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रावणकृतशिवताण्ड वस्तोत्रम ्
rAvaNakRtashivatANDava stotram

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॥अथ रावणकृतशिवताण्ड वस्तोत्रम ्॥

||atha rAvaNakRtashivatANDava stotram ||

And thus starts shiva tAnDava stotram, composed by rAvaNa.

जटाटवीगलज्जलप्रवाहपावितस्थले
गळे ऽवलम्ब्यलम्बितांभजु ङ्गतङ्
ु गमालिकाम ्।
डमड्डमड्डमड्डमन्निनादवड्डमर्वयं
चकारचण्डताण्डवंतनोतन ु ःशिवःशिवम ्॥१॥
jaTATavIgalajjalapravAhapAvitasthale
gaLEvalambyalambitAMbhujangatungamAlikAm |
DamaDDamaDDamaDDamanninAdavaDDamarvayaM
chakArachaNDatANDavaMtanotunaHshivaHshivam ||1||

❖shivaH chakAra chanDa-tAnDavam

(Lord Shiva performed a fierce and rapid dance)
✱sthale
(in a place)
•jala-pravAha-pAvita
(purified by the flowing water)
•jaTATavI-galat
(dripping from his forest like locks of hair)
✱lambitAm bhujanga-tunga-mAlikAm
(with the elongated garland of a snake)
•gaLe avalambya
(supported around his neck)
✱DamaruH ninAdavat
(by striking his hand drum)
•DamaDDamaDDamaDDamat
(resounding with the sounds DamaDDamaDDamaDDama)
❖ayam naH shivam tanotu
(May this form of Shiva, surround us with auspiciousness)

जटाकटाहसम्भ्रमभ्रमन्निलिम्पनिर्झरी-
-विलोलवीचिवल्लरीविराजमानमर्ध ू नि।
धगद्धगद्धगज्ज्वलल्ललाटपट्टपावके
किशोरचन्द्रशेखरे रतिःप्रतिक्षणंमम॥२॥
jaTAkaTAhasambhramabhramannilimpanirjharI
vilolavIchivallarIvirAjamAnamUrdhani |
dhagaddhagaddhagajjvalallalATapaTTapAvake
kishorachandrashekhareratiHpratikShaNaMmama ||2||

❖mama pratikShaNam ratiH

(I find eternal pleasure)
✱kishorachandrashekhare
(in the newborn moon on top of Lord Shiva's head)
✱lalATapaTTapAvake
(in the fire on the surface of his forehead)
•dhagaddhagaddhagajjvalat
(that shines bright with enormous radiance)
✱mUrdhani
(in the area on top of his head)
•vilolavIchivallarI-virAjamAna
(the abode of turbulent,and spilling ripples)
•nilimpa-nirjharI
(the river of the celestial beings)
•sambhrama-bhramat
(swirling around in a frenzy)
•jaTA kaTAha
(in the container of Lord Shiva's matted hair)

धराधरे न्द्रनन्दिनीविलासबन्धब
ु न्धरु
स्फुरद्दिगन्तसन्ततिप्रमोदमानमानसे।
कृपाकटाक्षधोरणीनिरुद्धदर्ध
ु रापदि
क्वचिद्दिगम्बरे मनोविनोदमेतव ु स्तनि
ु ॥३॥
dharAdharendranandinIvilAsabandhubandhura
sphuraddigantasantatipramodamAnamAnase |
kRpAkaTAkShadhoraNIniruddhadurdharApadi
kvachiddigambare manovinodametuvastuni ||3||

❖mano vinodam-etu vastuni

(May my mind find joy in these following things)
✱kvachiddigambare
(in his clothing, open to all directions)
✱durdharApadi
(in the most unbearable of troubles)
 •niruddha
(that have been stopped)
•kRpAkaTAkShadhoraNI
(by the grace of his compassionate glance)
✱mAnase
(in the state of mind)
•pramodamAna
(that rejoices)
•bandhura-sphurat
(with it's joy resembling the ripples)
•digantasantati
(that spread until the end of all directions)
•vilAsabandhu
(of the dance-partner)
•dharAdharendranandinI
(of the daughter of the king of mountains)

