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Jataadharaha: Jataa - long locks of hair. Dhara - one who has.
One who has long locks of hair. It indicates penance. By this the
penance and yoga of Lord Shiva is indicated. He who sports
matted locks. The word ke\u015ba means hair upon head, and ja\u1e6d\u0101 is the
bringing together of ke\u015ba. Many ja\u1e6d\u0101s are upon \u015aiva\u2019s head, so He
is ja\u1e6d\u0101-dhara\u1e25. It is an indication of tapa\u1e25, austerities. This means
\u015aiva is a tapasv\u012b, an ascetic.
In var\u0101ha pur\u0101na the secret of lord shiva's jat\u0101 is praised .
\u091c\u091f\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0930\u0942\u092a\u0947\u0923 \u0938\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0938\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093e
\u0915\u0941\u0932\u093e\u091a\u0932\u093e \u0938\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0927\u0941\u0935\u0939\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091a \u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0936 :
\u0936\u0936\u0940\u092a\u0930\u093f\u0917\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0928\u0902 \u0907\u0926\u0902 \u0924\u0935 \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0924\u0902
\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0935 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0937\u094d\u092f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0941\u0926\u0943\u0937\u094d\u091f\u092f\u094b \u091c\u0928\u093e:
When we visualize and contemplate on the lord in his vishvaroopa ( the form in which the lord is seen as the entire world ) his locks of hair are the water bodies , the rivers , the oceans and the great mountains from where the rivers are born . This cannot be seen by the ones with limited eyesight. This can be seen and understood only with true wisdom.

Lord shiva is said to possess long, dark and heavy tresses. These represent the multiplicity and only Shia can bear this weight. Ganga and chandra are enmeshed in this multiplicity.

Jataadhara is also the name of a form of Shiva who went along with veerabhadra to destroy the ritualistic sacrifice of daksha.

The mass of \u015aiva\u2019s twisted hair (ja\u1e6d\u0101j\u016b\u1e6da) is called kaparda. \u015aiva\u2019s name kapard\u012b is well known in the Vedas: nama\u1e25 kapardine ca vyuptake\u015b\u0101ya ca.

ja\u1e6d\u012b = He who sports matted locks, implying \u015aiva (here) is a v\u0101naprasth\u012b (observing the third station which comes after brahmacarya and g\u1e5bhastha). All the oceans, eminent mountains and great rivers become the matted locks upon \u015aiva\u2019s head.

trija\u1e6d\u012b = He who puts on three roots. ja\u1e6d\u0101 not only means twisted hair but also root. (ja\u1e6d\u0101 lagna-kace m\u016ble - Vi\u015bva-ko\u015ba). \u015aiva has with Him the m\u016bla-prak\u1e5bti, which is the root of the three gu\u1e47as - sattva, rajas and tamas.

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