What is Kubera, Ravana, Kaikesi story (full information) | Gokarna (Atma Linga) (Mahabaleshwar) (Shiva and Ganesha) story
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Kubera parents names are : Vishrava (father) and Ilavida (or Mandakini) (mother). | Kubera consort (wife) name is : Bhadra. | Kubera children names are : Nalakuvara, Manibhadra, Mayuraja, and Minakshi.
What is Kubera real (original) name? : Vaishravana is Kubera’s real (original) name. Since he is the son of Rishi Vishrava, he was called as ‘Vaishravana’.
Ravana parents names are : Vishrava (father) and Kaikasi (mother). | Ravana wives names are : Mandodari and Dhanyamalini. | Ravana siblings are : Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha. And Khara, Dushana, Ahiravana were cousins.
Ravana children names are : Indrajit, Atikaya, Akshayakumara, Narantaka, Devantaka, Trishira. | Ravana chariot (vehicle) name is : Pushpaka Vimana. | Ravana original name is : Dashagriva (दशग्रीव). Here Dashagriva = Dasha + Griva = 10 + neck. Since Ravana had 10 necks, he was named Dashagriva by his parents.
Kaikasi parents names are : Sumali (father). | Kaikasi husband name is : Vishrava. | Kaikasi children names are : Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha.
The story of Ravana, Kubera and Kaikesi is as given below:
Kubera (Kuber) belongs to a group of Devata (Demigod) called ‘Yaksha’ was the real King of the ‘Svarna Nagari’ or ‘Golden City’ called Lanka (Today’s Srilanka).
Kubera was ruling the kingdom of the Lanka city very well with the blessings of the Lord Shiva and Lord Sri Vishnu. Kuber is the half brother of Ravana.
Kubera and Ravana were the sons of Maharshi Vishrava (son of Maharshi Pulastya). While the mother of Kubera was Mandakini (or Ilavida), whereas the mother of Ravana was Kaikesi.
Since Kubera’s mother belongs to Yaksha lineage, he also belonged to the same Yaksha lineage. On the other hand since Kaikasi ancestors were Rakshasas (demons), Ravana belongs to Rakshasa (demons) lineage.
(In Hinduism / Sanatana Dharma the lineage of a child depends on the lineage of the mother unlike today’s belief of father’s lineage which is completely incorrect.)
After many years, Kaikesi started to feel jealousy of the Kubera. She started to think why his son Ravana need to be under the control of Kubera.
So, Kaikesi gave order to her eldest son Ravana along with his other sons , that is, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana that why you all are under the control of Kubera. Why don’t you go and get the Golden City of Lanka.
After this, all the three brothers Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana started to do a tapasya (penance) of Lord Sri Brahma Deva.
This tapasya (penance) continued for over 10k+ years. After every 1,000 years, Ravana (Dashagriva) was cutting his one head and was doing ‘samarpana’ (delivering / presenting) to Lord Sri Brahma Deva.
Then, after when Ravana (Dashagriva) was about to cut his 10th head, Lord Sri Brahma Deva came in front of the three brothers and asked them what is the purpose of your ‘ghana ghora tapasya’ (highly difficult penance).
Thus Vibhishana asked “O Lord Sri Brahma Deva give me the blessings, so that I won’t be out of path of Dharma even when I am in happy situation or in troubled situation.”
Vibhishana continued : “Also give me the blessings of using the ‘Brahma-astra’ without anybody giving me the lessons of how to use the astra (weapons)”. For this Sri Brahma Deva told tatastu (as per your wishes).
Kumbhakarna asked like this: “O Lord Sri Brahma Deva give me the blessings, so that I always be in ‘gaada nidra’ (deep sleep) for very long time.” As usual Lord Sri Brahma Deva told tatastu (as per your wish) to Kumbhakarna also.
But, after a while Kumbhakarna felt bad of his stupidity for the blessings he got from the Lord Sri Brahma Deva. He didn’t realized the same earlier, it did after some time.
While, Ravana requested to Lord Sri Brahma Deva like this, “O Lord Sri Brahma Deva, give me the blessings, so that Devas, Rakshasas, Gandharvas, Yakshas, Nagas, Garudas should not be able to give me the death, as ‘naras’ (humans) & ‘praanis’ (other living beings) cannot give me the death, as I feel they are like mere grass to me”.
The kind hearted and lover of his devotees, Lord Sri Brahma Deva told tatastu (as per your wishes) to Ravana also.
After getting the blessings and ‘abhayam’ (feeling fearlessness / assurance of safety) from the Lord Sri Brahma Deva, Ravana and his followers attacked Kubera, the King of Lanka and made him to run out of the Lanka.
Thus from this time Ravana was also known as ‘Lankadhipati’ (the King of Lanka). Ravana also instructed to all whoever gives refuge to Kubera and his followers will be sent to ‘Yama Loka’ (The place of death).
Because of this Kubera went to his grand father Maharshi Pulastya. Maharshi Pulastya told to do tapasya (penance) of Lord Shiva after taking the bath at the river Gautami Ganga (or Godavari).
In return Lord Shiva instructed and gave blessings to Kubera that from now onwards you will be the ‘King of wealth’. Here we should note that, even the defeat for Kubera yielded him to be the ‘King of wealth’. This is the greatness of the people who follow Dharma as per Sanatana Dharma.
This is the greatness of believing in Lord Shiva, Lord Sri Brahma Deva and Lord Sri Vishnu.
