
The people you love are your world.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
Matching stories: 25

The people you love are your world.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
Parvati makes a boy from turmeric paste.
From the original text · Shiva Purana

The halahala, the blue throat, the world saved.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
A broken tusk for a pen.
From the original text · Shiva Purana

Nandi at the door, the snake and the mouse who get along.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
Raised by the six Krittika stars.
From the original text · Skanda Purana
A boy who hugged Shiva and lived forever.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
The other side of the story.
From the original text · Skanda Purana

A river that fell from the sky and was caught in gentle hair.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
A door, a father, a new head, told gently.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
The fruit of wisdom and a boy who walked away to Palani.
From the original text · Skanda Purana
Why the biggest god rides the smallest friend.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
A mountain's daughter and a very long tapasya.
From the original text · Shiva Purana

A laugh, a lesson, and a moon that learned some manners.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
A groom with a snake, a bride with a smile.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
Twenty-one modaks, one very full belly.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
The drum, the fire, the little demon under his foot.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
The first Shivratri, from a tree.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
The race, the parents, the promise.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
Twelve pillars of light across India.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
A rich man learns what fills a belly.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
A hunter who gave what he had.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
Every hurt to a creature is a hurt to Ma.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
Ten days of a guest in the house.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
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