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Whenever there is a nice atmosphere in the material world, immediately there is an awakening of the sexual appetite in …

vaidūrya-kṛta-sopānā vāpya utpala-mālinīḥ prāptaṁ kimpuruṣair dṛṣṭvā ta ārād dadṛśur vaṭam

They also saw that the bathing ghāṭas and their staircases were made of vaidūrya-maṇi. The water was full of lotus …

sa yojana-śatotsedhaḥ pādona-viṭapāyataḥ paryak-kṛtācala-cchāyo nirnīḍas tāpa-varjitaḥ

That banyan tree was eight hundred miles high, and its branches spread over six hundred miles around. The tree cast …

Generally, in every tree there are bird nests, and the birds congregate in the evening and create noise. But it …

tasmin mahā-yogamaye mumukṣu-śaraṇe surāḥ dadṛśuḥ śivam āsīnaṁ tyaktāmarṣam ivāntakam

The demigods saw Lord Śiva sitting under that tree, which was competent to give perfection to mystic yogīs and deliver …

In this verse the word mahā-yogamaye is very significant. Yoga means meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and mahā-yoga …

The Sanskrit word mahā is derived from the affix mahat. This affix is used when there is a great number …

sanandanādyair mahā-siddhaiḥ śāntaiḥ saṁśānta-vigraham upāsyamānaṁ sakhyā ca bhartrā guhyaka-rakṣasām

Lord Śiva sat there, surrounded by saintly persons like Kuvera, the master of the Guhyakas, and the four Kumāras, who …

The personalities sitting with Lord Śiva are significant because the four Kumāras were liberated from birth. It may be remembered …

vidyā-tapo-yoga-patham āsthitaṁ tam adhīśvaram carantaṁ viśva-suhṛdaṁ vātsalyāl loka-maṅgalam

The demigods saw Lord Śiva situated in his perfection as the master of the senses, knowledge, fruitive activities and the …

Lord Śiva is full of wisdom and tapasya, austerity. One who knows the modes of work is understood to be …

Lord Śiva is described here as adhīśvara. Īśvara means “controller,” and adhīśvara means particularly “controller of the senses.” Generally our …

liṅgaṁ ca tāpasābhīṣṭaṁ bhasma-daṇḍa-jaṭājinam aṅgena sandhyābhra-rucā candra-lekhāṁ ca bibhratam

He was seated on a deerskin and was practicing all forms of austerity. Because his body was smeared with ashes, …

Lord Śiva’s symptoms of austerity are not exactly those of a Vaiṣṇava. Lord Śiva is certainly the number one Vaiṣṇava, …