Story Of Bhethal:
One day Goddess Parvathi , requests
her consort Lord Shiva to tell some beautiful and amazing stories which are not
known to the world. Lord Maha Dev gets surprised of her request and gets
pleased to satisfy her request. He says Devi I will tell you all such stories.
All the night Lord has told many stories to Goddess Parvathi. At that time a
Brahmin comes there to pray lord but on listening to the conversation stays
unidentified and listens to all stories. Next day he goes home and tells his
wife about all the stories and from here a chain starts, by last everyone on
earth comes to know about those stories.
Goddess Parvathi comes to know that
these stories are known to the world and she asks her husband lord shiva about
this. Lord with his powers identify the person (Brahmin) who have done all this
and curses him to be a demon. Brahmin with fear requests lord to excuse him.
When Lord gave him a boon saying,” In future there will be a King named
Vikramarka. He will come near you on the request of a sage. Then you can get
relieved of your curse through him.” Brahmin becomes a demon and goes to a
Jungle and started living on a tree.
After so many years Vikramaditya
born and as a king he started ruling with Ujjain as capital. Once a sage named
Santhisheel came to his court and presented him with a pomegranate. King
without eating it gave to his soliders to preserve it. Every day he used to
come his court and present in same way, king never ate it and gave to his
soliders all the time. Soliders saved all of them at a place. One day king gave it to his son and suddenly a monkey
comes into court and snatches the fruit in his hand. On a bite of it surprisingly
jewels fell down. Immediately king ordered all the fruits to open. All the
fruits are found to have jewels. King feels very happy and surprised.
Next day when the sage came again
to gift him with fruit, king asked him why he is blessing him daily like this and
enquires if there is anything he seek from him. Then the sage requests the king
to help him in completing his Yagam. He invites king alone to come and help
him. King accepts his request. As promised king on Dwadashi midnight starts to
burial ground with a sword and stands before the sage. Then the sage feels
happy and asks the king to go to the tree which is nearby and bring the dead
body on it. He also tells him that it is Bhethal the true power of Demon and
not to talk with it.
King goes near the tree and sees a
body hanging upside down. Fearless king gets on to the tree and brings Bhethal
down. By the time he gets down the tree Bhethal again was on the tree laughing
at him. King with lots of patience bring him down again. Bhethal asks his name
and king answers. Bhethal knowing his name understands that he is the person
whom the lord Shiva has told long before. Thinking my curse will be over soon
demon tells king vikramarka in this way, “ O king..!! I will tell you some
stories and you have to answer them. If you didn’t answer or gave wrong answer your
head will be cracked into pieces and if you answer right, I will fly back to my tree.” And starts telling the stories…
Story 1:
Bhethal starts telling the story
once king gets it on his back in this way- O king, I will tell you a surprising
story listen to me. Once there lived a Brahmin named Viswavas who is a pandit.
After a long time of his marriage he became father to a beautiful girl. Once
she was grown up they decided to marry her. One day three young Brahmins come
their house. All of them likes the daughter of Viswavas and shows their will of
marrying her near her father. Viswavas tested their knowledge in all ways and
concludes that three of them are very much talented and have the eligibility to
marry her daughter. He asks them only decide among themselves and come up with
one name.
They started fighting themselves
and never wanted to withdraw. Then they decide to take some time for deciding
and leaves the country taking the promise from viswavas that his daughter will
not get married until they return. Brahmins didn’t return for long time and the
daughter of Viswavas died. She was cremated by her father. The Brahmins came to
know about the news somehow and returned back feeling sad. As three of them are
madly in love with her they are unable to leave her just like that and hence
one was guarding her ash, another with her ashes went to the sacred city Kashi
, the last one went off the country and started roaming here and there with
sadness.
One day he reached a Brahmin’s
house and asks for food. Brahmin with
kind heart tells his wife to serve food for him and goes for bath to river. His
wife observing that there is no wood at home for burning stove kills her son
and burns him instead of wood to cook food. After cooking she collects all the ash in
stove and blesses it with sacred water, hitting with a book. Surprisingly her
son comes to life before the young Brahmin. Noticing this the young Brahmin thinking
that he can bring the lady too into life , takes his food there and acts
sleeping. When all were sleeping he steals the book and returns to the burial
ground.
This Brahmin explains the other two
about the matter and brings back the lady to life. Once she comes back to life
all the three started fighting each other again.
Bhethal says,” Oh King…!! Now tell
me. Whom among the three deserve to marry her ??”
King Vikramarka thinks and said in this way, “ Bhethala..
The one who brought her back to life is like her father. Another who went to
the sacred city kashi for praying her soul to rest in peace is like her son.
The last one who guarded her ashes till they are back is worth to be her husband.”
Bhethal gets pleased with the answers of King and flies back
to the tree.
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