ONCE SHIVA SIT IN LONG PROFOUND REPOSE ("SAMADHI"); YEAR AFTER YEAR IT WENT UNHINDERED; IT STOPPED THE NORMAL GOING ON OF THE WORLD, OF ITS GOOD BENEFICENCE AND DESTRUCTION (SHIVA CONDUCTS THESE TWO AND THESE COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER). IT SET BRAHMA, VISHNU AND ALL GODS WORRYING FOR NORMAL OPERATIONS OF RUNNING OF WORLD. BRAHMA ADDRESSED VISHNU, "SUGGEST SOME WAY LORD, SO THAT SHIVA'S SAMADHI DISCONTINUES AND HE DOES NOT GET DISRUPTED, OTHER WISE UNIVERSE SHALL END." legends of goddess - durga.