Shiva means the untouched, which conveys the meaning that HE is free from this cycle of life and death, that is the reason he is referred as even Mahadev (lord of the Lords ). Shiva is Swayambhu (self created ). When we say Shiva is the destroyer , it means that he will not destroy the world , but refers to destroying the evil, arrogance, negativity, ignorance in us, and thus making us better humans. Shiva is the Destroyer or the Transformer who operates the phenomena happening in the cosmos amo

SHIVA, THE DESTROYER The most popular belief had Him listed as The Destroyer. The ancient Indians, who propitiated many Gods, had three principal deities at the helm of affairs. Brahma, the creator of the universe; Vishnu, who handled its running; and then, there was another amazing aspect that no one really understood: The ancients had emphasised that there existed a God who destroys the universe at the end, and that God was Shiva. So it was, that He shared Godhead with the other two. No one re