Shiva is worshipped both by the gods and the rakshasas, the devas and the asuras, the highest and the lowest – for everybody he is the godhead. Vishnu himself used to worship him. There is a very beautiful story to describe how Vishnu was
Shiva was a bit of a vagabond husband. He was constantly going off wherever his wanderings took him for long periods of many years. Parvati had no contact with him at all. And she grew quite lonely. Moreover, because of the nature of who Sh