Shiva Drinks the Poison
The halahala, the blue throat, the world saved.
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Mahashivratri
"The Great Night of Shiva", the night Shiva is said to have drunk the halahala poison that churned up from the ocean, to save the world.
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Source works: Valmiki Ramayana · Bhagavata Purana · Shiva Purana and more
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Bhagavata Purana
12 skandhas, 335 chapters (Gita Press / Motilal numbering)
Source edition recordValmiki Ramayana
Southern recension (vulgate) as printed by Gita Press; 7 kandas, 645 sargas
Source edition recordShiva Purana
7 samhitas; Rudra Samhita, Kumara Khanda for Ganesha
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