Rameshwara Mahadeva
When Sri Ramachandra was making the bridge to Lanka, he established a Shiva-linga (deity form of Shiva) called Rameshwara. All the common people began glorifying Lord Shiva, shouting, “Rameshwara ki jaya! You are Rama’s Ishvara: you are the lord of Rama.” The demigods were unsatisfied by this and announced through an arial voice, “Ramas ca asau Ishvarah: Rama is God, and Shankara is also God; they are the same.” Hearing this, the Shiva-linga broke. Lord Shiva emerged from the linga and told them all, “You are all foolish; you do not know my tattva, the established truths regarding my identity. Rama is my beloved and my God, and that is why I am called Rameshwara.”
from "Shiva Tattva" by Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja
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