Thread by @Sumita327

Why Does Bhagwan Shiva Wear a Serpent Around His Neck…? 🔱
A cobra. Not an ordinary one but Vasuki, the king of serpents.
Coiled calmly around Bhagwan Shiva’s neck. Why?
What does it really mean?
Read this 2-minute thread Coiled thrice. Calm. Still. Around the throat of the Mahadeva.
Why?
What’s the secret behind Mahadeva’s snake…? 🔥
Every symbol of Shiva holds oceans of meaning. Every gesture is a window into cosmic truth, symbolic, sacred, and spiritually transformative.
Read this 2-minute thread - it may awaken the fearless Shiva within you….!
Let’s decode this sacred symbolism…!👇

The snake around Shiva’s neck is no ordinary ornament.
It is alive. Poisonous. Fearsome.
Yet it rests peacefully on Mahadeva’s throat.
That’s the first clue:
What terrifies the world becomes serene near Shiva.

As per the Mahabharata:
महादेवो महातेजा नागेन्द्रकृतभूषणः ।
Mahadeva, the radiant one, is adorned with the king of serpents.
(Anushasana Parva, 17)
The serpent is Vasuki, the Nāgarāja, coiled like a garland.
But he’s more than a snake.

In yogic symbolism, the serpent is called Kundalini-
Primal energy, coiled at the base of the spine, waiting to awaken.
Shiva wears it to show He has mastered it.
He is Yogeshwara - the Lord of Yoga.

The snake’s three coils represent:
•The three gunas (tamas, rajas, sattva)
•The three states of consciousness
•The past, present, and future
Shiva wears time and nature like a necklace.
He is beyond them.

The serpent sits near the Vishuddha Chakra, the throat center.
This governs truth and expression.
Shiva doesn’t suppress or destroy the snake.
He contains it with absolute awareness.
That is the essence of Tantra.

Snakes are feared in many cultures.
But in the Vedas, they are revered:
नमः सर्पेभ्यो ये के च पृथिव्याम्
Salutations to all serpents, on earth, in sky, in heaven.
(Yajur Veda – Taittiriya Samhita 4.5)
A serpent is a sacred being.

The serpent is a symbol of:
•Awakening
•Immortality
•Transformation
It sheds its skin, just as the seeker sheds ego and illusion.
It’s a sign of rebirth and renewal.

Shiva doesn’t kill the snake.
He wears it.
Because what you’ve mastered within, no longer controls you without.
That is Shiva consciousness.

You too have a serpent inside,
The Kundalini coiled, waiting to rise.
When you sit still, aware, and fearless…
You begin to wear the world instead of being bound by it.
That is the path.

Invoke the energy of Shiva:
नागेन्द्रहाराय त्रिलोचनाय
भस्माङ्गरागाय महेश्वराय ।
नित्याय शुद्धाय दिगम्बराय
तस्मै नकाराय नमः शिवाय ॥
Salutations to Him who wears the serpent, has three eyes, is ever pure and unbound.

Next time life coils around you like a serpent…
Don’t run. Don’t react.
Just sit still.
Breathe.
Smile like Shiva.
And wear it like a garland.

Because you are not the fear,
You are the one who transcends it.

Om Namah Shivaya..! 🔥❤️🔱🙏🚩