108 Names of Lord Shiva

 

108 Names of Lord Shiva



OM SHIVAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
Auspicious One



OM MAHESHVARAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
Great God Shiva



OM SHAMBHAVE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who exists for our happiness alone



OM PINAKINE NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva,
who guards the path of dharma


OM SHASHISHEKHARAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who wears the crescent moon in his hair



OM VAMADEVAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who is pleasing and auspicious in every way



OM VIRUPAKSHAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
of spotless form



OM KAPARDINE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
with thickly matted hair



OM NILALOHITAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
splendid as the red sun at daybreak



OM SHANKARAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
source of all prosperity



OM SHULAPANAYE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who carries a spear



OM KHATVANGINE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who carries a knurled club



OM VISHNUVALLABHAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva,
who is dear to Lord Vishnu



OM SHIPIVISHTAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
whose form emits great rays of light



OM AMBIKANATHAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to Ambika's
Lord



OM SHRIKANTAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to he whose
throat is shining blue



OM BHAKTAVATSALAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who loves His devotees like new born calves


OM BHAVAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who is existence itself



OM SARVAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who is all



OM TRILOKESHAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who is the Lord of all the three worlds



OM SHITAKANTHAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
primal soul whose throat is deep blue



OM SHIVAPRIYAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the god
who is dear to Shakti



OM UGRAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
whose presence is awesome and overwhelming



OM KAPALINE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
whose begging bowl is a human skull



OM KAMARAYE NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who conquers all passions



OM ANDHAKASURA
SUDANAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who killed the asura Andhaka



OM GANGADHARAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who holds the Ganges River in his hair



OM LALATAKSHAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
whose sport is creation



OM KALAKALAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who is the death of death



OM KRIPANIDHAYE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who is the treasure of compassion


OM BHIMAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
whose strength is awesome



OM PARASHU HASTAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who wields an axe in his hands



OM MRIGAPANAYAE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who looks after the soul in the wilderness



OM JATADHARAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who bears a mass of matted hair



OM KAILASAVASINE
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who abides on Mount Kailas



OM KAVACHINE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who is wrapped in armor



OM KATHORAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who causes all growth



OM TRIPURANTAKAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who destroyed the three demonic cities



OM VRISHANKAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
whose emblem is a bull (Nandi)



OM VRISHABHARUDHAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who rides a bull



OM BHASMODDHULITA
VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
covered with holy ash



OM SAMAPRIYAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
exceedingly fond of hymns from the Sama Veda



OM SVARAMAYAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who creates through sound


OM TRAYIMURTAYE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who is worshiped in three forms



OM ANISHVARAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
undisputed Lord



OM SARVAGYAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who knows all things



OM PARAMATMANE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
Supreme Self



OM SOMASURAGNI
LOCHANAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
light of the eyes of Soma, Surya and Agni



OM HAVISHE NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who receives oblations of ghee



OM YAGYAMAYAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
architect of all sacrificial rites



OM SOMAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
Moon-glow of the mystic's vision



OM PANCHAVAKTRAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
of the five activities



OM SADASHIVAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
eternally auspicious benevolent Shiva



OM VISHVESHVARAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
all-pervading ruler of the cosmos



OM VIRABHADRAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
the foremost of heroes



OM GANANATHAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
of the Ganas


OM PRAJAPATAYE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
Creator



OM HIRANYARETASE
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who emanates golden souls



OM DURDHARSHAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
unconquerable being



OM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
monarch of the holy mountain Kailas



OM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
of the Himalayas



OM ANAGHAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who can inspire no fear



OM BUJANGABHUSHANAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
adorned with golden snakes



OM BHARGAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
foremost of rishis



OM GIRIDHANVANE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
whose weapon is a mountain



OM GIRIPRIYAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who is fond of mountains



OM KRITTIVASASE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who wears clothes of hide



OM PURARATAYE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who is thoroughly at home in the wilderness



OM BHAGAVATE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
of prosperity


OM PRAMATHADHIPAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who is served by goblins



OM MRITUNJAYAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
conqueror of death



OM SUKSHMATANAVE
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
subtlest of the subtle



OM JAGADVYAPINE NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who fills the whole world



OM JAGADGURAVE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the guru
of all the worlds



OM VYOMAKESHAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
whose hair is the spreading sky above



OM MAHASENAJANAKAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
origin of Mahasena



OM CHARUVIKRAMAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva,
the guardian of wandering pilgrims



OM RUDRAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who is fit to be praised



OM BHUTAPATAYE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
source of living creatures, including the Bhutas, or ghostly creatures



OM STHANAVE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the firm
and immovable deity



OM AHIRBUDHNYAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who waits for the sleeping kundalini



OM DIGAMBARAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
whose robes is the cosmos


OM ASHTAMURTAYE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who has eight forms



OM ANEKATMANE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who is the one soul



OM SATVIKAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
of boundless energy



OM SHUDDHA VIGRAHAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to him who
is free of all doubt and dissension



OM SHASHVATAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva,
endless and eternal



OM KHANDAPARASHAVE
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who cuts through the mind's despair



OM AJAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
instigator of all that occurs



OM PAPAVIMOCHAKAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who releases all fetters



OM MRIDAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who shows only mercy



OM PASHUPATAYE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
ruler of all evolving souls, the animals



OM DEVAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
foremost of devas, demigods



OM MAHADEVAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
greatest of the gods



