Astrology News Desk: Today i.e. February 26, on Wednesday, the festival of Mahashivratri is being celebrated across the country, which is dedicated to Mahadev and Parvati. On this auspicious day, devotees worship him duly to please Bholenath and keep fast etc.
On Mahashivaratri, devotees go to temples and worship God, in such a situation, today we are telling you in detail about Somnath Jyotirlinga, the first of the 12 Jyotirlingas. It is believed that all the wishes of the devotees are fulfilled by the philosophy and worship of Somnath Jyotirlinga, so let’s know.
The first Jyotirlinga is Somnath –
Let us tell you that the first Jyotirlinga in 12 Jyotirlinga is Somnath which is located in Gujarat. There is a huge crowd of devotees on the occasion of Mahashivaratri in Somnath temple in Gujarat. Somnath Jyotirlinga, located in Saurashtra, Gujarat, is famous worldwide. On the occasion of Mahashivaratri, the Somnath temple will be open to devotees for 42 hours from 4 am. Due to which more and more devotees will be able to receive the vision of Somnath Jyotirlinga.
It is believed that Somnath Jyotirlinga was founded by Chandradev himself, this Jyotirlinga was named Somnath in his name. The story related to this is that the moon was married to 27 girls of Daksha Prajapati. The Moon loved Rohini more than his wives. Enraged by this, Daksha Prajapati cursed the moon to have tuberculosis.
To get rid of this curse, the moon came on the earth and established the Shivling and started doing penance. Pleased, Shivji made him curse. Since then, this Shivling is established here. One name of the moon is Nath Som, this Jyotirlinga was named Somnath after him.
