Lord Shiva is a Hermit who is detached from worldly life, who doesn't doesnt get entangled in worldly pleasures. Yogi with matted hair, Wearing rudraksh, holds a snake coiled around His neck, a Trishul, Damaru and Kamdalu in hand and wears a tiger skin. His body is smeared with ash ~ A simple reminder that This body that we are so proud of and we are so much attached to will become a heap of ash one day! That ash which is dear to Lord Shiva. Shiva applies ash on his body just to remind that this Life is transient.

"Main toh Vairagi hoon, Na Sammaan Ka Moh Na Apmaan Ka Bhay!" Lord Shiva is a Hermit who is detached from worldly life, who doesn't doesnt get entangled in worldly pleasures. Yogi with matted hair, Wearing rudraksh, holds a snake coiled around His neck, a Trishul, Damaru and Kamdalu in hand and wears a tiger skin. His body is smeared with ash ~ A simple reminder that This body that we are so proud of and we are so much attached to will become a heap of ash one day! That ash which is dear to Lord Shiva. Shiva applies ash on his body just to remind that this Life is transient. The body and ego which gives one sense of individuality will not be around one day. Shiva stands for letting go everything in the world of forms. The path of Lord Shiva is undoubtedly the path of the ascetic yogi, indifferent to the world abstaining from all sorts of indulgence and pleasures. Shiva, the destroyer, whose destruction is positive, nourishing and constructive as it builds and transforms life and energy for the welfare of all. Shiva destroys our imperfections in order to ensure our spiritual progress. He destroys our illusions, desires and ignorance. He destroys our evil and negative nature. He destroys our old memories, so that we can move on with time. He destroys our relationships, attachments, impurities, physical and mental wrongdoings, the effects of bad karma, our passions and emotions and many things that stand between us and God as impediments to our progress and inner transformation. In the end when we have made sufficient progress, when we are ready and prepared, and when we are willing without any inner conflict, he destroys death! Har Har Mahadev!!