LORD SIVA SAVES THE UNIVERSE BY DRINKING POISON

The Supreme Lord appeared in the form of a tortoise and supported Mandara Mountain on His back. Then the churning resumed with great force. As a result of the churning, a huge amount of poison was produced. The Prajapatis, seeing no one else to save them, approached Lord Siva and offered him prayers full of truth.

Lord Siva easily agreed to drink all the poison generated by the churning. He gathered the devastating poison, which was everywhere, took it in his hand and drank it. After he drank the poison, his neck became bluish.

A small quantity of the poison dropped from his hands to the ground, and it is because of this poison that there are poisonous snakes, scorpions, toxic plants and other poisonous things in this world.