Maha Shivratri

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Namaste, Wishing All Maha Shivratri and May Lord Shiva Bless All and grant all the BEst Boons in Life that can be offered. I was reading few stanzas of Shankaracharya in his poem Bhaja Govindam where I came to understand that Shankaracharya was none other than Lord Shiva himself, as indicated in the Padma Purana. As we are aware that Shri Shankaracharya also had earned a point in his doctrine called non-dualism (advaita), which advocated that the soul (atma) and God are one (Brahman). He based this theory on parts of the Vedanta-sutra. This philosophy proclaims that ultimately, the Absolute Truth is impersonal. Shiva is described as the most powerful, second only to Lord Vishnu.1 In this way, he is not the Supreme, but is almost as powerful. Although he has nothing to attain in this material world, he is always engaged for the benefit of everyone in

this universe, and is accompanied by his material and dangerous energies like goddess Kali and goddess Durga The discription of :ord shiva as we all know a young man with long hair slightly blue, a thrishul and a splurt of Ganga flows from his long hair sometimes also the third eye and four arms a sign of Universal power. As one knows shivas drum represent Srishti the creation; the abhaya hand (giving blessings) represents sthiti, or preservation; his foot that presses down symbolizes tirobhava, or the veiling effect; and the uplifted foot means blessings (anugraha), especially toward seeing through the veil of illusion caused by ego. When he is shown with an axe, it represents samhara, destruction.The snake also signifies time.Lord Shiva is the Lord over time and death. These serpents also indicate that he is surrounded by death but beyond the power of it. One of

the most beautiful forms of Lord Shiva is portrayed in his dancing position, known as Nataraja, the king of dancers.he also wears the skin of a tiger, which he slew. This represents the ego, which will fight when attacked and must be killed by the knowledge of the guru, or the wisdom of Nataraja himself. Shiva’s Ganga water is also said to represent the flow of knowledge and devotion to God. Shiva is known as the foremost devotee of Lord Krishna, Vishnu, or Lord Rama, which is one of the meanings of the spout of Ganga water on Shiva’s head.There are many few story describing the Ganga. PS: I have been studying the above for few days but could not complete as of today. Sorry for the silence hopeing that the Member s do not feel the lack of my input.

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