जटाभजु ङ्गपिङ्गळस्फुरत्फणामणिप्रभा
कदम्बकुङ्कुमद्रवप्रलिप्तदिग्वधम ू खु े।
मदान्धसिन्धरु स्फुरत्त्वगत्त
ु रीयमे द र
ुे
मनोविनोदमद्भत ु बि
ं भर्तुभत ू भर्तरि॥४॥
jaTAbhujangapingaLasphuratphaNAmaNiprabhA
kadambakunkumadravapraliptadigvadhUmukhe |
madAndhasindhurasphurattvaguttarIyamedure
manovinodamadbhutaMbibhartubhUtabhartari ||4||

❖mano adbhutam vinodam bibhartu

(May my mind hold wondrous joy)
✱bhUta bhartari
(in the sustainer of all creatures)
✱medure
(in the softness)
•sphurat-tvak-uttarIya
(of the shining garments made of skin)
•madAndha-sindhura
(of the intoxicated wild elephant)
✱mukhe
(in the face)
•digvadhU
(of bride, representing the directions)
•kunkuma-drava-pralipta
(smeared by a streak of kunkuma)
•pingaLa-sphurat-phaNA-maNi-prabhA-kadamba
(of reddish glow from the jewels on the hoods)
•jaTA-bhujanga
(of snakes on the matted hair)
सहस्रलोचनप्रभत्ृ यशेषलेखशेखर
प्रसनू धळि
ू धोरणीविधस ू राङ्घ्रिपीठभःू ।
भज ु ङ्गराजमालयानिबद्धजाटज ट
ू क
श्रियैचिरायजायतांचकोरबन्धश ु ख
े रः॥५॥
sahasralochanaprabhRtyasheShalekhashekhara
prasUnadhULidhoraNIvidhUsarAnghripIThabhUH |
bhujangarAjamAlayAnibaddhajATajUTaka
shriyaichirAyajAyatAMchakorabandhushekharaH ||5||

❖shriyai-chirAya-jAyatAM
(May we beget eternal prosperity from)
✱shekharaH
(the one who holds holds on his head)
•chakora-bandhu
(the friend of the chakora birds, the moon)
✱nibaddhajATajUTakaH
(the one whose matted locks of hair are tied)
•bhujangarAjamAlayA
(by a garland of the king of serpents)
✱anghripIThabhUH
(the one whose feet reside on an area)
•prasUna-dhUli-dhoraNI-vidhUsara
(strewn with the pollen of flowers)
✱asheShalekhashekharaH
(the one who is bowed down to by the countless heads)
•sahasralochanaprabhRti
(of gods like the thousand eyed Indra)

ललाटचत्वरज्वलद्धनञ्जयस्फुलिङ्गभा-
-निपीतपञ्चसायकंनमन्निलिम्पनायकम ्।
सधु ामयख
ू लेखयाविराजमानशेखरं
महाकपालिसम्पदे शिरोजटालमस्तनु ः॥६॥
lalATachatvarajvaladdhananjayasphulingabhA
nipItapanchasAyakaMnamannilimpanAyakam |
sudhAmayUkhalekhayAvirAjamAnashekharaM
mahAkapAlisampadeshirojaTAlamastunaH ||6||

❖mahAkapAlisampade naH shiro-jaTAlam astu

(In the glory of the one who holds the skull, May our heads be)
✱namat
(prayerful towards)
•nilimpanAyakam
(the lord of all celestial beings)
•nipItapanchasAyakaM
(the one who devoured the lord of five arrows, manmatha)
 •dhananjayasphulingabhA
(with the embers of fire)
•lalATachatvarajvalat
(burning in the middle of his forehead)
•virAjamAnashekharaM
(the one whose head is decorated)
•sudhAmayUkhalekhayA
(by the nectar like crescent moon)

कराळभालपट्टिकाधगद्धगद्धगज्ज्वल-
द्धनञ्जयाहुतीकृतप्रचण्डपञ्चसायके।
धराधरे न्द्रनन्दिनीकुचाग्रचित्रपत्रक-
-प्रकल्पनैकशिल्पिनित्रिलोचनेरतिर्मम॥७॥
karALabhAlapaTTikAdhagaddhagaddhagajjvala
ddhananjayAhutIkRtaprachaNDapanchasAyake |
dharAdharendranandinIkuchAgrachitrapatraka
prakalpanaikashilpinitrilochaneratirmama ||7||

