Lord Shiva an ocean of compassion for life on the planets in the form of great faith for devotees. The glory of lord Shiva is finely elaborated in Sri Sri Shiv maha Purana [an ancient book on lord Shiva]. In fact it is an essence of all the four Vedas in a one compact issue.
Shiv maha Purana reflects on the tales of lord Shiva exercised by him while assume an form of human to bless his devotes in their direct mode.
As per Hindi mode of calendar which consist two fort nights one leads to first moon & next leads to full moon, every fortnight have days so called tithi, each tithi is governed by a specific god, here 8th & the 14th are the tithi which are fully influenced by lord Shiva.
14th if dark half called shiv ratri in other words, special for worship mode of lord Shiva.
Once in a year in the Hindi month of phagun it is taken as maha shivratri, Appearance day of lord Shiva.
This year it falls on date__6th march, wishing all a very happy shivratri.
May lord Shiva bless all on the subject of peace & glory in life.
Thanks please
