Lord Shiva – The Greatest Devotee

shri-naradadyaih satatam sugopya

jijnasitayashu vara-pradaya

tebhyo harer bhakti-sukha-pradaya

shivaya sarva-gurave namah 19

Appearance of Lord Siva

Väïchä-kalpa-tarubhyaç ca

Lord Çiva is the ideal husband

satäà prasaìgän mama vérya-saàvido

satäà prasaìgän mama vérya-saàvido

para-duhkha-dukhi

Lord Siva accepting prayer of Daksha

patitä pävan

Lord Siva is Prodector of dhams

oà namo bhagavat mahä-puruñäya sarva-guëa-

saìkhyänäyänantäyävyaktäya nama iti. • O Supreme Personality of

Godhead,• I offer my respectful

obeisances unto You • in Your expansion as Lord

Saìkarñaëa.• You are the reservoir of all

transcendental qualities. • Although You are unlimited, • You remain unmanifest to

the nondevotees.• SB 5.17.17

Lord Siva’s dealing with vaisnava• You are all devotees

of the Lord, and

• as such I appreciate that you are as respectable

• as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.

• SB4.24.30

Lord Siva at the time of dissolution

Blessing from Lord Siva

Sakapata Krpa

Mercy

With

cheating

shiva-shastreshu tad grahyam bhagavac-chastra-yogi yat

paramo vishnur evaikas taj jnanam moksha-sadhanam

shastranam nirnayas tv eshas tad anyan mohanaya hi

- Skanda Purana, Lord Shiva tells Karttikeya

 

niskapata krpa: Mercy without cheating

Lord Çiva was traveling in the sky with Pärvaté,

• Çré Märkaëòeya merged in meditative trance

Lord Siva bewildered by Mohini Murthy

•Be careful•mama mäyä duratyayä