Lord Shiva is associated with 'Moksha' which is relief from the cycle of birth and death. By Moksha, He is actually taking us out from the illusionary world of "Kama, Krodha, Moha, Mada and Lobha" and making us realize who we are and what is our true purpose of existence. Thus the power of destruction of Lord Shiva has a great purifying power on a universal level. The destruction opens the path for a new creation of the universe, a new opportunity for the beauty and drama of universal illusion to unfold. When we say Lord Shiva liberates us, It means liberation of the individual soul from samsara or the cycle of births and deaths, from the sense of duality and separation, and union with Brahman. Liberation is known variously as mukti, kaivalya, moksha or nirvana. Liberation means freedom from bondage, such as attachment, karma or binding actions, maya or delusion, anava or ahmakara or egoism and prakriti or nature. Liberation means acquiring self knowledge of knowing who you are or what your essential nature is. Liberation means when a soul is released from its involvement with Prakriti or nature, which uses its instruments of delusion, attachment and egoism to subject the souls to their physical existence and the cycle of births and deaths. When the individual souls become aware of their true nature and transcend their limitations, they gain freedom and become one with the divine. This is referred as the state of liberation. This however does not happen overnight. It takes several births and intense effort on the part of the souls to regain their freedom.!! Hari Om Tat Sat ~ Har Har Har Har Mahadev!!
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