Lord Siva helps the mankind taking the form of a siddha

Vinayaka, you know well that I work late nights at a provision shop and out of the money I earn, I buy medicines for my mother and buy jaggery for you with the left-over money. I feel that I can starve, but you shouldn’t starve. But today, this beggar is lying before you, creating problem in offering the nivedhana. I had starved on many days, but I had never allowed you to starve even for a single day. Now, how will I offer my nivedhana?” The boy placed the jaggery on a nearby stone and paid obeisance to Vinayaka. At that time, the beggar took the jaggery and started eating. The boy burst into tears that Vinayaka had to starve that day. On seeing the boy crying, the beggar told him not to cry and consoled him telling that it didn’t make any difference whether he ate the jaggery or Vinayaka ate it. But the boy could not be consoled. He left the place saying that he and his sister would also starve because Vinayaka had been made to starve.

Lord Siva, moved by the boy’s staunch faith, decided to bless him. One and a half months passed by. Suddenly a man, claiming himself to be a relative, took the boy and his family to some other place. He bequeathed all his property worth many crores of rupees to Balamuruga and was not to be seen thereafter. It was Lord Siva, a Siddha, who came as a relative. Today, that boy is a big shot in Mumbai. He had constructed temples for Lord Siva and Vinayaka. He is pursuing spiritual activities even today.

This is not a story out of my imagination. It is a true story that took place with the blessings of Lord Siva. The Lord is with us even today, though we are not able to identify Him. He participates in our troubles and miseries and blesses us with deliverance from the same.