Rudra-Shiva concept (Study)
by Maumita Bhattacharjee | 2018 | 54,352 words
This page relates ‘Shiva’s incarnation as Yaksheshvara’ of the study on the Rudra-Shiva concept in the Vedic and Puranic literature, starting with the concept of God as contemplated by the Rishis (Vedic sages). These pages further deal with the aspects, legends, iconography and eulology of Rudra-Shiva as found in the Samhitas, Brahamanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads Sutras and Puranas. The final chapters deal with descriptions of his greatness, various incarnations and epithets.
20. Śiva’s incarnation as Yakṣeśvara
In the Śiva Purāṇa, another incarnation of Śiva has been mentioned. In the form of Yakṣeśvara, lord Śiva removed the arrogance of the gods after enlightening them (the gods) with various instructions and vanished from there.[1]
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[1]:
Ibid., 3.16