When the matter and energy are in state of
constant transformation
Creation and annihilation find eternal trace
Shiva and Shakti entwined in celestial dance
Mimicking the eternity and cosmic stance
Material Worlds are born and vanish in space
Mystic spirit leaps into the spirit embrace.
Shiva is benevolent and omniscient maha yogi
On the snow clad Mount Kailash living an ascetic life
Has the other side, living in unison with Parvathi the wife
Patron God of yoga, meditation and arts and dance.
In this great cremation ground, so called our World
Where the souls come and perish perpetually
Our Lord Adi Yogi sits in deep meditation.
With iconic attributes serpent Vasuki around the neck
Adorning crescent moon, Ganga flowing from his head
Destroying evil to ashes with the third eye on his forehead
Ready to fiercely fight the demons with trisula in his hand
Musical device the Damaru to resonate the primordial sound
Rigvedic deity Rudra to the blue throat Neelkantha
of oceanic churn one who drank the poison Haalaala
Bearer of dripping and flowing Ganga, Gangadhara
Aadiyogi immersed in himself the transcendental reality
Self and formless, a metaphysical and spiritual reality.
Lord Shiva being worshipped for his cosmic eternity.
……………..Narayan Gadagkar