Panchavaktraha: One who has five faces. The five faces of Lord Shiva are are Sadyojaata, V\u0101madeva, Aghora, Tatpurusha & Eesh\u0101na . With these five faces the Lord does five greed deeds. These five faces have five separate forms also they are known as Panchabramha.
The story of Lord Shiva getting the 5 faces while watching the Apsara Tilottama is told by Lord Shiva himself in Anushashana Parva of Mahabharata. Lord Shiva says that it is just to show the power of Yoga:
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In days of yore, a blessed woman was created by Brahman, called Tilottama, by culling grains of beauty from every beautiful object in the universe. One day, that lady of beautiful face, unrivalled in the universe for beauty of form, came to me, O goddess, for circumambulating me but really compelled by the desire of tempting me. In whatever direction that lady of beautiful teeth turned, a new face of mine instantly appeared. All those faces of mine became agreeable to look at. Thus, in consequence of the desire of beholding her, I became four-faced, through Yoga-puissance, Thus, I showed my high Yoga-power in becoming four- faced.
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