Parad is known as “Mercury” in English and it is considered to be the purest form of Shivling or Lord Shiva. It is said that having Parad Shivling is equivalent to performing Puja of 12 Jyotirlingas. Offering prayers ot Parad shivling helps even childless couples to conceiveIt is mentioned in RasChintmani, that Original Parad Shivling is free from Poison and all doshas & Original Parad Shivling also can be Tested By putting this in water under sunlight,within 45 min to 1 hour, Original Parad Shivling’s Surface will Turn Golden.It is mentioned in RasChintmani, that a person can get the benefits of Shiva Puja even by touching Mercury Shiva Linga. Mercury Shiva Linga is so purify form of lingam that it can free a human being form all kind of disease, if one worship it by all heart.In Hinduism, Rasalingam or Parad Lingam is a Lingam, the symbol of the god Shiva, made of mercury Siddhas carved Shiva Lingam from solidified mercury. The process of solidification of mercury is the secret process enunciated by Siddhasmercury is called Pada-rasam and the Shiva Lingam made using pada-rasam is called Rasalingam. In Sanskrit, mercury is called Parad and the Shiva Lingam made using parad is called Parad Lingam
