What makes Lord Shiva supreme?

 

God Shiva is supreme, everything is Him and made my Him.

• Shiva is Aadi ( from times immemorial ), Ananth ( everywhere ) and Sanatana ( eternal ).
• Shiva is the benign aspect, whereas the contrast Rudra is Shiva's ferocious form.
• Shiva beheaded his own Son Lord Ganesh, to relieve him from his arrogance, thus shows Shiva treats everyone equally. And He is not partial even towards His family members.
• Shiva leads a simple ascetic Yogi, and down to earth life.
• Shiva as the father punishes His devotees, but later when his devotees realize their mistakes, Shiva again forgives them.
• Shiva is the aatma Rudra, the soul , the energy in every living being.
• Shiva is the Aadi Yogi, and has the entire cosmic and yogic energy stored in His third Eye and became Tryambaka ( three eyed God).
• Shiva is the father of the entire Universe, He saved the Universe by drinking the Halahal ( poison ), no one except Shiva had the power to survive even after consuming the poison.
• Shiva's trident ( the three spikes ) remove the three gunas namely Rajas, Tamas and Sattva.
• Shiva's another form is Veerabhadra, the head of Shiva's army.
• Shiva ganas are friends and companions to Shiva, and stay with him on Kailash.
• Shiva is the moksha provider for all living beings.
• Shiva's way of punishing anyone is different and He does this only to take away their arrogance / anger and thus reforms them.
• Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu couldn't find the start (birth ) of Shiva.
• God Shiva is often referred as Bholenath, the innocent God. As He is pleased very easily.
• He doesn't differentiate among his devotees, so Shiva granted boons to everyone and many asuras too. He is Pashupathi nath, God and saviour of all animals.
• Shiva gives us all the amenities and luxuries , and as a sacrificing father stays in the Burial ground ( Rudra Kshetra ).
• Shiva is the Jagadaika_poshana, meaning He is the food provider for all of us.
• Shiva is the Mahakaal, the God for time.
• Shiva smears ash on his body, since the ultimate truth of life is Ash. He doesn't give importance to any materialistic things.
• He is the Aadi Yogi, who taught us about meditation. At one instance you see Him as a yogi, and in another instance you see Him as Shankara, the family man.
• Shiva taught us about doing our Karma and being detached with the end result, and even with people and relationships.
• Shiva teaches us to stand on our word, thus Shiva became an enemy to Daksha by saving moon from Daksha’s curse.
• Shiva's nataraj form is the Cosmic dance of Shiva, where in He dissolves everyone and everything into Him.
• Shiva was there before anything existed and will be there, even after everything is destroyed.