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
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