❖mama ratiH
(My pleasure lies)
✱trilochane
(in the third eye)
•prakalpanaika-shilpini
(of a unique artist)
•kuchAgrachitrapatraka
(who is painting on canvas, which is the bosom of)
•dharAdharendranandinI
(the daughter of the king of mountains, pArvatI)
✱prachaNDa-panchasAyake
(in the lord of love)
•dhananjayAhutIkRta
(of a unique artist)
•dhagaddhagaddhagajjvalat
(who is painting on canvas, which is the bosom of)
•karAlabhAlapaTTikA
(the daughter of the king of mountains, pArvatI)

(who has been offered into the the fearful flames

that emerged out the surface of his forehead)

नवीनमेघमण्डलीनिरुद्धदर्धु रस्फुरत ्-
कुहूनिशीथिनीतमःप्रबन्धबद्धकन्धरः।
निलिम्पनिर्झरीधरस्तनोतकु ृ त्तिसिन्धरु ः
कलानिधानबन्धरु ःश्रियंजगद्धरु न्धरः॥८॥
navInameghamaNDalIniruddhadurdharasphurath
kuhUnishIthinItamaHprabandhabaddhakandharaH |
nilimpanirjharIdharastanotukRttisindhuraH
kalAnidhAnabandhuraHshriyaMjagaddhurandharaH ||8||

❖shriyam tanotu
(Prosperity be showered upon us by)
✱jagaddhurandharaH
(the lord who holds all of creation)
✱kalAnidhAnabandhuraH
(who holds the crescent moon, the abode of all kalas)
✱kRttisindhuraH
(who is clad in elephant hide)
✱nilimpanirjharIdharaH
(who holds the waters of the celestial river gangA)
✱prabandhabaddhakandharaH
(whose neck is draped with the band of a serpent)
✱kuhUnishIthinItamaH
(who is darker than the darkest new moon night)
•navInameghamaNDalIniruddhadurdharasphurath
(that shines beyond the darkness of the newly formed rain-clouds)

प्रफुल्लनीलपङ्कजप्रपञ्चकालिमप्रभा-
-वलम्बिकण्ठकन्दलीरुचिप्रबद्धकन्धरम ्।
स्मरच्छिदं परु च्छिदं भवच्छिदं मखच्छिदं
गजच्छिदान्धकच्छिदं तमन्तकच्छिदं भजे॥९॥
praphullanIlapankajaprapanchakAlimaprabhA
valambikaNThakandalIruchiprabaddhakandharam |
smarachChidaMpurachChidaMbhavachChidaMmakhachChidaM
gajachChidAndhakachChidaMtamantakachChidaMbhaje ||9||

❖tam bhaje
(I chant the praise of)

✱prabaddhakandharam
(the one with a covered neck)
kandalIruchi
(which looks like the trunk of a plantain tree)

•praphullanIlapankajaprapanchakAlimaprabhA
avalambikaNTha
(that shines with the same darkness of his throat,
which resembles the darkness of the void of the universe,
and the darkness of a fully blossomed dark lotus)
✱smarachChidaM
(the one who destroyed manmatha)
✱purachChidaM
 (the one who destroyed tripurasura)
✱bhavachChidaM
(the one who destroys one's limited identities)
✱makhachChidaM
(the one who destroyed daksha yajna)
✱gajachChidaM
(the one who destroyed gajasura)
✱andhakachChidaM
(the one who destroyed andhakasura)
✱antakachChidaM
(the one who destroyed the god of death, yama)

✱prabaddhakandharam
(the one with his neck wrapped by a serpent)
•praphullanIlapankajaprapanchakAlimaprabhA
valambikaNThakandalIruchi
(that shines with the same darkness of his throat,
which resembles the darkness of the void of the universe,
and the darkness of a fully blossomed dark lotus)
✱smarachChidaM
(the one who destroyed manmatha)
✱purachChidaM
(the one who destroyed tripurasura)
✱bhavachChidaM
(the one who destroys one's limited identities)
✱makhachChidaM
(the one who destroyed daksha yajna)
✱gajachChidan
(the one who destroyed gajasura)
✱andhakachChidaM
(the one who destroyed andhakasura)
✱antakachChidaM
(the one who destroyed the god of death, yama)

