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Shiva Tandava Stotram
శివతాణ్డవస్తోత్రమ్
Shiva Tandava Stotram is a traditional Shiva devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.
||atha susaṃśuddhaṃ rāvaṇakṛtaśivatāṇḍavastotram||
||śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ||
jaṭā'ṭavīgalajjalapravāhapāvitasthale gale'valambya lambitāṃ bhujaṅgatuṅgamālikām|
ḍamaḍḍamaḍḍamaḍḍamanninādavaḍḍamarvayaṃ cakāra caṇḍatāṇḍavaṃ tanotu naḥ śivaḥ śivam ||1||
jaṭākaṭāhasambhramabhramannilimpanirjharīvilolavīcivallarīvirājamānamūrddhani|
dhagaddhagaddhagajjvalallalāṭapaṭṭapāvake kiśoracandraśekhare ratiḥ pratikṣaṇaṃ mama ||2||
dharādharendranandinīvilāsabandhubandhurasphuraddigantasantatipramodamānamānase|
kṛpākaṭākṣadhoraṇīniruddhadurdharāpadi kvaciddigambare mano vinodametu vastuni ||3||
jaṭābhujaṅgapiṅgalasphuratphaṇāmaṇiprabhākadambakuṅkumadravapraliptadigvadhūmukhe|
madāndhasindhurāsuratvaguttarīyamedure mano vinodamadbhutaṃ bibhartu bhūtabhartari ||4||
sahasralocanaprabhṛtyaśeṣalekhaśekharaprasūnadhūlidhoraṇīvidhūsarāṅghripīṭhabhūḥ|
bhujaṅgarājamālayā nibaddhajāṭajūṭakaḥ śriye cirāya jāyatāṃ cakorabandhuśekharaḥ ||5||
lalāṭacatvarajvaladdhanañjayasphuliṅgabhānipītapañcasāyakaṃ namannilimpanāyakam|
sudhāmayūkhalekhayā virājamānaśekharaṃ mahaḥ kapāli sampade sarijjaṭālamastu naḥ ||6||
karālabhālapaṭṭikādhagaddhagaddhagajjvaladdhanañjayāhutīkṛtapracaṇḍapañcasāyake|
dharādharendranandinīkucāgracitrapatrakaprakalpanaikaśilpini trilocane ratirmama ||7||
navīnameghamaṇḍalīniruddhadurdharasphuratkuhūniśīthinītamaḥprabandhabaddhakandharaḥ|
nilimpanirjharīdharastanotu kṛttisindhuraḥ kalānidhānabandhuraḥ śriyaṃ jagaddhurandharaḥ ||8||
praphullanīlapaṅkajaprapañcakālimaprabhā'valambikaṇṭhakandalīruciprabaddhakandharam|
smaracchidaṃ puracchidaṃ bhavacchidaṃ makhacchidaṃ gajacchidāndhakacchidaṃ tamantakacchidaṃ bhaje ||9||
akharvasarvamaṅgalākalākadambamañjarīrasapravāhamādhurīvijṛmbhaṇāmadhuvratam|
smarāntakaṃ purāntakaṃ bhavāntakaṃ makhāntakaṃ gajāntakāndhakāntakaṃ tamantakāntakaṃ bhaje ||10||
jayatvadabhravibhramabhramadbhujaṅgamaśvasadvinirgamatkramasphuratkarālabhālahavyavāṭ|
dhimiddhimiddhimiddhvananmṛdaṅgatuṅgamaṅgaladhvanikramapravartitapracaṇḍatāṇḍavaḥ śivaḥ ||11||
dṛṣadvicitratalpayorbhujaṅgamauktikasrajorgariṣṭharatnaloṣṭhayoḥ suhṛdvipakṣapakṣayoḥ|
tṛṇāravindacakṣuṣoḥ prajāmahīmahendrayoḥ samapravṛttikaḥ kadā sadāśivaṃ bhajāmyaham ||12||
kadā nilimpanirjharīnikuñjakoṭare vasan vimuktadurmatiḥ sadā śiraḥsthamañjaliṃ vahan|
vimuktalolalocanālalāmabhālalagnakaṃ śiveti mantramuccaran kadā sukhī bhavāmyaham ||13||
nilimpanāthanāgarīkadambamaulamallikānigumphanirbharakṣaranmadhūṣṇikāmanoharaḥ|
tanotu no manomudaṃ vinodinīmaharniśaṃ paraśriyaḥ paraṃ padaṃ tadaṅgajatviṣāṃ cayaḥ ||14||
pracaṇḍavāḍavānalaprabhāśubhapracāraṇī mahāṣṭasiddhikāminījanā'vahūtajalpanā|
vimuktavāmalocanāvivāhakālikadhvaniḥ śiveti mantrabhūṣaṇā jagajjayāya jāyatām ||15||
imaṃ hi nityamevamuktamuttamottamaṃ stavaṃ paṭhansmaranbruvannaro viśuddhimetisantatam|
hare gurau subhaktimāśu yāti nā'nyathā gatiṃ vimohanaṃ hi dehināṃ suśaṅkarasya cintanam ||16||
pūjāvasānasamaye daśavaktragītaṃ yaḥ śambhupūjanaparaṃ paṭhati pradoṣe|
tasya sthirāṃ rathagajendraturaṅgayuktāṃ lakṣmīṃ prasādasamaye pradadāti śambhuḥ ||
|| iti rāvaṇakṛtaṃ śivatāṇḍavastotraṃ sampūrṇam ||
Reading & reflection
Shiva hymns use images of the Ganga, the moon, sacred ash, and stillness. Read at an unhurried pace and reflect on the images as you go.
Text edition & attribution
Complete text of शिवताण्डवस्तोत्रम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 418608, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.