What is the relation between Lord Shiva and snakes?
In Hinduism, the snake represents the Kundalini shakti.
Kundalini shakti is a female snake.
She normally sleeps coiled at the Muladhara chakra with her mouth covering the internal Shiva linga.
Shiva is a mahayogi.
His relation with snakes is obvious.
Shiva is the Lord of the Ashta Nagas, the eight great serpents.
Where all does the Lord wear snakes?
- Around his waist. His loincloth is attached to this snake.
- The tiger skin that he wears is held tight with another snake.
- As a crown.
- There is another snake on top of his jata.
- There is a snake climbing up his jat like a creeper.
- Around his neck as a necklace.
- As armlets.
- As bangles.
- As bracelets.
- As ear ornaments.
- He is holding another snake in his hand.
This snake which the Lord is holding in his left hand was once thrown at him like a weapon.
He held and kept it with him.
It is a three-headed snake.
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