Lord shiva is often depicted with snakes around the neck. Lord shiva is depicted in many images like the one above as wearing snakes around his neck. The thing is that why lord shiva wears snake? There is a deep symbolism behind this.

Lord shiva is known as pasupathinath, the lord of all creatures. He has complete control on their behavior. Since a snake is one of the most dangerous animals in the world and the fact is that everything remain under control.

why lord shiva wears snakes

The snake has demonical nature in the world. By wearing the snake around his neck, lord shiva gives us the assurance that no evil can touch or destroy us once we surrender to him and worship him with deep devotion.

The snake stands for the power of kundalini, which is described as a coiled serpent lying dormant in the muladhara chakra of all human beings, one starts ones spiritual journey and becomes increasingly divine oriented. The snake around the neck of Shiva conveys that the kundalini not only has arisen fully. But it is also actively involved in the divine activity by keeping an eye on all the devotees who approach Siva with their individual problems. The snakes that lord shiva wearing around his neck, lord shiva conveys the message that he has overcome all desires and is in full control of prakriti.

Sri Eswaran