In this week’s excerpt, from the book Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva’s Shivastotravali as revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo, Utpaladeva explains to us why Lord Shiva destroys this universe. He also talks about why Shaivite yogi dances in the graveyard, and why “everything is divine to them”.
Chapter 20 (34:28)
सतोविनाशसमबनधानमतपरं निखिलं मृषा
एवमेवोदयते नाथ तवया संहारलीलया ॥॥
satovinasasambandhanmatparam nikhilam mrsa /
evamevodyate natha tvaya samharalilaya...
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