![]() Lord Shiva was engrossed in the music of Ravana and became immensely pleased. It is said that music is the most powerful tool to please the Lord. To escape from the wrath of Lord Shiva, Ravana sang a hymn which came to be known as the popular Shiva Tandav Stotram. As a consequence, Lord Shiva pressed his toe, and in the process, crushed the fingers of Ravana. The story of Shiv Tandav Stotram begins on a day when Ravana tried to lift the Kailash mountain in his hand to take Lord Shiva along with him to Sri Lanka. Ravana, who was a great priest, administrator, warrior, and devotee of Lord Shiva was known as the demon of demons. All the demons took undue advantage of this and worshiped Lord Shiva as they knew that it was easy to please him and then receive a boon. ![]() The legend goes like this: Lord Shiva granted a boon to anyone who praised him, or performed penance with faith and devotion. Among the many virtues of Lord Shiva, the most popular one is where Shiva is addressed as Bholenath it means one who is innocent and easy to please. In India, every dominant divine energy has many forms and names. Why did Ravana write Shiv Tandav Stotram? The hymn includes 15 verses and each verse describes the fearless Shiva and his eternal beauty in great detail. The Shiv Tandav Stotram represents the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva that eliminates all negative energies. Shiv Tandava Stotram is a hymn written and sung by Ravana in praise of Lord Shiva. Here, we take a deeper look at Ravana, who was a great devotee and an artist. Most know the arrogant, egoistic side of Ravana, but only a few know about his devotion to Lord Shiva. Ravana was infamous in the great Indian epic Ramayana for abducting Sita, wife of Lord Rama. Shiva Tandava Stotram was written by Ravana centuries ago. He was one of the most ardent devotees of Lord Shiva. Have you wondered who the composer of this beautiful Shiva Tandava Stotram is? It was King Ravana! What an amazing description of Lord Shiva! Such descriptions are usually written by those who are steeped in love or devotion. Salutations to Lord Shiva, whose hair is like a dense forest, whose throat is wet by the pure, flowing water of the Ganga the snakes resting around the neck of Shiva are like long garlands Damad-damad-damad - is the sound of drums that describes the passionate dance of the fearless Lord Shiva. The fourth and fifth quatrains of this hymn conclude with lists of Shiva's epithets as destroyer, even the destroyer of death itself.Shiv Tandav Stotram by Ravana Jatakatahasambhrama bhramanilimpanirjhari The word 'Tandava' means 'Destruction', which is also a part of 'Taal' [the word 'Taal', which is a very essential part of Indian music, is the combination of 'Tandava' (which is considered as Lord Shiva's dance form) and Lashya (which is considered as Goddess Parvati's dance form). Ravana got Lord Shiva's blessings and assurances (बराभय) by very hard mental and physical prayer (तपस्या). In Ramayana, we can see Ravana was a great follower of Lord Shiva and he was thoroughly blessed by Lord Shiva. It is also said that, Ravana himself wrote and dedicated the song to Lord Shiva. ![]() Though this song is considered as an Arya Geeti (the song of Aryans, a part of Vedic culture), but it is said, the song was written (dedicated) and sung by Visrava (father of Ravana) and specially by Ravana (King of Lanka). Shiva Tandava Stotram (शिवताण्डवस्तोत्रम्) is a Sanskrit song or Mantra or Hymn written on Lord Shiva which describes Lord Shiva's Power, Beauty (Physical and Mental) and specially Tandava. ![]()
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