Once the goddess asked her husband Shiva why and when he began wearing beads of skulls. Shiva told her that whenever she was reborn he would add one more skull to his beads. Thereupon, Parvati asked why she went through birth and death while he was immortal.
Finally, Shiva agreed to disclose the amar rahasya or eternal truth about the secret of immortality. To impart this knowledge, he searched for a lonely place where no living creature could hear him. He then chose the Amarnath Cave. Shiva left
his bull Nandi at Pahalgam.
He released the moon from his hair at Chandanwari.
The snakes around his neck were released on the banks of the lake Sheshnag.
He left his son Ganesha at Mahagunas Parbat, also called Maha Ganesh Hill.
Five elements - earth, water, air, fire and sky - controlled by Shiva, were left behind at Panchatarni.
Thereafter, Shiva and Parvati entered the cave and sat on a dead deer skin
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and began to meditate.
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So as no living being could hear the tale, he created Rudra, named him Kalagni and had him spread fire to ensure there was no living being in and around holy cave.
Two pigeon eggs and a parrot egg lying beneath deerskin as non-living were protected . But due to heat, eggs hatched pigeons and parrot listened to Shiva's narration quietly. The pair of pigeons which were born out of the eggs had listened to secret of immortality (Amar Katha) so they became immortal. Even today, pilgrims see pigeons inside cave although surroundings are full of ice and devoid of any creatures or vegetation.
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