“My Lord, there is a strange and reclusive yogi, riding a hefty bull, who wants an audience with you,” said the royal guard.
“A yogi? On a hefty bull? It must be Shiva! Ah, have Him brought here with respect,” said Himavat.
“Greetings, your Highness,” said Shiva in a soft voice.
“Greetings, O Yogi of yogis, Shiva! I am blessed to have you in my Kingdom. Any service for me?”
“Too many people come looking for me in Kailash, and due to some very tragic circumstances,
I cannot be of any help to them... I just wish to be left alone” said Shiva.
“Yes,” said Himavat. “How may I assist you in that?”
“I would like to stay in one of your mountains, instead,” said Shiva,“So that I may carry out my meditations just like I used to, in Kailash,”
“What an honour, Shiva! Of course, please stay in any mountain, stay here! Take this palace, it is all yours!”
“Thank you,” said Shiva softly. “I do not need the palace at all, I just need a cave.”
“A cave? Take any cave my Lord! All the Himalayas are yours, you are Shailendra, King of the mountains” said Himavat.
“ You are too humble, your royal Highness,” replied Shiva softly,“Though we share that epithet, it is you, who are the King of Himalayas in reality.”
“Ah, be as that may be, it is all given by you, my Lord, I may be Himavat in this world cycle, but you shall remain King Emperor of the Himalayas, or any other mountain, as long as this world exists! And truly, as I do know, even after that!” Himavat got up from his throne, and escorted Shiva and Nandi to the palace windows through which they could see the entire mountain range.
The Himalayan snow bound peaks shone brilliantly against the winter sun.
“ Where would you like to go, my Lord? There is Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Manaslu, Nanda Devi, Kamet, Nun Kun...”
“Which is the mountain that houses Shambala?” asked Shiva.
“Ah, my Lord, nice choice. Would you like to go there?”
“Not there exactly, but something like that nearer to Bharata, rather than Mahacina.”
“Amareshwar it is, then,” said Himavat with finality.
“Amareshwar?”
“Near to the most beautiful lake Sati sar,[Office1] where the great rishi Kashyap meditated on you and Shakti for years…where, indeed Sati Herself had lived when She undertook the most arduous tapasya for begetting you as her husband…”
Shiva said quietly, “Yes, Amareshwar it shall be….”
~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. by Shail Gulhati
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[Office1]Is
this a typo?
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