Thursday, February 3, 2011the Shiv Shakti (liberation, and/or destruction).of ALMIGHTY GOD(PARMESHWAR) better known as Mahesh,Maharudra,bholenath

The Shiv meaning " the auspicious one" is the destructive or liberative power of the "ALMIGHTY GOD" every material thing has to come to an end hence ,the shiv or maharudra helps the universe to come an end .but in non -pralay time it is generous deity which can give even  his life for a  devotee.
    He is maha-yogi ,have complete control over krodha,maya and  lust and greed during non-pralay time .during pralay time irrespective of good or bad HE destroy maintain the rhythm of heartbeat s everything by his tandav nrutya.He is god of dance
He is worshipped in form of "Lingam" also.he has protected universe by storing poison from "samudramanthan" in his throat
the attributes of shiva are
1)Trident-trishula represents three gunas -sattva, tamas, rajas
2)snake that stands for He is beyond power of death
3)the shiva's two sided drum maintain the rhythm of heartbeat and in overtone creates sound of "aum"
4)shiva brings joy as his vehcial nandi (white bull ) is known to bring joy as it is always joyfull.