Mata Annapurna Katha

Mata Annapurna ki katha bahut hi sundar aur bhaktibhav se bhari hui hai. Yeh katha humein yeh samjhati hai ki ann (bhojan) hi jeevan ka aadhaar hai aur swayam Bhagwan bhi iske bina adhoore hain. Puranon ke anusar ek samay aisa aaya jab prithvi par ann, dhan aur samriddhi ka ghor abhav ho gaya. Har jagah bhukhmari aur dukh fail gaya. Log bhojan ke liye tarasne lage aur jeevan ast-vyast ho gaya. Is sthiti se samast srishti ka santulan bigad gaya. Tab yeh baat Bhagwan Shiv aur Mata Parvati ke beech charcha ka vishay bani. Mata Parvati, jo swayam Shakti swaroopa hain, unhone socha ki sansar ko ann aur poshan ki atyant avashyakta hai. Iske baad Mata Parvati ne hi “Annapurna Devi” ka roop dharan kiya. “Annapurna” ka arth hai – jo ann se poorn karti hain, jo sabhi jeevon ko bhojan pradan karti hain. Mata Annapurna ne Kashi nagri mein avatar liya aur wahan ek vishal ann ka bhandar (bhojanalaya) sthapit kiya. Wahan koi bhi vyakti bhukha nahi jata tha. Har kisi ko bharpet bhojan milta tha, chahe woh raja ho ya gareeb. Ab is katha ka sabse sundar bhag aata hai— Ek din Bhagwan Shiv ne socha ki ve sansar mein gyan aur vairagya ka prateek hain, isliye ann aur maya ki avashyakta unke liye nahi hai. Lekin Mata Annapurna ne yeh siddh karne ke liye ki “ann bhi Brahm ke samaan hi mahatvapurn hai”, unhone sampoorn srishti se ann ka lop kar diya. Iske karan teenon lokon mein phir se hahakar mach gaya. Tab Bhagwan Shiv ko bhi samajh aaya ki ann ke bina sharir aur sansar dono adhoore hain. Bhukh se vyakul hokar swayam Bhagwan Shiv Mata Annapurna ke dwar par pahunche aur unhone bhiksha maangi. Mata Annapurna ne muskurate hue Bhagwan Shiv ko bhojan parosa aur kaha— “Hey Mahadev, yeh srishti keval gyan se nahi chalti, ise ann aur poshan ki bhi avashyakta hai.” Bhagwan Shiv ne Mata Annapurna se bhiksha grahan ki aur sweekar kiya ki ann hi jeevan ka aadhaar hai. Iske baad Mata Annapurna ne poore sansar mein ann aur samriddhi punah sthapit kar di. Kashi mein aaj bhi maana jata hai ki Mata Annapurna ka aashirwad kabhi samaapt nahi hota, aur jo bhakt shraddha se unki puja karta hai, uske ghar mein kabhi ann ki kami nahi hoti.