As Shakra prayed to Brahma as above, Brahma replied that Maha Deva himself was before him in the Form of a Swan and alerted him to lead the Devas present too to join Shakra to pay tributes to Maha Deva directly and Indra paid homage. As Shakra was there too along with a group of Devas, he saw Brahma there and knelt down and prayed to him. Lord Brahma saw Parameshwara in the Form of a Swan and prostrated before him. As the Swan saw the Sacred Places of Vatika and Sandika where the Yagna was being organised, it also witnessed the Kapila Tirtha. Then Parama Shiva was enchanted by the most charming Place called ‘Brahmasara Tirtha’ and could not resist the temptation of swimming in it and converted himself as a Swan! The bird broke the Mountain and saw for Himself the Sacred Place where Shailaada was performing Yagna to please Devi Parvati and him self to extend the human life of Nandishwara. A water body emerged out of the stamping of the foot and was called Kripani Tirtha, subsequently known as Apsara Tirtha as that was the swimming pool of Apsaras. He took considerable time to ascend the peak, even as the Mountain grew higher and higher the exasperated and exhausted Maha Deva grew up in his body stature and stamped his foot on the mountain’s head since when the mountain known as ‘Mundaprastha’ could not bear the hit of Parameshwara, came out in human form and sought his pardon of Maha Deva.
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Maha Deva proceeded towards the Haramukuta but as the route was rough and rocky, Devi Parvati could not proceed further and he alone without Parvati took a circuitous route on foot and on way crossed Shatadru, Vipasu, Iravati and Chandrabhaga, Vishnupada and the confluence of Vitasta and Sindhu to finally reach the Bharata Mountain. Meanwhile Shilaada prayed to Devi Parvati to please allow Maha Deva to respond to Nandi’s tapasya and was performing ‘Yagna’ on Mountain tops. Nandi then did Tapasya to Maha Deva for hundred years on the Mountain of Himalayas on one of the peaks called Haramukuta, where there was a lake called Kalodaka. As Nandi grew and revealed that he would have to go back to Maha Deva soon, Shailaada was shattered and became uncontrollable.
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Nandi was materialised from the cool rays of Chandra Deva as a child and the highly elated Shailada pampered the child and performed all the ceremonies of childhood.
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Maha Deva was pleased and granted the boon provided that the boy to be named Nandi but owing to an indiscretion of his at the Shiva-Parvati wedding, he was cursed by Bhrigu Maharshi and would be destined to a human birth. A devout Brahmana as an ardent Shiva bhakta named Shilaada performed severe Tapasya on Nandi Mountain to Lord Shiva by eating nothing else but ‘Shilaachurana’ (rock powder) for hundred years seeking a boon to secure a highly virtuous son.