Shiva is known as The Destroyer within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity which also includes Brahma and Vishnu. [6][26] Shiva has many aspects, benevolent as well as fearsome. Shiva is one of the main deities of Hinduism, and the deity whom Shaivites worship as the supreme god. Among his common epithets are Shambhu (‘Benign’), Shankara (‘Beneficent’), Mahesha (‘Great Lord’), and Mahadeva (‘Great God’). He is often worshipped in the form of a lingam. Shiva is the space. Shiva is the consciousness. There is no way that you can step out of Shiva at any time because Shiva is the summum bonum of the whole creation. That is why Shiva’s body is depicted in blue because blue signifies the sky; the all-pervading infinity which has no limits, and no shape. Shiva means serene, benevolent, sinless. Lord Shiva, one of the principal deities in Hindu mythology, represents a complex and multifaceted figure revered by millions. He embodies the essence of creation, preservation, and destruction, intertwining with the fabric of the universe.
