Lord Shiva always keeps on putting bhasam on his body. But do you know why Shiva ji consumes bhasma in his body and what is the symbol of this putting it. In our Puranas, the mention of the consumption of bhasma Shiva has been mentioned and why it is said that why Shiva keeps on consuming bhasma in his body all the time. According to a story related to the life of Lord Shiva, they were married to Sati Maa. But Sati's father's father, who used to be a king, did not like Shiva and he did not want to get married to his daughter in any condition. But they had to bow before Sati's stubbornness to her daughter and she got married to Sati with Shiva.

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After some time of getting married, Daksh organized a yajna in his own right. But in this yagna he did not invite Lord Shiva. Sati thought that he might have forgotten to send an invitation but the father did not send the invitation. Sati told Shiva that she will go to her father's sacrificial yagya here. Shivji advised Sati not to go to Yagya. But she did not accept  and she went to her father's sacrificial yagya here. But when Sati arrived there, he found that his father was insulting Shiva very much. Shiva ji's disrespect to her father was not tolerated with Sati and she went in the fire of sacrifice At the same time when Shivaji came to know about all this, he immediately went there and punished Daksha and brought the burnt body of Sati with him. Shivaji became angry and wandered in the universe about Sati's body. 

Seeing this anger of Lord Shiva, Goddess Devadar became disturbed and the creatures were in danger. Then Lord Vishnu touched the body of Goddess Sati and turned it into a bhasma. This led to the destruction of Shiva ji only. After this, Shiva ji took this cure on his body. Apart from being consumed by Sati's body in the Puranas, there is also a description of the fact that Vishnu ji dissolved the body of Sati and his body parts fell in many parts of the earth where Parashakshitas were established. According to the belief Lord Shiva stayed on Mount Kailash and he used to consume his body to save him from the cold. While it is also said that through Lord Shiva, they tell humans that all ashes are made in the end of life and there is no remaining particle of life left.

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