Everyone and everything
Markandeya
The sage born to Mrikandu as a virtuous son fated to die at sixteen, who embraced the linga when Yama came; Shiva as…
Mrikandu
Markandeya's father, who chose from Shiva a short-lived virtuous son over a long-lived dull one. Stub entity.
Bhringi
The sage who vowed to circle and honour Shiva alone, ignoring Parvati; her austerities won her union with Shiva's body…
Gautama
The sage whose long penance on Brahmagiri during a drought brought Shiva to release the Ganga there as the Godavari…
Matsyendranath
Macchindranath · Luipa (Tibet)
The ninth- to tenth-century founder-figure of the Naths, said to have overheard Shiva teaching Parvati while hidden as…
Upamanyu
The Shaiva sage in whose Himalayan hermitage Krishna performed six months of austerities for a son; in the…
Medhatithi
The sage whose sacrificial fire Sandhya enters after her penance; she rises from it as Arundhati in the Shiva Purana…
Patanjali
The sage whose living tomb (jeeva samadhi) lies at the Brahmapureeswarar temple beside the Brahma shrine.
Vyaghrapada
The tiger-footed sage who, with Patanjali, watched the Ananda Tandava in the Tillai forest. Stub entity.