#Thread on #Panchanaan and #Panchavaktra Mahadev!
Mahadev is called 'Panchanaan' and 'Panchavaktra' because of his five faces.
Five faces in the four directions and the fifth in the middle( Sadyojat, Vamdeva, Tatpurush, Aghor and Ishaan) and each has three eyes.
The west-facing face of Mahadev is Sadyojata. This face of Shiv ji symbolizes clean, pure and free as a child.
The north facing direction is Vamdev. Vamadeva means the destroyer of vices.
- The south face is Aghor. Aghor means one who does blasphemous deeds.
The one who performs the condemned karma but by the grace of Mahadeva makes it pure.
East face of Mahadev is known as Tatpurush.That means to be reside in one's Atman.
The name of the upper face is Ishaan. Ishaan means स्वामी।
Out of the five faces of Shiv Shankar, the upper face is of milk-like color, the east face is of Tatpurush yellow color, the south face is of Aghor blue color, the west face is of Sadyojat white color and the north face is of Vamdev Krishna color.