Friday, February 17, 2023
Sandhya Thandava
Shiva doing Sandhya Tandava
Shiva's evening dance - Sandhya Tandava in the Kailasa, with a divine chorus is described as follows in the Siva Pradosha Stotra. "Placing the Mother of the Three Worlds - Parvathi, upon a golden throne, studded with precious gems, Sulapani dances on the heights of Kailasa, and all the gods gather around Him."
"Sarasvati plays on the veena, Indra on the flute, Brahma holds the time-marking cymbals, Lakshmi begins a song, Vishnu plays on a drum, and all the gods stand round."
"Gandharvas, Yakshas, Patagas, Uragas, Siddhas, Sadhyas, Vidhyadharas, Amaras, Apsaras and all the beings dwelling in the three worlds assemble there to witness the celestial dance and hear the music of the divine choir at the hour of twilight." He is not on Apasmara purusha but on lotus and dressed in all jewellery. All the instrumentalists depicted in the panel at the base are divine forms with prabhavali. As described in Pradosha stotram, Brahma holds the time marking cymbals, Vishnu plays drum, and Indra play on flute. Lakshmi sings and Saraswati plays on Vina (which is missing in this panel). Bhringi is also dancing here. Regarding the posture, after standing in mandala posture, left leg is lifted to the knee level of right leg and foot turned up and the leg posture is called Aindra sthanaka. In his multiple hands he is holding - Trishula, Arrow, Khadga, Akshamala (Abhaya hastha), Kapala (Soma bowl), Sarpa, Khatwanga (Skull topped club), Shield, and Bow. One of the right hands is broken. One of the right middle hand and the top left hand is held in tribhanga (held freely). His ears are adorned with sarpakundala and his head with a Kirita. He is bejeweled with various ornaments like - necklaces, bangles, armlets, anklets and finger rings.
Pic Credit - @pandurangasharmab1902
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