This god sits on a tiger-skin, demonstrating how he has conquered lust, at the top of Mount Kailash in the Himalayas.
This god sits on a tiger-skin, demonstrating how he has conquered lust, at the top of Mount Kailash in the Himalayas. This deity holds a trident in one hand to symbolize his power and is garlanded by a snake, which denotes his wisdom. He was nicknamed Nilkanth, meaning (*) "blue throat," after he drank the Halahala, a poison in the Ocean of Milk.  His third eye believed to burn all desire, or Kama, to ashes, and he is the father of Kartikeya and Ganesha. For ten points, name this wife of Parvati, a member of the Hindu Trinity along with Vishnu and Brahma, the god of destruction.
This god sits on a tiger-skin, demonstrating how he has conquered lust, at the top of Mount Kailash in the Himalayas.
{Shiva} (Accept {Siva})