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Shiva
Ashtothram |
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1 |
OM SHIVAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the Auspicious One |
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2 |
OM MAHESHVARAYA
NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the Great God Shiva |
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3 |
OM SHAMBHAVE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the God who exists for our happiness alone |
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4 |
OM PINAKINE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva, who guards the path of dharma |
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5 |
OM SHASHISHEKHARAYA
NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the God who wears the
crescent moon in his hair |
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6 |
OM VAMADEVAYA NAMAHA
-
Obeisance to the God who is pleasing and auspicious in every way |
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7 |
OM VIRUPAKSHAYA
NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the God of spotless form |
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8 |
OM KAPARDINE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the Lord with thickly matted hair |
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9 |
OM NILALOHITAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God splendid as the red sun at daybreak |
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10 |
OM SHANKARAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
source of all prosperity |
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11 |
OM SHULAPANAYE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God who carries a spear |
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12 |
OM KHATVANGINE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God who carries a knurled club |
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13 |
OM VISHNUVALLABHAYA NAMAHA - Obeisance
to Shiva, who is dear to Lord Vishnu |
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14 |
OM SHIPIVISHTAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord whose form emits great rays of light |
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15 |
OM AMBIKANATHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to
Ambika's Lord |
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16 |
OM SHRIKANTAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to he
whose throat is shining blue |
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17 |
OM BHAKTAVATSALAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord who loves His devotees like new born calves |
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18 |
OM BHAVAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God who is existence itself |
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19 |
OM SARVAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
who is all |
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20 |
OM TRILOKESHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
who is the Lord of all the three worlds |
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21 |
OM SHITAKANTHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
primal soul whose throat is deep blue |
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22 |
OM SHIVAPRIYAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the god who is dear to Shakti |
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23 |
OM UGRAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
whose presence is awesome and overwhelming |
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24 |
OM KAPALINE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God whose begging bowl is a human skull |
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25 |
OM KAMARAYE NAMAHA -Obeisance
to Shiva who conquers all passions |
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26 |
OM ANDHAKASURA SUDANAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the Lord who killed the Asura Andhaka |
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27 |
OM GANGADHARAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God who holds the Ganges River in his hair |
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28 |
OM LALATAKSHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord whose sport is creation |
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29 |
OM KALAKALAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
who is the death of death |
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30 |
OM KRIPANIDHAYE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God who is the treasure of compassion |
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31 |
OM BHIMAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
whose strength is awesome |
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32 |
OM PARASHU HASTAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God who wields an axe in his hands |
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33 |
OM MRIGAPANAYAE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord who looks after the soul in the wilderness |
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34 |
OM JATADHARAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
who bears a mass of matted hair |
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35 |
OM KAILASAVASINE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the God who abides on Mount Kailas |
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36 |
OM KAVACHINE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord who is wrapped in armor |
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37 |
OM KATHORAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
who causes all growth |
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38 |
OM TRIPURANTAKAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord who destroyed the three demonic cities |
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39 |
OM VRISHANKAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the God whose emblem is a bull
(Nandi) |
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40 |
OM VRISHABHARUDHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
who rides a bull |
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41 |
OM BHASMODDHULITA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord covered with holy ash |
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42 |
OM SAMAPRIYAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God exceedingly fond of hymns from the Sama Veda |
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43 |
OM SVARAMAYAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
who creates through sound |
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44 |
OM
TRAYIMURTAYE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord who is worshiped in three forms |
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45 |
OM ANISHVARAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
undisputed Lord |
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46 |
OM SARVAGYAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God who knows all things |
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47 |
OM PARAMATMANE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Supreme Self |
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48 |
OM SOMASURAGNI LOCHANAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the light of the eyes of Soma, Surya
and Agni |
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49 |
OM HAVISHE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
who receives oblations of ghee |
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50 |
OM YAGYAMAYAYA NAMAHA - Obeisance
to the architect of all sacrificial rites |
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51 |
OM SOMAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Moon-glow of the mystic's vision |
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52 |
OM PANCHAVAKTRAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God of the five activities |
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53 |
OM SADASHIVAYA NAMAHA - Obeisance
to the eternally auspicious benevolent Shiva |
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54 |
OM VISHVESHVARAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
all-pervading ruler of the cosmos |
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55 |
OM VIRABHADRAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
the foremost of heroes |
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56 |
OM GANANATHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the God of the Ganas |
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57 |
OM PRAJAPATAYE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Creator |
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58 |
OM HIRANYARETASE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God who emanates golden souls |
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59 |
OM
DURDHARSHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
unconquerable being |
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60 |
OM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the monarch of the holy mountain
Kailas |
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61 |
OM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord of the Himalayas |
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62 |
OM ANAGHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
who can inspire no fear |
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63 |
OM BUJANGABHUSHANAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord adorned with golden snakes |
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64 |
OM BHARGAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the foremost of Rishis |
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65 |
OM GIRIDHANVANE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God whose weapon is a mountain |
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66 |
OM GIRIPRIYAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord who is fond of mountains |
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OM KRITTIVASASE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the God who wears clothes of hide |
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68 |
OM PURARATAYE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord who is thoroughly at home in the wilderness |
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69 |
OM BHAGAVATE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord of prosperity |
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70 |
OM PRAMATHADHIPAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God who is served by goblins |
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71 |
OM MRITUNJAYAYA
NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the conqueror of death |
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72 |
OM SUKSHMATANAVE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
subtlest of the subtle |
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73 |
OM JAGADVYAPINE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
who fills the whole world |
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74 |
OM JAGADGURAVE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
guru of all the worlds |
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75 |
OM VYOMAKESHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God whose hair is the spreading sky above |
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76 |
OM MAHASENAJANAKAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the origin of Mahasena |
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77 |
OM CHARUVIKRAMAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva,
the guardian of wandering pilgrims |
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78 |
OM RUDRAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord who is fit to be praised |
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79 |
OM BHUTAPATAYE NAMAHA =
Obeisance to the
source of living creatures, including the Bhutas, or ghostly creatures |
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80 |
OM STHANAVE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
firm and immovable deity |
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81 |
OM AHIRBUDHNYAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the Lord who waits for the sleeping
kundalini |
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82 |
OM DIGAMBARAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
whose robes is the cosmos |
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83 |
OM ASHTAMURTAYE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord who has eight forms |
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84 |
OM ANEKATMANE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God who is the one soul |
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85 |
OM SATVIKAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord of boundless energy |
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86 |
OM SHUDDHA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to him
who is free of all doubt and dissension |
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87 |
OM SHASHVATAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva,
endless and eternal |
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88 |
OM KHANDAPARASHAVE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
God who cuts through the mind's despair |
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89 |
OM AJAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
instigator of all that occurs |
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90 |
OM PAPAVIMOCHAKAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord who releases all fetters |
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91 |
OM MRIDAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
Lord who shows only mercy |
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92 |
OM PASHUPATAYE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
ruler of all evolving souls, the animals |
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93 |
OM DEVAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
foremost of Devas, demigods |
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94 |
OM MAHADEVAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
greatest of the gods |
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95 |
OM AVYAYAYA NAMAHA -
Obeisance to the
one never subject to change |
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96 |
OM HARAYE NAMAHA -
Obeisance to Shiva
who dissolves all bondage |
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97 |
OM PASHUDANTABHIDE NAMAHA -
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