Also, we should note that finally what happened to Ravana. He himself welcomed his end by doing all wanted things which are against the Sanatana Dharma and was killed by Lord Sri Rama, an avatar of Lord Sri Vishnu.
Few of the commonly or frequently asked questions about Kubera with answers is as given below:
Was Kubera a rakshasa? : Kubera belonged to a lineage of Devatas (Demigods) called Yaksha. Since Kubera’s mother Ilavad (Mandakini) belonged to Yaksha family, Kubera became the part of Yaksha lineage.
Who is Kubera in Indian mythology? : Kubera is the ‘Devata (Demigod) (King) of wealth’. He became ‘King of wealth’ because of the blessings of Lord Shiva to him.
Who defeated Kuber? : Kuber was defeated by his half brother Ravana. Earlier King of Lanka was Kubera, but after the defeat, Ravana became the King of Lanka.
Why was Kubera horrified? : As Ramayana Kubera fought very bravely with Ravana and was not horrified of anyone. But since Ravana had got the blessings of Lord Sri Brahma Deva, Ravana defeated Kubera.
What is Kuber and Ravana relationship : Kubera and Ravana were half brothers. There father name was Rishi Vishrava. Kuber’s mother name was Mandakini (Ilavada) and Ravana’s mother name is Kaikesi.
PS: That’s why in ‘Bharatiya sanskriti’ (Indian culture) many elders always will be telling, “anything happens for the good only with the grace of the Lord Sri Vishnu”.
We as humans should only be praying to Lord Sri Vishnu and nothing else. We need to chant his names and need to perform pooja on daily basis to his blessings.
(Also it should be remembered that praying to Lord Sri Vishnu for only wealth with greed would not yield the best of the results).
Doing works which are ‘nishkaama’ (expecting nothing) will definitely bring great prosperity to us and also will lead us to Mukti / Moksha to anybody. here Mukti / Moksha means permanent place if Vaikuntha, that is, Lord Sri Vishnu’s abode.
Information about Gokarna Kshetra ‘Atma Linga’ (Mahabaleshwar Temple) (Karnataka) (story of Ravana, Kaikesi, Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva and Lord Ganesha) is as given below:
Gokarna is a small temple town in the Uttara Kannada district of the South Indian state of Karnataka. Lord Shiva is the deity worshiped in this temple and its main temple is also known as Mahabaleshwar or Mahabaleshwara.
The temple houses what few people believe to be the original Shiva Linga and this Linga here is known as the ‘Atmalinga’. Lord Shiva is in Gokarna in the form of Atmalinga. This temple is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea.
In the early Treta Yuga, Ravana (King of Lanka) reaches Kailash (Kailasa) and performs severe penance to obtain the “Atmalinga” from Lord Shiva, as Ravana’s mother Kaikesi had expressed a strong desire to worship Lord Shiva’s Atmalinga.
After a long penance, Lord Shiva bounties Ravana with the “Atmalinga” and instructs Ravana, the king of Lanka, to take the Atmalinga home only by walking barefoot while carrying the divine and auspicious Atmalinga.
Also, Lord Shiva instructs Ravana not to keep the Atmalinga on earth even for short while, failing which the Linga will be permanently embedded (attached) in the place where he (Ravana) has violated his (Lord Shiva) instructions.
As Ravana approached a place called Gokarna (in present-day Karnataka), Lord Sri Vishnu, knowing very well that Ravana was punctual in performing his daily rituals (Sandhyavandana), hid the Sun with his Sudarshana Chakra (disc).
Thinking that it was time to perform the evening rites, Ravana found the Brahmin (Brahmana) boy and asked him to hold the Atmalinga in his hand until he returned from completing the rites.
Lord Ganesha agreed on one condition to hold the Linga until he (Ganesha) could bear the weight of the Linga. Then, he (Ganesha) would call Ravana three times and if Ravana fails to come to him he (Ganesha) will place the Linga on the earth.
Lord Ganesha waits for some time, but Ravana fails to return in time. Thus, finally, when Ravana was performing his daily rites (sandhyavandana), Lord Ganesha calls Ravana three times.
Ravana shows no signs of going back in time. Thus, Lord Ganesha places the Linga on the earth and he disappears from that place. Atmalinga gets firmly established on earth. Ravana realized that he was mentally defeated by the Gods.
Defeated and depressed, the demon king Ravana became extremely agitated and tried several times to pull the Linga out the earth, but the Linga did not budge at all.
Thus Ravana threw the outer coverings of the linga to some surrounding places. These places came to be known as Dhareshwar Temple, Gunavanteshwar Temple, Murdeshwar Temple and Shejjeshwar Temple.
Ravana called this Lord Shiva Linga as ‘Mahabala’ (You are too strong for me). This was because, Ravana could not lift the linga off the ground. And since then the Linga is known as Mahabaleshwar or Mahabaleshwara.
Lord Shiva learned everything about this from Lord Sri Vayu Deva (The Wind God) and came to earth with Goddess Sri Parvati Devi and his various Ganas.
Lord Shiva visited these five places and worshiped the Linga which now assumed five forms called as ‘Pancha Linga Kshetras’. Lord Shiva acknowledged these five places as his “Pancha Kshetras” (Five Holy Places).
Gokarna (Karnataka) location : Gokarna is about 2000 km from Delhi, 700 km from Mumbai, 238 km north of Mangalore, 483 km from Bengaluru. It is located along the Karwar coast of the Arabian Sea between the Gangavali and Aghanashini rivers.
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