Did Guru Gobind Singh Ji Worship Shiva ?

[Mehtab Singh]

Rudra is one of the forms of Shiv, and yes, a violent one.

[Guest amar_jkp]

What i have heard Shiva is not a vedic god , he was a dravadian god .

Can we discuss this .

[Kaljug Singh]

What i have heard Shiva is not a vedic god , he was a dravadian god .

Can we discuss this .

See Wolf-Dieter Storl's Shiva: The Wild of God of Power and Ecstasy for a discussion of Shiva's historical development. One theory is that he was a pre-Vedic protoshamanic figure who developed from the mythology of Pashupati. In the Vedas Shiva is used as an epithet for the storm god Rudra and in later times Shiva was described as being equivalent to Rudra. What is clear is that, during the Vedic period, neither Shiva nor Vishnu had the importance that they have now and had at the time of our Gurus.

By the by, though it's interesting from a historical and anthropological point of view, to see how the myths of these Indian deities developed, it has no relevance to Gurbani which describes the roles of Shiva and other devatay as being subservient to and deriving their power from Akal Purakh Waheguru.

K.

[apnepart2]

pjs veerji the translated hymn is from Wendy O'Flaherty 'The Rig Veda'.

[THE WARRIOR]

There are many forms of Shiva, not just one. As there are many meanings to Shiva. There are many cultures that also worship a form of Shiva. People need to understand the difference between reality, mythology, symbolism etc. To say its false is also not correct because whatever is conceived in the mind as thought and is conceived in the heart as devotion is very real.

[.- Prabhjot Singh -.]

apnepart2 veerjeo, thanks very much for that

[K. SINGH DEEP]

Which GURU says :-

"Mae na Ganeshahe pritham manaaoon.

Kishan Bishana kabahoo na dhyaoon."

And which GURU says :-

"Jagat jot jape nis basur , ek bina mann naik na ane."

And which GURU establishes Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji as his

succesor wherein it is told :-

" Maha maaee ki pooja karehe,

Nar te naar hoe autre."

Such a Guru can never be worshipper of any so called devta like

asked in the question.

Actuly SHIVA is the name of Nirankar Saroop

of God and that is why Guru Gobind Singh ji Maharaj has mentioned

in Choupaee Sahib:-

"Mahadev kau kahat sada shiv,

Nirankaar ka cheenat neh bhiv."

Means the people call SHIVA to Mahadev(known as Shiv ji or Shankar)

Where as SHIVA is the name of NIRANKAAR or AKAL PURAKH.

Bhul chuk khima,

Waheguru ji ka Khalsa Waheguru ji ki Fateh

[RohiniGaur]

Hey if you guys trying to criticize anybody’s religion that mean you all not following your own religion’s rules.Don’t criticize believe in the same What your heart wants to Spread peace god is one Love humans rabb sab de dil vich vasda aa