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.
- ** Om Rudra Rudraya Namah * *
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