Mahadeva

Shiva the most benevolent

Play of Infinity: dance of Shiva and Shakti

Dance of Infinity

Shiva and Uma are dancing lost in the passion for each other.Their energies create a delicate balance in the universe. This dance  at the end of the cycle/time of destruction, is called the dance of death known as Thandava. At the time of creation it is known as Aananda Thandava(dance of bliss)/Lasya the dance of creation.This creation and destruction forms the cycle of birth, the death and the rebirth. It's an eternal dance of Infinity.
This rhythmic play  is the source of all movement within the universe. Shiva on his own remains unmoved. Only the love of Uma makes Shiva to indulge in this playful dance time and again.
At the end of every age the universe is destroyed by Shiva's dance of Thandava along with his beloved in the form of Mahakali and he takes the form of Mahakaal.
 Then with goddess Tripura Sundari/Parvati he begins the process of creation by performing the dance of creation know as Lasya.

Tatpursha

                                                                       Tatpursha Shiva

Some call him Siva - the auspicious one. Some have known him as Rudra - the vedic god. He is the Adiyogi - the first among the yogis. The one who rules and takes care of numerous universes. He is the creator and also the creation. 

Shivoham -I am Shiva or he is the one who resides in all the beings as super soul.He is the eternal one, the meaning of Vedas. The pure blissful consciousness. As he is unshakable and forever stable. 

He is the one who creates and also the one who destroys everything to be created again. Shiva is the transcendental knowledge, and the very essence of Vedas. He is the lord of all the doctors –the one known as Baidhanaatha/ Vaidnaatha. He is the Mahadev, the lord of Gods, as he consumed poison to save the creation, for only he could have survived such an act. He is Mritunjaya, conqueror of death. He is the kaal of death known as mahakala.He is the time , the death and also the rebirth.

Shiva is often depicted as holding trident, which represents the threefold qualities of nature: creation, preservation and destruction. Hence it also represent the Hindu trinity Brahma(creator), Vishnu(preserver), Mahesh(destroyer). Also the three Guna(attributes) Satvic-Tattva, Rajasic-Tattva, Tamasic-Tattva.

He is the Omnipotent, the subtle, yet the Supreme; the manifested, the unmanifested and that which is both; the external and the internal; the eternal and also the non-eternal; wakefulness, dream and deep sleep; the past, present and the future; the visible and the invisible; the instrument of knowledge, the knower and the known; the knowledge and the ignorance; the light and the darkness.

Lord Siva is all that and much more that cannot be expressed by mere words. He can be experienced through meditation.

🙏🌺🌼🌻OM NAMAH SHIVAYA🙏🌺🌼🌻