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Significance of Prayers to
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva
IN Hinduism, the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified by the forms of Brahma the creator, Vishnu the maintainer or preserver and Shiva the destroyer or transformer. These three deities have been called "the Hindu triad" or the "Great Trinity" and worshipped by rituals, fastings or offerings in the temples. Out of three, Lord Shiva or Shivalinga is the most worshipped God.
You know that not only Hindus, but a few from other caste, creed or community worship Lord Shiva or Shivalinga. People do fasting in His name or go to temples and pour water or milk with other offerings to the Shivalinga, with a hope that this God will save them from destruction and give power to overcome the sufferings of life and kill the enemies they have. It is so because since thousands of years the picture of Lord Shiva is portrayed like a voilent being as unclad body covered with ashes; matted locks, crescent moon, long hairs and Ganga on the head; three eyes; snake curled three times around the neck; wearing Rudraksha necklace; trishul in hand; sitting on tiger skin in a cremation ground with his vehicle Nandi bull and a Shivalinga either with the picture or idol or alone. These features are enough to make someone scarry and force to bow down before the idol or picture.
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In fact, Lord Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva/Shivalinga are different kinds of power whether to create, preserve, destroy or transform, residing inside us which transform the energy from lowest level to highest level i.e., Divinity. There is analogy between the Portrait of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva/Shivalinga and Energy Centres inside a human being. Some intelligent person portrayed our internal figures of power and spread the message that by praying these portraits or idols, power may be achieved. In fact, it is the Shivalinga from where we can initiate to reach the highest point of divinity i.e. the Third Eye. There are a number of ways of meditation by which we can realize Shiva or Shivalinga inside us. Once we learn meditating on these Energy Centres, the enormous powers of Shiva can be generated as mentioned above. All the so-called “Gods” are within us. By worshipping externally to Shiva or other Gods, we get more attached to materialism and external world, which in turn gives insecurity and sufferings and we remain deprived of realizing the powers which are within us.
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