Lord Shiva is the God of destruction. HE is often called by the name 'Mahakal' or in simple words HE is time. Shiva Tandav Stotram was composed by Ravana [the main demonic character in Ramayana ( The history of Rama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu)] Ravana was a great devotee of Lord Shiva. He wanted to see Lord Shiva but Lord Shiva didn't show him HIS celestial form. So. he composed Shiva Tandava Stotram to impress Lord Shiva. Hope it helps. Sorry in advance for any mistakes. Om Namah Shivay!
@aigerimisblue In our religion, Demons are not atheist or disbelievers. They believe that there is a Supreme Being. But they are possessed of evil energies. That's why, they do wrong things. Sometimes, they forget about God and want to be greater than Gods. To sustain the lives in earth, God come to the earth in human form to destroy evil and establish Dharma (righteousness) again, it's known as Avatar or Incarnation. In ramayana, Lord Rama is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu and HE kills Ravana (The evil energy). Om Namah Shivay!
@@aigerimisblue Actually the 'Rakshasha' word was translated by britishers and the meaning was 'Demon'. But It's so confusing. If you read Ramayana and Mahabharata then you will realize that the Rakshashas were not like typical Demonic characters with Big teeth and horn. Rather, they are humans but they are possessed by evil or demonic energies. That's why they do demonic works. We still have Rakshasas in our society. The Killers, Rapists, Thieves all are Rakshashas. In Ramayana, we see that 'Ravana' did many wrong things. He stole Lord Ram's wife (Sita). So, he was possessed by evil energy. But he was not like this forever. He was a great devotee of Lord Shiva. But power made him greedy. Hence, he is called Rakshasha. As the modern transalation of the Rakshasha is 'Demon', I used it. Thanks
@@aigerimisbluein Hinduism both dev(demigods) and asur (demons) gets their power from Hindu Trinity (three most supreme gods of Hinduism Brahma,Vishnu and shiva). You can say that there are being of higher consciousness than human which got their power as a boon after doing har penance for centuries. For example after ravana did tapasya (worshipped)brahma for centuries he wanted to ask the boon of immortality which is against the rule of universe so, brahma asked him to ask anything other than that. So he asked for a boon that he would not ever be defeated by a asur(demon), dev(demigods), gandharva (celestial beings) and many other strong beings except human and vanar(half monkey like mans ex. Hanuman). So to kill ravan ,lord Vishnu take avatar in a human form to kill him .
Lord Shiva is everything and nothing this song (strot) trying to explain about Shiva But no-one have power to explain Lord Shiva because it beyond to understand