Here Shankara pours out not only his heart but also all his poetic skill in painting a picture of Shiva which no one can view without a thrill. These hundred verses have been aptly called Shivananda Lahari, the waves of bliss that inundate those who contemplate on Shiva.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
-Swami Vivekananda