Are there any destructive incarnations of Lord Shiva?

[Smt. Priyanka asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Are incarnations of Lord Shiva like Samba, Ashwathama, Jalandhar, Andhakasura, etc. taken for the sake of various stories to take place for the entertainment of God or is there another meaning behind this? I read that they are incarnations of the destructive energy of Lord Shiva. Is it correct to say this?

Swami replied:- God Shiva is the ultimate God Datta and even though His energy is for the destruction of the creation, there is no negative angle in it. This means that the end result is positive only. Since the creation is inherently unreal, there is no real destruction of any real thing. The absolute reality of God joins with the unreal creation by which the unreal creation gets true birth. As long as the absolute reality of God continues its association with the born creation, the creation continues to exist. When the gifted absolute reality of God is withdrawn, the inherently unreal creation becomes unreal, which is called as dissolution or destruction of the creation. Of course, even during the dissolution of creation, the creation becomes subtle (Avyaktam) and does not become totally unreal, which is dilution of the concentrated creation. In this way, the absolute reality is not fully withdrawn in the actual dissolution. During the performance of a miracle, an item suddenly disappears by the will of God and another item existing in the will of God may appear when His absolute reality is gifted to such item. In the final dissolution of creation, there is dilution of the concentration of creation whereas during the miracle there is total disappearance of an item by withdrawing the absolute reality by God.

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