OM AVYAYAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the one
never subject to change


OM HARAYE NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who dissolves all bondage



OM PASHUDANTABHIDE
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the one
who punished Pushan



OM AVYAGRAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who is steady and unwavering



OM DAKSHADHVARAHARAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
destroyer of Daksha's conceited sacrifice



OM HARAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who withdraws the cosmos



OM BHAGANETRABHIDE
NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who taught Bhaga to see more clearly



OM AVYAKTAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to Shiva
who is subtle and unseen



OM SAHASRAKSHAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
of limitless forms



OM SAHASRAPADE NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who is standing and walking everywhere



OM APAVARGAPRADAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the Lord
who gives and takes all things



OM ANANTAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the God
who is unending



OM TARAKAYA NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
great liberator of mankind



OM PARAMESHVARAYA
NAMAHA

Obeisances to the
great God

 

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Sri Sivastakam

(Eight prayers glorifying Lord Shiva, spoken by
Sriman Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Recorded in Murari Gupta's "Sri Caitanya Carita
Mahakavya")




1) namo namaste
tri-dasheshvaraya

bhutadi nathaya
mridaya nityam

gagga-taraggotthita-bala-chandra-

chudaya
gauri-nayanotsavaya




"I repeatedly offer my obeisances
unto you, the controller of the thirty primal demigods; unto you, the original
father of all created beings; unto you, whose character is gracious; unto you,
whose head is crested by the sickle moon arisen from the waves of the Ganga and
unto you, who are a festival for the eyes of the fair goddess Gauri."




2) sutapta
chamikara-chandra-nila-

padma-pravalambuda-kanti-vastraih

sa
nritya-raggesta-vara-pradaya

kaivalya-nathaya
vrisa-dhvajaya




"I offer my obeisances unto you, who
are dressed in garments resembling molten gold, the moon, blue lotuses, coral,
and dark rain clouds; unto you, who bestow the most desirable boons on your
devotees by means of your delightful dancing; unto you, who are the master of
the impersonalists and unto you, whose flag bears the image of the bull."




3)
sudhamzu-suryagni-vilochanena

tamo-bhide te
jagatah shivaya

sahasra-shubhramshu-sahasra-rashmi-

sahasra-sajjit-tvara-tejase'stu




"I offer my obeisances unto you, who
dispells darkness with your three eyes - the moon, the sun and fire; unto you,
who causes auspiciousness for all the living entities of the universe and unto
you, whose potency easily defeats that of thousands of moons and suns."




4)
nageza-ratnojjvala-vigrahaya

shardula-charmamzuka-divya-tejase

sahasra-patropari
samsthitaya

varaggada-mukta-bhuja-dvayaya




"I offer my obeisances unto you,
whose form is brilliantly illuminated by the jewels of Ananta, the king of
snakes; unto you, who are clothed by a tiger-skin and thus radiate divine
effulgence; unto you, who sits upon a thousand-petalled lotus and unto you,
whose two arms are adorned by

lusterous bangles."




5)
su-nupura-ragjita-pada-padma

ksarat-sudha-bhritya-sukha-pradaya

vichitra-ratnaugha-vibhusitaya

premanam evadya
harau videhi




"I offer my obeisances unto you, who
brings happiness to your servitors, as you pour on them the liquid nectar from
your two reddish lotus feet, which ring with charming anklebells. Obeisances
unto you, who is adorned with an abundance of gems - please endow me with pure
love for Lord Hari."




6) sri rama
govinda mukunda shaure

sri krishna
narayana vasudeva

ity-adi
namamririta-pana-matta-

bhriggadhi-payakhila-dukha-hantre




"O Shri Rama, O Govinda, O Mukunda, O
Shauri, O Shri krsna, O Narayana, O Vaasudeva!' I offer my obeisances unto you,
Lord Shiva, the monarch of intoxicated bee-like devotees, maddened by drinking
the nectar of these and other holy names of the Lord. Obeisances unto you, the
destroyer of all grief."




7) sri
naradadyaih satatam sugopya-

jijjasita-yashu
vara-pradaya

tebhyo harer
bhakti-sukha-pradaya

shivaya
sarva-gurave namo namaha




"I offer my respectful obeisances
again and again unto you, who is forever enquired of confidentially by Shri
Narada and other sages; unto you, who also grants favors to them very quickly;
unto you, who bestows the happiness of Hari-bhakti; unto you, who creates
auspiciousness and unto you, who is the guru of everyone."




8) sri
gaura-netrosava-maggalaya

tat-prana-nathaya
rasa-pradaya

sada
samutkantha-govinda-lila-

gana-pravinaya
namo'stu tubhyam




"I offer my obeisances unto you, who
are a festival of auspiciousness for the eyes of Goddess Gauri; unto you, who is
the monarch of her life-breath; unto you, who is capable of bestowing
transcendental rasa and unto you, who is expert in forever singing songs of the
pastimes of Lord Govinda with great longing."




9) etat
shivasyastakam adbhutam mahat

shrinvan
hari-prema labheta shighram

jjanam ca
vijjanam apurva-vaibhavam

yo bhava-purnah
paramam samadaram



"A person, filled with loving
feelings, who hears with rapt attention this wonderful eight-fold prayer to Lord
Shiva, can quickly gain Sri Hari-prema as well as transcendental knowledge, the
realization of that knowledge, and unprecedented powers."


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Additional Shiva Mantras

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