The Tiger & the Leaves:
Once a hunter while
chasing a deer wandered into a dense forest and found himself on the
banks of river Kolidum when he heard the growl of a tiger. To protect
himself from the beast he climbed up a tree nearby. The tiger pitched
itself on the ground below the tree fostering no intention to leave. The
hunter stayed up in the tree all night and to keep himself from falling
asleep, he gently plucked one leaf after another from the tree and
threw it down.
Under the tree was a Shiva Linga and
the tree blessedly turned out to be a bilva tree. Unknowingly the man
had pleased the deity with bilva leaves. At sunrise, the hunter looked
down to find the tiger gone, and in its place stood Lord Shiva. He
prostrated before the Lord and attained salvation from the cycle of
birth and death.
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