Jata kataha sambhrama bhraman nillimpa nirjharee, Vilola veechi vallaree viraja mana moordhani, Dhagad dhagad dhagaj jwalal lalaata patta pavake, Kishora chandra shekare ratihi pratikshanam mama. With his neck, consecrated by the flow of water flowing from the thick forest-like locks of hair, and on the neck, where the lofty snake is hanging like a garland, and the Damaru drum making the sound of Damat Damat Damat Damat, Lord Shiva did the auspicious dance of Tandava and may He shower prosperity on us all. Hunterian Jata tavee gala jala pravaha pavithas thale Galae.valambya lambitaam bhujanga tunga malikaam Damad damad damad daman ninaa davad damar vayam Chakara chanda tandavam tanotu naha shivaha shivam. It has 16 syllables per line of the quatrain, with Laghu (short syllable) and Guru (long syllable) characters alternating the poetic meter is iambic octameter by definition. Ravana Text The stotra is in the Panchachaamara Chhanda. In the final quatrain of the poem, after tiring of rampaging across the Earth, Ravana asks, 'When will I be happy?' Because of the intensity of his prayers and ascetic meditation, of which this hymn was an example, Ravana received from Shiva powers and a celestial sword. Alliteration and onomatopoeia create roiling waves of resounding beauty in this example of Hindu devotional poetry.

Both the ninth and tenth quatrains of this hymn conclude with lists of Shiva's epithets as destroyer, even the destroyer of death itself. It is traditionally attributed to Ravana, the rakshasa (demon) king of Lanka and devotee of Shiva. Shiva Tandava Stotram Shiva Tandava Stotram ( शवता डव तो म् ) is a stotra (Hindu hymn) that describes the Hindu God Shiva's power and beauty.

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