Thread by @VandanaJayrajan

ॐ नमः शिवायः
Without any origin or end, Mahadeva, Lord Shiva is the Supreme Creator of all. The three eyed Lord is worshiped in bodied, bodiless, Aum-kar and Linga forms. All the great saints, devotees, philosophers and even Gods failed to unveil all about him.

Of all the aspects of Lord Shiva, one as destructor is most popular. To maintain the equilibrium, destruction is as imp an aspect as creation and sustenance. He incarnated as Rudra, to complement Brahma (The Creator) and Vishnu (The Protector), to assume the role of Destructor.

But it is important to understand the true aspect of “Destruction”. Shiva is not the God of “Death”. Yama is the God of Death.

There are two aspects of “Destructive” role of Shiva. Rudra is a destroyer of negative forces like fear, ignorance, anger, lust, violence...

Destruction of negative forces implicitly means protection of positive forces. In this aspect Rudra supplements Vishnu. No wonder we turn to Rudra for Protection (Mahamritynjay) from death and its fear.

In the second aspect- Creation, Sustenance and Destruction form a cycle. A cycle has no start or end point. As such destruction can be considered as the pre-requisite and essence of creation. Thus Shiva as destructor complements Brahma in his creation.

Lord Shiva decided the life of the entire universe including Triad. The Life span of universe is termed as “Kalp-Chakra” the largest measure of time known to world. At the end of a Kalpa, he disposes the entire creation and starts re-construction.
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