her Guru, thus pleasing the Supreme Lord. O Shaunaka, serving God in this way and meditating in a good manner, that fickle one spent a long time in that field. Thus, at the end of her life, filled with devotion, knowledge, and detachment, she sacrificed her body without enduring any hardship. Immediately, God, pleased with her devotion, sent a Vimana, adorned with divine ornaments, accompanied by His retinue. Then, the messengers of Shiva who had arrived took her aboard the plane and took Chanchule, who was freed from all sins, to Shiva's city. Thus, upon attaining Kailash, that fickle one wearing the crescent moon, and adorned with ornaments worthy of a god. Then, as she went, she saw the three-eyed Mahadeva being served by the gods Brahma, Vishnu and others. That God was served by the Ganesha, Bhrungi, Nandi, Veerabhadra, etc. Being served by them with devotion, he acquired a radiance equal to that of a crores of Suns. That God was blue-skinned, five-faced, three-eyed, and wearing the moon on his head, with Gauri, who was as bright as lightning, seated on his chest.
That Lord had a body as white as camphor, and was adorned with all kinds of ornaments. He had smeared white ash all over his body. He was wearing very bright white clothes. Seeing the Lord adorned in this way, Chanchula was overjoyed. With great joy and devotion, she again and again bowed down to the Lord. Then she was filled with devotion, joy, love, and humility. She was thrilled to see God and shed tears of joy. Parvati and Shankara looked with favor at Chanchula, who was approaching and bowing in this manner. Parvati, with her kind eyes, saw Chanchula and lovingly made her her companion. Thus, Chanchula, endowed with divine form, endowed with divine comfort, and beloved of Binduga, experienced divine happiness in Kailash. Thus, she lived in that world in a superior manner, enjoying eternal happiness in that luminous, eternal Kailash. Here ends the fourth chapter of the Mahapurana of the Skanda Purana, the Shiva Purana Mahatma, the description of Chanchula Sadgati. Shaunaka says, "O Suta Muni, you are a great sage, a man of great wisdom, devoted to Shiva. You have told me a wonderful story that has especially increased my devotion." O wise Suta, what did the wise Chanchula do after entering Kailash in the presence of Shiva? What happened to her husband Binduga? What was his matter? He asked, Please explain all these things." The sage Suta says that one day, Chanchula went near Goddess Parvati, joined her hands, and, with great devotion, danced in a state of great joy, making the Goddess happy. Chanchula says. You are the mother of Lord Subrahmanya. You are always served by humans. You are the giver of all happiness and the embodiment of Brahma, You are the beloved of Shiva.
You are the one who is served by Brahma and Vishnu, and you are both virtuous and non-virtuous. You are the form of nature that caused the creation of the world. You are subtle and the form of Sachidananda. The creation, the existence, the destruction, the essence, the qualities of the sexes, the Satyaloka, the Vishnulaoka, and the Kailashas are your abodes. You are the best of the three gods, Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheshwara, who have placed them in the highest positions. The Suta says, "Having thus praised and thus attained the state of mind, Chanchula stood up, bowing to parvati, her eyes filled with tears of love." Later, Goddess Parvati, who was also Shankara's beloved and devoted devotee, spoke about Chanchula with great compassion and love. Parvati says, "O Chanchula, I am delighted with your praise. Ask me whatever you ask. I will give you whatever you ask, O beautiful one." The Sutas says. Hearing Parvati's words thus spoken, Chanchula bowed her head in homage and asked thus with devotion. Chanchule says. Hey Goddess Parvati, the embodiment of virtue, where is my husband, Binduga? I wonder what has happened to him now. I want to be with my husband even now, just like I was with him. So, please bless me with your grace, O humble servant, O great goddess, O wife of God. My husband had kept contact with the prostitues. He was such a sinner and died long ago. I do not know what fate befell him, such a sinner. The sage Suta says. Hearing these words of the pure one, Goddess Parvati was pleased and said thus. parvati says, "Your husband, Binduga, was a great sinner, greedy, and foolish and was in contact with the prostitute. He died and went to hell after a while because he kept on enjoying her."
Having thus entered hell, he experienced the sufferings of hell for many years, and since his sins still remained, that sinner was reborn as a demon in the Vindhya Mountains. Now he is a demon, plagued by various kinds of suffering. There he is constantly suffering all kinds of suffering, eating only air as his food. The Sutas says that upon hearing the words spoken by Goddess Gauri, Chanchula, remembering the hardships of her husband's life, became extremely sad. Then, having calmed her mind and bowed down to goddess parvati, the restless and distressed Chanchula again asked to the Goddess in this way.
