Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.s3.16

v2.c16.s3.16

The Rūpamaṇḍana informs us that Śiva should have four arms and that in one of the right hands there should be the triśūla and in the other a mātuḷuṅga fruit (a kind of citron); one of the left arms should be thrown on the shoulder of Umā and there should be a snake in the other left hand. The colour of Śiva should be red like the coral. The Dēvī should be as in the description of the Viṣṇudharmōttara given above. There should be in this group the Vṛṣabha or the bull of Śiva, Gaṇēśa, Kumāra and a lean emaciated figure of the ṛishi Bhṛiṅgi dancing, all arranged in an artistic composition.