Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 734: Shri Nateshvari (ōṃ naṭēśvaryai namaḥ)

From Nama 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother were discussed.

The Divine Mother is the Spouse of Natesa (Dancing Shiva). Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India has a temple where Shiva in Chit form is said to be dancing as Natesa. The Divine Mother is also a form of dance.

Natesavara’s Sahkti form is the Divine Mother. She is also known as Kameshavari Devi. As in Ardhanarishvara and in Para-Brhaman Shiva and the Divine Mother are one and the same. For Shiva devotees, He is Natesvara; for the Divine Mother’s devotees, She is Natesvari.

Natesa is the Lord of Dance. Shiva’s dance is known as Tandava and the Divine Mother’s dance is known as Lasya.

Due to the Divine Mother’s dance, the universe is functioning systematically. To go with the dance, the music and to go with the music, ragam and drum sound Thalam (beat or rhytham) come in. Universal movement created great sounds from which ragam (tune) is created. The universe is created, sustained, and dissolved by the Divine Mother’s scheme of things; along the way the thalam (rhythm) for the music is born. The Divine Mother is the divine tone and rhythm of the universe.

 

The Divine Mother is the Spouse of Lord of Dance Natesa.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 28 January 2022.; Updated 03 April 2025

References:

1.      The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San Ramon, California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2.      Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Trichirapalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sithbavandar