When one hears Shiva's philosophy, it is all tyaga: give it up, indifference, independence from all things -- from food, water, air, breath, sky, from all things -- renounce it, renounce it. And do not be surprised, with all that, the best philosophy he gave was to his consort Parvati. She asked him questions, and he answered her gently. Through all this asceticism he never gave a philosophy out, he lived out; he lived it all his life, and by being an example. It was sometimes that he opened his mouth, and Parvati took down what Mahadeva gave.