अखर्वसर्वमङ्गळाकळाकदम्बमञ्जरी
रसप्रवाहमाधरु ीविजम्ृ भणामधव्र
ु तम ्।
स्मरान्तकंपरु ान्तकंभवान्तकंमखान्तकं
गजान्तकान्धकान्तकंतमन्तकान्तकंभजे॥१०॥
akharvasarvamangaLAkaLAkadambamanjarI
rasapravAhamAdhurIvijRmbhaNAmadhuvratam |
smarAntakaMpurAntakaMbhavAntakaMmakhAntakaM
gajAntakAndhakAntakaMtamantakAntakaMbhaje ||10||
❖tam bhaje
(I chant the praise of)
✱vijRmbhaNAmadhuvratram
(the honey bee)
•akharvasarvamangalAkaLAkadambamanjarI
rasapravAhamAdhurI
(who is mad after the flowing torrents of nectar,
from the long bunch of flowers adorning the head of goddess pArvatI)
✱smarAntakaM
(the one who ended manmatha)
✱purAntakaM
(the one who ended tripurasura)
✱bhavAntakaM
(the one who ends one's limited identities)
✱makhAntakaM
(the one who ended daksha yajna)
✱gajAntakaM
(the one who ended gajAsura)
✱andhakAntakaM
(the one who ended andhakasura)
✱antakAntakaM
(the one who ended the god of death, yama)

जयत्वदभ्रविभ्रमभ्रमद्भज ु ङ्गमश्वस-
-द्विनिर्गमत्क्रमस्फुरत्कराळभालहव्यवाट्।
धिमिद्धिमिद्धिमिध्वनन्मद ृ ङ्गतङ्
ु गमङ्गळ
ध्वनिक्रमप्रवर्तितप्रचण्डताण्डवःशिवः॥११॥
jayatvadabhravibhramabhramadbhujangamashvasa
dvinirgamatkramasphuratkarALabhAlahavyavAT |
dhimiddhimiddhimidhvananmRdangatungamangaLa
dhvanikramapravartitaprachaNDatANDavaHshivaH ||11||

❖prachaNDa tANDavaH shivaH jayatu

(May the furiously dancing form of Lord Shiva be victorious)
✱karAla-bhAla-havyavAT
(with fierce flames emanating from his forehead)
•ashvasat-vinirgamat-kramasphurat
(which look like a series of exhalations of breath)
•adabhra-vibhrama-bhramat-bhujangam
(of the wildly spinning snake)
✱dhvanikramapravartita
(causing a series of sounds)
•dhimiddhimiddhimidhvanan
((with his feet)reverberating with the sounds of dhimiddhimiddhimi)
•mRdangatungamangala
(like a great mRdanga)
दृषद्विचित्रतल्पयोर्भुजङ्गमौक्तिकस्रजोर्-
-गरिष्ठरत्नलोष्ठयोःसहृ ु द्विपक्षपक्षयोः।
तणृ ारविन्दचक्षुषोःप्रजामहीमहे न्द्रयोः
समंप्रवर्तयन्मनःकदासदाशिवंभजे॥१२॥
dRShadvichitratalpayorbhujangamauktikasrajor
gariShTharatnaloShThayoHsuhRdvipakShapakShayoH |
tRNAravindachakShuShoHprajAmahImahendrayoH
samaMpravartayanmanaHkadAsadAshivaMbhaje ||12||

❖kadA sadAshivam bhaje

(When shall I get to worship lord sadAshiva)
✱samaMpravartayan-manaH
(by holding my mind equanimously)
•prajA-mahImahendrayoH
(between common folks, or great kings)
•tRNa-ravindachakShuShoH
(between blades of grass, or lotus petals)
•dRShad-vichitratalpayoH
(between sleeping on hard stone, or fanciful beds)
•bhujanga-mauktikasrajoH
(between the garland of a snake, or series of pearls)
•gariShTharatna-loShThayoH
(between highest of jems, or lumps of clay)
•suhRd-vipakShapakShayoH
(between best of friends, or bitter enemies)

