Quotes:Siva

H. P. Blavatsky

Siva. The third person of the Hindu Trinity (the Trimûrti). He is a god of the first order, and in his character of Destroyer higher than Vishnu, the Preserver, as he destroys only to regenerate on a higher plane. He is born as Rudra, the Kumâra, and is the patron of all the Yogis, being called, as such, Mahâdeva the great ascetic, His titles are significant Trilochana, “the three‐eyed”, Mahâdeva, “the great god ”, Sankara, etc., etc., etc.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Siva