Mahādeva
deity figure · 3 works · 7 mentions · 8 anchored passages
granter of boons · the god whose banner bears a bull
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
'The Great God', a form of Rudra named as a possible source of affliction countered by Arundhatī.
And for one struck down by Mahādeva — [that evil, Arundhatī, thou art the poison-destroyer of that poison].
If, having poured honey over it, one eats first, Mahādeva slays the recipient.
she has Vaiśvānara as her breath upward, she is Mahādeva watching over her, she is the thunderbolt running, the missile tearing up with her hooves.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Śiva, who appears before Viśvāmitra after his austerities on the Himavat and grants him the Dhanurveda together with the full array of divine weapons.
After some time had passed, the lord of the gods, he whose banner bears a bull, the granter of boons, appeared before the great sage Viśvāmitra.
Thus addressed by the god, Viśvāmitra of great austerities bowed down to Mahādeva and spoke these words.
"If you are pleased with me, O Mahādeva, O sinless one, let the Dhanurveda be given to me in its entirety—with all its subsidiary texts, upāṅgas, upaniṣads, and its secret doctrine.
Gaṇapatitattva
A deity invoked for worldly prosperity through meditation.
If you desire prosperity in the world, meditate on Mahādeva.