Shiva Panchakshari Stotram

Shiva is 'shakti' or power, Shiva is the destroyer, the most powerful god of the Hindu pantheon and one of the godheads in the Hindu Trinity. Known by many names - Mahadeva, Mahayogi, Pashupati, Nataraja, Bhairava, Vishwanath, Bhava, Bhole Nath - Lord Shiva is perhaps the most complex of Hindu deities. Hindus recognize this by putting his shrine in the temple separate from those of other deities.

Shiva As Phallic Symbol:

Shiva, in temples is usually found as a phallic symbol of the 'linga', which represents the energies necessary for life on both the microcosmic and the macrocosmic levels, that is, the world in which we live and the world which constitutes the whole of the universe. In a Shaivite temple, the 'linga' is placed in the center underneath the spire, where it symbolizes the naval of the earth.

The popular belief is that the Shiva Linga or Lingam represents the phallus, the emblem of the generative power in nature

湿婆是“沙克蒂”或功率，湿婆是毁灭，印度教万神殿的最强大的神，在印度教三位一体的godheads之一。大天，Mahayogi，伯舒伯蒂，塔罗闍，陪胪，维什瓦纳特，巴瓦，Bhole纳特 - - 湿婆神是印度教也许是神的最复杂的许多名字知道。印度教徒认识到这一点通过把他的神社寺庙单独与其他神灵。

湿婆作为阳具象征：

湿婆，在寺庙通常会发现作为“林加”的阳具象征，它代表双方的微观和宏观的水平生命所需的能量，也就是我们所生活的世界和世界构成了整个宇宙。在一个Shaiv​​ite庙，“林加”被放置在塔尖，它象征着海军的地球下面的中心。

流行的看法是湿婆林伽或林甘代表阴茎的生成功率在大自然的象征