There is a subtle difference between the Supreme Soul Shiva and Shankar the deity The Supreme has been worshipped in the oval or egg-shaped form of the Shivalinga. The Linga Purana says that the one ...
In the public mind, Shiva and Shankar are one and the same: Shiva-Shankar, Bholenath, Kailashpati—hundreds of names. All names are beautiful. But if we understand the meaning of these names by going ...
The three lines marked on the Shivalinga symbolise triple characteristics of Trimurti: Trinetri - the one with the third eye of wisdom, Trikaldarshi - the one who sees the three aspects of time, and ...