Pure and Impure?
Beloved Shiva,
You said there is nothing pure or impure in this world — only what is, is. Then why, Mahadeva, do so many of Your places of worship call women in menstruation “impure”?
The body secretes, sheds, and renews — as creation designed it. Cleanliness is wisdom, and hygiene is essential, but branding what is natural as “defilement” is ignorance. How easily they forget: the same blood they dismiss as “impure” is also the source of their own birth!
You, my Lord, drank poison, danced in cremation grounds, and never turned away from what the world rejects. Then why, in Your name, is there rejection of a woman in her natural cycle?
Isn’t this humanity’s blindness? When will they see, my dear Shiva, that wisdom is not in rituals of exclusion, but in embracing life as You do — fierce and raw, yet complete?
Love,
Sri Devi
Disclaimer: “Letters to Narayan” and “Letters to Shiva” are open letters I write to the divine. They are personal reflections on social issues — expressions of my thoughts, feelings, and experiences — offered as conversations with the divine. These writings address real-world concerns but are presented in a fictional style, much like Lakshmi writing to Narayan or Parvati writing to Shiva. The signature “Sri Devi” is a wordplay — Sri Devi is the collective name for all goddesses in Sri Vidya.
