
"Surge Shiva's Happiness" (Śivānandalaharī) - is a Sanskrit hymn composed by Adi Siankaracharya, one of India's greatest philosophers and a yogi. He is believed to have written it at Shrishailam, the "Beautiful Mountain", in South India in the temple of the Shiva, known there by the name 'Mallikārjuna'. Mallikārjuna literally means the Arjuna tree entwined with jasmine. This temple, while being one of the 12 most sacred Shivaite shrines, is also one of the most sacred places or shrines to the Goddess. God Siva and his spouse, the Power of the World, are worshipped in this place and in this hymn as the inseparable unity, signifying a state of absolute fulfillment.