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Śrīla Prabhupāda intricately describes Lord Śiva as the most exalted Vaiṣṇava, perfectly situated in pure transcendence. Although he is specifically appointed to manage material transactions and often associates with those in the lowest modes of nature, his constitutional position is nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, much like yogurt is transformed milk. Through his flawless character, profound sobriety, and equal vision, Lord Śiva constantly teaches the conditioned souls how to engage in unalloyed devotional service. | |||
* '''The Exalted Devotee:''' Lord Śiva is recognized as the greatest Vaiṣṇava, characterized by his extreme sobriety, complete lack of envy, and equality toward all living entities. | |||
* '''The Transformation of Milk:''' As confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā, Lord Śiva is an expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa for material pastimes, nondifferent from the Lord in the way that yogurt is constitutionally nothing but milk. | |||
* '''The Auspicious Master:''' Known as āśutoṣa and loka-maṅgala, he is the quickly satisfied, all-auspicious spiritual master of both animate and inanimate objects. | |||
* '''The Controller of the Senses:''' He is the adhīśvara and leader of ghosts, mercifully elevating those in the lowest modes of material nature while remaining strictly on the platform of vāsudeva. | |||
* Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: [[Vanipedia:Describing Śiva - The Greatest Vaiṣṇava|Describing Śiva - The Greatest Vaiṣṇava.]] | |||
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Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda intricately describes Lord Śiva as the most exalted Vaiṣṇava, perfectly situated in pure transcendence. Although he is specifically appointed to manage material transactions and often associates with those in the lowest modes of nature, his constitutional position is nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, much like yogurt is transformed milk. Through his flawless character, profound sobriety, and equal vision, Lord Śiva constantly teaches the conditioned souls how to engage in unalloyed devotional service.
- The Exalted Devotee: Lord Śiva is recognized as the greatest Vaiṣṇava, characterized by his extreme sobriety, complete lack of envy, and equality toward all living entities.
- The Transformation of Milk: As confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā, Lord Śiva is an expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa for material pastimes, nondifferent from the Lord in the way that yogurt is constitutionally nothing but milk.
- The Auspicious Master: Known as āśutoṣa and loka-maṅgala, he is the quickly satisfied, all-auspicious spiritual master of both animate and inanimate objects.
- The Controller of the Senses: He is the adhīśvara and leader of ghosts, mercifully elevating those in the lowest modes of material nature while remaining strictly on the platform of vāsudeva.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Describing Śiva - The Greatest Vaiṣṇava.
Pages in category "Describing Siva"
The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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- In the Vayu Purana there is a description of Sadasiva in one of the Vaikuntha planets. That Sadasiva is a direct expansion of Lord Krsna’s form for pastimes
- In this verse (SB 4.24.18) Lord Siva is described as being accompanied by dangerous potencies (saktya ghoraya), and that is the actual position of Lord Siva
- It is to be noted that sometimes in revealed scriptures Lord Siva is described as being nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The point is that Lord Siva and Lord Visnu are so intimately connected that there is no difference in opinion
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- Lord Siva is described as midhustama, the best of the benedictors. He is also known as Asutosa, which indicates that he is very quickly satisfied and very quickly angered
- Lord Siva is described here (in SB 4.2.1) as the best of the gentle because he is not envious of anyone, he is equal to all living entities, and all other good qualities are present in his personality. The word siva means "all auspicious
- Lord Siva is described here (in SB 4.2.2) as caracara-guru, the spiritual master of all animate and inanimate objects. He is sometimes known as Bhutanatha, which means "the worshipable deity of the dull-headed"
- Lord Siva is described here (in SB 4.6.35) as adhisvara. Isvara means "controller," and adhisvara means particularly "controller of the senses
- Lord Siva is described here as bhuta-rat. The ghosts and those who are situated in the material mode of ignorance are called bhutas, so bhuta-rat refers to the leader of the creatures who are in the lowest standard of the material modes of nature
- Lord Siva is described in the Brahma-samhita (BS 5.38): Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, assumes the form of Lord Siva for the special purpose of material transactions. I (Brahma) offer my obeisances at Lord Govinda's lotus feet
- Lord Siva is described in the Brahma-samhita (BS 5.38): Milk changes into yogurt when mixed with a yogurt culture, but actually yogurt is constitutionally nothing but milk
- Lord Siva is described in the Brahma-samhita to be like curd or yogurt. Curd is not different from milk. Since milk is transformed into curd, in one sense curd is also milk
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- Sati has described that Lord Siva is always in a transcendental position because he is situated in pure vasudeva
- Siva is described herein (SB 4.4.26) as the best of all great souls. Although Sati's body was born of Daksa, Lord Siva used to adore her by sitting her on his lap. This is considered a great token of respect. Thus Sati's body was not ordinary
- Siva, by his actions within this material world, teaches all conditioned souls how to engage in devotional service twenty-four hours a day. Therefore he is described here (in SB 4.6.35) as loka-mangala, good fortune personified for all conditioned souls
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- The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, or Krsna, is known as bhakta-vatsala, and we find Lord Siva described as dharma-vatsala. The word dharma-vatsala refers to a person who lives according to religious principles. That is understood
- The words manunam adyam are significant here because they mean a philosopher, or one who is thoughtful and can think very nicely. Such a man is called manu. Lord Siva is described in this verse (SB 4.6.39) as the chief of all thinkers