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Rama worshipped Shiva?
I just received this email---
> You have mentioned that somebody had questioned the validity of Shri Rama
> having worshiped Lord Shiva at Rameshwaram. There is reference to this in
> 123rd
> sarga of
>
> yuddhakanda when Shri Rama describes to Sita the various locations
> while travelling on the Pushpak Vimana. Verse is the first half of
> Shloka no. 20.
[of the Valmiki Ramayana]
>
> "Atra Purvam Mahadeva: Prasadam Akarot Vibhu: "
>
> In kavyas, certain incidents are narrated as they come and certain other
> incidents are described as flashback. This is the case of flashback.
[ Essentially, Rama tells Sita that He had worshipped Mahadeva ]
> Another example is of Kakasura's story narrated by Sita to Hanuman as
> having happened at Panchavati.
-Kartik
