Incarnation of Maa Shoolini , 🌷माँ शूलिनी 🌷का अवतार
Maa Shoolini
Shoolini, (शूलिनी) is the principle form of the Goddess Durga, also known as Devi and Shakti in Hinduism.
Maa Shoolini the Mahashakti, the form and formless, is the root of knowledge, wisdom, creation, preservation and annihilation. She is Shakti or power of lord shiva.
Maa Shoolini manifested with the blessing of Lord Shiva.
Maa Shoolini is also popularly known as Dhuruvi, Dhuru ki devi, Shoolini Durga, Shivrani, Shulini Devi, Saloni Devi, Salonee Devi, you can call her with any name, what matters is the purity of heart. She is also called “Paharon ki Rani”, “Queen of Mountains or “Queen of Himalayas”
She is the Kul Devi of people of Solan.
Manifestation of Maa Shoolini
It was the time when Lord Vishnu(Sri Hari) took avtar of Lord Narasimha, Narasingh, Narsingh to save her devotee Prahlad and as the 4th avtar of Lord Vishnu. Narasingh ji is half-man and half-lion, having a human-like torso and lower body, with a lion-like face and claws.
After killing Hiranyakashyp, none of the devi or devtas were able to calm Narasiṁha’s fury and that time Narsingh ji started to create the destruction but no one could calm him.
First, the devi devas present there sent “Prahlad” Ji to calm the aggressive Lord Narsingha but Lord Narsingha ignored Prahlad Ji and Continued the Destruction. Then after the failure of Prahlad ji the Devi Devtas present there pleeding “Devi Laxmi” to go and calm Lord Narisngha as she was his consort but Lord Narsingh ignored her too and continued the distruction as he had just killed Hiranyakashipu(Hiranyakashyap). Then Devi Devtas prayed to Lord Shiva, after listening to all he decided to calm and Tame Lord Vishnu. It was only Lord Shiva who could help Devi Devtas, no one had so much power to calm him but only Devon ke Dev Mahadev. Lord Shiva opened his eyes, he was in deep meditation, he heared the prayers of Devi Devtas and after hearing them Lord Shiva took a deep breath and created a Devi which as just the same which was looking like Lord Narsingha it was “Devi Pratyangira”
“Devi Pratyangira” which is also called Narasimhi, Simhamukha Laskshmi. She is the incarnation of Devi Shakti or one fierce avtar of Maa Laxmi. She is fierce and described as powerful goddess with a male lion’s face. She is a female with same in Complexion, Nature, Physical appearance, who could match the power of Lord Narishga and also union of Lord Vishnu and Lakshmi. But still Lord Narsimha did not got calm.
Even after creating a female form for Lord Narsimha, again Devi Devtas told Lord Shiva that now he only Lord Shiva can save the entire Universe.
Then, Lord Shiva took a form and incarnated as Sharabha, Sarabeshwara, to tame Narasingh ji .
His form was Part of Bird and Part of Lion also called Sharabeshwaramurti.
Right Wing is Maa Shoolini and Left wing is Maa Durga
In the Sharabha Avtar of Lord Shiva, the Right wing was, from where Maa Shoolini incarnated and in the Left Wing was Maa Durga.This fierce form of Lord Shiva, Sarabeshwara was an eight-legged beast, mightier than a lion and elephant and which can kill the lion.
Right Wind is Maa Shoolini and Left wing is Maa Durga
And if you see carefully in the picture you can see Maa Shoolini, She is in the right wing of Sharabha ji , She is black color that is why she is called Saloni, Shool Dharini as She is a form of Maa Kali or Maa Durga. She is also known as Shoolini Durga.
So this is how Maa Shoolini incarnated, to tame Lord Narshingh ji , on the right wing of Lord Shiva, Lord Sharbha.
Lord Shiva tamed Lord Vishnu
But this was not the end after Lord Shiva (Sharbha) taming Narsingh ji, then again Vishnu ji assumed the form of the ferocious Gandaberunda bird-animal to combat Lord Shiva, Sharabha the super power. The Linga Purana and Sharabha Upanishad also mention this mutilation of Narasimha and Gandaberuda.
After Narsingh avtar got tame by Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu could not calm himself, got angry and again took a form of Gandaberuda. Gandaberuda having two heads, rows of teeth, black in complexion and wide wings. The destructive energy of Narasimha as Gandaberuda (Vishnu) in form of two headed bird began to fight fiercely with Lord Sharbha (Lord Shiva) for eighteen days.
Lord Shiva v/s Lord Vishnu
After such a fierce fight Lord Vishnu as Gandaberuda bowed to Lord Shiva and stopped the fight and Lord Sharbha (Lord Shiva) tore apart the two headed bird Gandaberuda.
Lord Vishnu prayed to Lord Shiva and bowed to him and displayed his peace and Finally Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu transformed back in their own form of Bholey Nath. The purpose of Lord Shiva assuming the form of Sharabha was to ensure that the lion body of Vishnu was discarded and he got united with his original divine form.
Truth is
Shiv hi Shakti hai, Shakti hi Shiva hai,
Shakti Shiv bina adhuri, aur Shiv bin Shakti adhure.
Shiv hi Mahesh, Shiv hi Vishnu, Shiv hi Brahma
Shakti hi Parvat, Shakti hi Laxmi, Shakti hi Saraswati.
Shiva Shankar Bola Jati Sati, Aadha Shiv Aadhi Parvati
Jo samajh gaya woh paar hua, jo na samjha woh mand mati
Har Har Mahadev
Jai Maa Shoolini
Jai Baba Balak Nath Ji