Chandra Dev Katha

Pauranik kathao ke anusar Chandra Dev ko Navgrahon mein vishesh sthan prapt hai. Ve man, bhavnaon, shanti, saundarya aur sheetalta ke devta maane jaate hain. Chandra Dev Maharishi Atri aur Mata Anusuya ke putra the. Unka roop atyant sundar aur tejomay tha. Unke tej se sampoorn aakash prakashit hota tha. Ek samay Prajapati Daksha ne apni 27 putriyon ka vivah Chandra Dev ke saath kar diya. Ye 27 putriyan hi 27 Nakshatron ke roop mein prasiddh hain. Chandra Dev ki sabhi patniyan unse bahut prem karti thi, lekin Chandra Dev ko apni patni Rohini se vishesh lagav tha. Ve adhiktar samay Rohini ke saath hi vyatit karte the. Is baat se anya 26 patniyan dukhi rehne lagi. Unhone apne pita Prajapati Daksha se jaakar shikayat ki. Daksha ne Chandra Dev ko samjhaya ki sabhi patniyon ke saath samaan vyavahar karo, lekin Chandra Dev ne unki baat par dhyan nahi diya aur Rohini ke prati apna vishesh sneha banaye rakha. Chandra Dev ke is vyavahar se krodhit hokar Prajapati Daksha ne unhe shraap de diya ki unka tej aur bal dheere-dheere ksheen ho jayega. Shraap ke prabhav se Chandra Dev ka prakash kam hone laga. Unka sundar roop murjhane laga aur sampoorn srishti par iska prabhav padne laga. Vanaspatiyan sookhne lagi aur devata bhi chintit ho gaye. Apni is dasha se dukhi hokar Chandra Dev ne devataon se salah maangi. Devataon ne unhe Bhagwan Shiv ki aaradhana karne ka upadesh diya. Chandra Dev Prabhas Kshetra pahunche aur wahan kathor tapasya karne lage. Kai varshon tak unhone Bhagwan Shiv ka dhyan aur jap kiya. Antatah Bhagwan Shiv unki tapasya se prasann hue aur prakat hokar var maangne ko kaha. Chandra Dev ne vinamrata se apne shraap se mukti ki prarthana ki. Bhagwan Shiv ne kaha ki Prajapati Daksha ka shraap poori tarah samaapt nahi ho sakta, lekin uska prabhav kam kiya ja sakta hai. Bhagwan Shiv ne var diya ki ek paksh mein Chandra Dev ka tej dheere-dheere kam hoga aur doosre paksh mein phir se badhega. Isi karan Krishna Paksh mein Chandrama ghatta hai aur Shukla Paksh mein badhta hai. Bhagwan Shiv ne Chandra Dev ko apni jataon par bhi sthan diya. Tab se Shiv Ji "Chandrashekhar" ke naam se prasiddh hue. Ek anya katha ke anusar Chandra Dev ne Rajasuya Yagya karke apaar yash prapt kiya tha. Lekin apne saundarya aur yash ke karan unmein ahankar aa gaya. Is ahankar ke karan unhone Devguru Brihaspati ki patni Tara ko apne saath rakh liya. Isse devataon aur asuron ke beech bhayankar sangharsh hua. Ant mein Brahma Ji ke hastakshep se Tara ko Brihaspati ke paas wapas bheja gaya. Tara se Budh ka janm hua, jo baad mein Navgrahon mein Budh Grah ke roop mein prasiddh hue. Chandra Dev ki pooja karne se man ko shanti milti hai, maansik tanav door hota hai aur jeevan mein sukh-samriddhi aati hai. Somvaar ka din Chandra Dev ko samarpit maana gaya hai. Jo bhakt shraddha aur vishwas ke saath Chandra Dev ki aaradhana karta hai, uske jeevan mein sukh, shaanti aur yash ki vriddhi hoti hai.