Possessed of thousand or ten thousand eyes or eyes on all sides of his body, as he ever protects the universe, he is called Mahadeva.
सहस्राक्षोऽयुताक्षो वा सर्वतोऽक्षिमयोऽपि वा। यच विश्वं महत् पाति महादेवस्ततः स्मृतः॥