Word

Halahala

Sanskrit

हलाहल

IAST

halāhala

In General

Halahala is the poison that came out during the churning of the Ksirasagara (ocean of milk). The poison was so deadly that the whole universe will get destroyed by that. At this critical moment Devas and Asuras who churn the Ksirasagara became very much frightened. Lord Siva came to the rescue and consumed the deadly poison; Parvati, wife of Lord Siva intervened and did not allow the poison to go down the throat. As a result the poison get localized and dried in the throat and the lord was saved. Sivaratri is celebrating every year to remember this event.

Veda

Veda doesn’t have the story of churning of ocean but Lord siva is called as Nilagriva (blue necked) in some verses