कदानिलिम्पनिर्झरीनिकुञ्जकोटरे वसन ्
विमक्
ु तदर्म
ु तिःसदाशिरःस्थमञ्जलिंवहन ्।
विमक्ु तलोललोचनोललामभाललग्नकः
शिवेतिमन्त्रमच्
ु चरन्कदासख
ु ीभवाम्यहम ्॥१३॥
kadAnilimpanirjharInikunjakoTarevasan
vimuktadurmatiHsadAshiraHsthamanjaliMvahan |
vimuktalolalochanolalAmabhAlalagnakaH
shivetimantramuchcharankadAsukhIbhavAmyaham ||13||

❖kadA sukhI bhavAmi aham

(When shall I get to be happy)
✱uchcharan
(by chanting)
•shiveti mantram
(the mantra called "shiva")
✱vasan
(by residing)
•nilimpa-nirjharI-nikunja-koTare
 (in the cave where the holy gangA flows)
✱anjaliM-vahan
(by holding namaskAraH)
•vimuktadurmatiHsadAshiraHstham
(above my head, being rid of all my negativity)
✱lalAma-bhAla-lagnakaH
(with my focus in between the eyebrows)
✱vimukta-lola-lochanaH
(with my eyes that are unwavering)

इदम्हिनित्यमेवमक् ु तमत्तु मोत्तमंस्तवं

पठन्स्मरन्ब्रवु न्नरोविश द्
ु धिमेतिसन्ततम ्।
हरे गरु ौसभ
ु क्तिमाशय ु ातिनान्यथागतिं
विमोहनंहिदे हिनांसश ु ङ्करस्यचिन्तनम ्॥१४॥
idamhinityamevamuktamuttamottamaMstavaM
paThansmaranbruvannarovishuddhimetisantatam |
haregurausubhaktimAshuyAtinAnyathAgatiM
vimohanaMhidehinAMsushankarasyachintanam ||14||

❖paThan-smaran-bruvan-naraH
(By reading, memorizing and chanting)
✱uttamottamaM-stavaM
(the best and the highest of hymns)
•idam-hi
(this very chant)
•evam-uktam
(which has been chanted thus)
•nityam
(always)
✱vishuddhim-eti
(shall attain to purity)
•santatam
(eternally)
✱Ashu-yAti
(One shall easily attain)
•haregurausubhaktim
(to the state of true devotion to the Lord and the Guru)
•nAnyathAgatiM
(and to no other lower states)

❖sushankarasyachintanam
(Meditation upon the auspicious Lord shankara)
✱dehinAM-vimohanaM-hi
(is indeed a liberator to all the embodied creatures)
निलिम्पनाथनागरीकदम्बमौलमल्लिका-
निगम्ु फनिर्भरक्षरन्मधष्णि
ू कामनोहरः।
तनोतन ु ोमनोमद ु ं विनोदिनीमहर्निशं
परश्रियःपरं पदं तदङ्गजत्विषांचयः॥१५॥
nilimpanAthanAgarIkadambamaulamallikA
nigumphanirbharakSharanmadhUShNikAmanoharaH |
tanotunomanomudaMvinodinImaharnishaM
parashriyaHparaMpadantadangajatviShAMchayaH ||15||

❖tadangaja-tviShAM chayaH
(The groups of bright rays born out of his body)
✱kadamba-maula-mallikA
(resembling a garland of beautiful flowers)
•nilimpa-nAtha-nAgarI
(from the city of the king of gods)
•nigumpha-nirbhara-kSharat
(which are streaming down
unable to be held together in a bunch)
✱madhu-uShNikA-manoharaH
(this heat of sweetness that steals our hearts)
❖tanotu-naH
(May it grant us)
✱mano-mudaM
(joy to our minds)
✱vinodinIm-aharnishaM
(pleasures that last day and night)
✱para-shriyaH
(the riches of the beyond)
✱paraMpadam
(and the ultimate abode)

