This figure granted Bhasmasura a boon, allowing him to slay anyone on whose head he placed his hand.
This figure granted Bhasmasura a boon, allowing him to slay anyone on whose head he placed his hand. He once burned the god of love, Kama, to death. During the Kurma incarnation of another deity, this god ingested the deadly Halahala to protect the rest of the world; he thus gained the epithet "Neelakantam," or "blue-throated one." This deity resides on Mount Kailash, rides the white bull Nandi, and is often worshipped in the form of a lingam. He is the husband of Parvati. For 10 points, identify this member of the Trimurti with a third eye, the "destroyer" god of Hinduism.
This figure granted Bhasmasura a boon, allowing him to slay anyone on whose head he placed his hand.
Shiva