Shiva: The God of Transformation

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Shiva is one of the Hindu trinity that comprises the creator Brahma, the

protector Mahavishnu, and the godhead Shiva whose primary responsibility

is maintaining the life cycle. Shiva is the only godhead who is forever

in deep meditation, totally absorbed in contemplation in His abode,

Kailaasa mountain in the great Himaalaya.

Shiva is an ascetic and several religious stories and dramas portray

that all attempts to distract Him from that principal pursuit through

temptations always ended up with disaster for those initiating such an

effort. Thus Kaama, the Lord of Desires, who tried such a distraction

was burned alive through the fire when Shiva opened His third eye.

 

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On the other hand Shiva is all compassion when it came to saving the

world from the serpent Vaasuki's poison during the amritamanthana.

Vaasuki, used as a churning rope, was so tired and sick from the

repeated action of churning that he vomited the most potent poison into

the ocean of milk.

 

Fearing the destruction of the world through this poisoning, Shiva

immediately drank the poison. He Himself would have succumbed to the

poison were it not for the timely intervention by Paarvati, His consort.

Paarvati held Shiva's throat tightly preventing entry of the poison

into His body.

 

 

[shiva - Trishuldhari]

Shiva's image appears to provoke the fundamental question: "What is

this life all about?" and forces us to demand an answer such as

sacrifice, worship and service as the potential elements towards

salvation.

 

Shiva is worshipped as a lingam to help us contemplate the need to think

of Him as the most basic and essentially formless one. Shiva is commonly

portrayed as an ascetic with a serpent around His neck, vibhooti (sacred

ash) adorning His face and His essentially bare body, a trishul

(trident) in one of His hands and a kamandalu (container of water for

use in religious practices) in an other hand, and a damaruga (small

drum) in yet another hand.

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