प्रचण्डवाडवानलप्रभाशभ
ु प्रचारणी
महाष्टसिद्धिकामिनीजनावहूतजल्पना।
विमक्ु तवामलोचनाविवाहकालिकध्वनिः
शिवेतिमन्त्रभष
ू णाजगज्जयायजायताम ्॥१६॥
prachaNDavADavAnalaprabhAshubhaprachAraNI
mahAShTasiddhikAminIjanAvahUtajalpanA |
vimuktavAmalochanAvivAhakAlikadhvaniH
shivetimantrabhUShaNAjagajjayAyajAyatAm ||16||

❖jagat-jayAyajAyatAm
(May it bring us victory over the whole world)
✱shiveti-mantra-bhUShaNA
(the ornament called the chant of Lord Shiva's name)
•shubhaprachAraNI
(which spreads the auspiciousness)
 •prachaNDa-vADavAnala-prabhA
(with the brightness of furious raging fires)
•AvahUtajalpanA
(which is a cry of invitation)
•mahAShTa-siddhi-kAminI-jana
(to all the devotees who desire the eight great attainments)
•vivAha-kAlika-dhvaniH
(which is the auspicious marriage sound)
•vimuktavAmalochanA
(of the goddess who is the left eye of lord shiva)

नमामि पार्वतीपतिं नमामि जाह्नवीपतिं

नमामि भक्तवत्सलं नमामि भाललोचनम ् |
नमामि चन्द्रशेखरं नमामि दःु खमोचनं
तदीयपादपङ्कजं स्मराम्यहं नटे श्वरम ् ||१७||
namAmi pArvatIpatiM namAmi jAhnavIpatiM
namAmi bhaktavatsalaM namAmi bhAlalochanam |
namAmi chandrashekharaM namAmi duHkhamochanaM
tadIyapAdapankajaM smarAmyahaM naTeshvaram || 17||

❖namAmi
(I bow down to)
✱pArvatI-patiM
(the consort of devI pArvatI, daughter of king parvata)
✱jAhnavI-patiM
(he consort of devI jAhnavi, daughter of sage jahnu)
✱bhakta-vatsalaM
(the one who holds his devotees dear to him)
✱bhAla-lochanam
(the one who has an eye of perception in his forehead)
✱chandra-shekharaM
(the one who holds the moon on his head)
✱duHkha-mochanaM
(the one who liberates us from suffering)
❖smarAmyahaM
(I remember the form)
✱naTeshvaram
(of the Lord of the cosmic dance, naTarAja)
✱tadIyapAdapankajaM
(and of his lotus like feet)

पज
ू ावसानसमयेदशवक्त्रगीतं
यःशम्भप ु जू नपरं पठतिप्रदोषे।
तस्यस्थिरांरथगजेन्द्रतरु ङ्गयक् ु तां
लक्ष्मींसदै वसमु खि
ु प्र
ं ददातिशम्भःु ॥१८॥
pUjAvasAnasamayedashavaktragItaM
yaHshambhupUjanaparaMpaThatipradoShe |
tasyasthirAMrathagajendraturangayuktAM
lakShmIMsadaivasumukhiMpradadAtishambhuH ||18||

❖yaH paThati
(The one who chants)
✱dashavaktragItaM
(this chant, composed by the one with 10 faces)
✱shambhupUjanaparaM
(which is in prayer of Lord Shambhu)
✱pUjAvasAnasamaye
(at the end of one's process of worship)
✱pradoShe
(during the time of pradosha)
❖tasya-pradadAti-shambhuH
(Lord Shambhu grants him)
✱lakShmIM-sadaivasumukhiM
(a constantly favourable countenance of the goddess of wealth)
•rathagajendraturangayuktAM
(who is accompanied by an army of chariots, elephants and horses)
•sthirAM
(who is firmly established and doesn't go away)

॥इति श्रीरावणविरचितंशिवताण्डवस्तोत्रं सम्पर्ण

ू म ्॥
||iti shrIrAvaNavirachitaMshivatANDavastotraM sampUrNam ||

And thus, shiva tAnDava stotram composed by shrI rAvaNa, is complete.