The Story of Ravana's Ego and Lord Shiva.

Ravana is considered to be a devotee of Lord Shiva. The Ravana whom we know by the name of Lankapati is the brother of Kubera, from whom he had grabbed Lanka to become the king of Lanka himself. After becoming Lankapati, Ravana thought he was invincible. One day, Ravana was going to Lanka, then on the way, he saw Mount Kailasa. But even after millions of attempts, Ravana's plane could not climb that Kailasa mountain. Just then, Ravana saw Nandi.

When Ravana asked Nandi why he couldn't cross Mount Kailasa, he said that this mountain is the abode of Shiva-Parvati, so no stranger can climb it. In pride, Ravana considered this as an insult, and angrily tried to move the mountain with all his hands. Due to which that mountain started moving badly. On seeing such a situation of Parvati, Parvati got nervous and complained to Shiva.

So Shiva, who wanted to teach him a lesson placed his big toe upon Kailasa which caused it to come crashing down over Ravana, Ravana's hand was pressed under the mountain, after which he groaned with pain and started apologizing. Realizing the power of Shiva and out of agony he plucked his intestines and played a tune and sang praise dedicated to Shiva, which, in time came to be known as the Shiva Tandava Stotram. Then Lord Shiva was pleased with his devotion and gave him blessings.

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