Maheśvara
deity figure · 4 works · 6 mentions · 10 anchored passages
Śrīkaṇṭha · Lord Maheśvara · the Lord · Īśvara · Śiva
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Vrhaspatitattva
The supreme Lord of Śaiva teaching, addressed as Maheśvara/Īśvara/Śiva, who instructs Vṛhaspati on Mount Kailāśa and identifies himself as Śrīkaṇṭha in the Aṣṭavidyāsana lineage.
Lord Īśvara was on the summit of Mount Kailāśa, engaged in teaching the sacred knowledge to the entire host of gods.
> On the beautiful peak of Mount Kailāśa, Maheśvara was seated, > and to Vṛhaspati he spoke of the unsurpassed truth of Śiva.
That is why they are graced with many teachings, so that whatever they are capable of in their devotion to the Lord, that they may take as their knowledge for realizing the Lord’s being.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Śiva under the epithet Maheśvara, credited with a divine sacrifice on Himavat whose sacred remnants the monkeys later gather.
On that excellent, beautiful mountain a great sacrifice had once been performed by Maheśvara — divine, enchanting, and pleasing to the minds of all gods — and its glory still shone.
That guardian of the world, boasting of his friendship with Maheśvara, was defeated by you in fury in battle, O mighty one.
Parāśara Smṛti
Deity named as one of three who determine scripture, tradition, and conduct in every cosmic cycle.
In every *kalpa* (cosmic cycle), through destruction and creation, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara are always the determiners of sacred scripture (*śruti*), tradition (*smṛti*), and righteous conduct.
Vratisasana
A name of Śiva invoked as the teacher and authority behind the ten dharmas and the teaching on the fruitlessness of desiring the fruit of vows.
This is the teaching of Lord Maheśvara.
Thus says Lord Maheśvara.