Portrayal of Almighty Shiva towards Shankara: Elucidating Assertive Energy in the work of Devdutt Pattanaik
Abstract
India, an epitomized land of knowledge is a storehouse of rich cultural heritage. In world mythologies, Indian mythologies are very famous because they are always related to civilization, ritual ceremonies, legendary folklore, and many creeds. In Indian mythologies people mainly worship two spiritual powers, male God and female Goddess. Shiva and Shakti are popular among all Gods and Goddess. Popular literature has many genres among which mythology inspired fictional literature is creating waves. This paper has enlightened all the incidents - regarding the God's transformation as a husband, a householder and ultimately the father of two sons. This paper focuses on Lord Shiva & his wife Goddess in different forms like Shakti, Sati and Parvati, where these three forms of Goddess always represents behind the power of Lord Shiva. It is quite interesting that Shiva who had shunned the world and was busy in his Yogic Sadhan, compelled to start a marriage life by the Goddess Shakti. The legend of Shiva is represented by many authors especially the contemporary trend of mythological fiction has witnessed many additions to the corpus of books on Shiva. In the present work, it had been elaborated that how Shiva turned to be departed from hermitic loneliness into the active involvement of mystical power around the world. Devdutt Pattanaik is the prominent writer of mythological writings, that are considered for people who are not familiarized about religious texts but keen to understand the soul of mythology and epics. He documented several books on Shiva, among the most outstanding book is Shiva to Shankara: Giving form to the Formless (2006). Devdutt Pattanaik has described Shiva as an enigmatic and mythical entity in his book.
How to Cite
Poonam Lawat, Dr. Nayana Phogat, "Portrayal of Almighty Shiva towards Shankara: Elucidating Assertive Energy in the work of Devdutt Pattanaik", Vol. 3, Issue 5, 06-08-2025, pp. 1-10.
