LORD SHIVA

LORD SHIVA

Shiva wears a deer in upper hand

Trident in lower arm, crescent moon on head

Fair like an ice clad mountain

With fire, damru, malu as a weapon

He wears five serpents as ornament and garland of skulls

His feet presses demon Muyaka

A dwarf holding a cobra

He faces south, His body panchaksha

With tryambakam burned desires to ashes

With crescent moon controlled mind and desires

With matted hair in gold

With poison, down His throat.

Sacred Ganges flowing through matted locks

Seated on deer skin, lust He controls

Garland of snakes signifying wisdom of eternity

Holding deer, tossing of mind controlled nicely

Trident representing conquer over trigunas

Sathva, rajas, tamas gunas

Damru representing OM origin of sound

Lord holds Nandi, the dharma profound.

In Kailash, gana, attendants of Shiva

Shiva named Ganesha, lord of all ganas

Mount Kailash in Himalayas as His abode

Resembling layas , representing center of universe.

Shiva a figure of honour, delight and brilliance

Found in Him invincibility, might and terror presence

Ascetic yogin and as a house holder shines

Parvati as wife, Ganesha and Skanda as His sons.

Parvathi addressed as Uma, Tripura Sundari

Shakti, Durga, Kamaksahi, Meenakshi

Consort of Shiva in creative energy

Ganesha and Karthikeya, their sons of Hindu worship.

Shiva as Nataraja as promoter of dance

Lasya and Tandava, feminine and masculine forms

Lasya graceful gentle delicate emotions

Tandava masculine associated with destruction.

Shiva teacher of yogsa, music, shastras

As Dakshinamurthy teacher of sages

Shiva represented as Ardhanareeshwara, half male and half female

Signifying ultimate power of universe is feminine and masculine.

Shiva linga means an auspicious symbol

Creation and dissolution, god’s symbol

Shiva’s five faces, Sadyojate, vamadeva

Aghora, Tatpurusha, Isana

Shiva’s five faces represent

Five elements in pancha bhutas present

Five senses, organs of perception

And five organs of actions.

Maha Shivaratri in month of Maaga

Thirteenth night, fourteenth morning in Krishna paksha

Day lord Shiva performed tandava and married Parvathi

Observed as fasting day, pray all night, Shiva’s devotees..

K.S.V.SESHADRI