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Shiva Stotras and Invocations

Shiva Stotras and invocations are the direct path to liberation.

The Rudrashtakam describes Shiva as the formless, all-pervading Brahman, the form of nirvana. He is beyond qualities, without mental alternatives, the space of consciousness where all abides. His appearance is white like the Himalaya, deep and profound, with a blue throat, compassionate. The garland of serpents, the moon on his head, and the flowing Ganga adorn him. The twelve Jyotirlinga stotra grants the fruit of Shivaloka to those who recite it daily. Sins of seven births are destroyed by its mere utterance and remembrance. Invocations to the lineage of gurus—Himalaya yogis, Vishvagurus—align the devotee with grace. Even garbled syllables, when offered with devotion, carry spiritual power. The Vedasara Shivastava proclaims Shiva as the essence of the Vedas, the cause of creation, preservation, and destruction. The linga form symbolizes the unmanifest manifesting as the moving and unmoving universe. Surrender to Maheshvara removes all bondage and bestows peace. He is the protector of all beings, the destroyer of Tripura, the Lord of gods and asuras. His divine sports are beyond the comprehension of even Brahma and Vishnu. Chanting his names purifies the mind, speech, and body, leading to the supreme state. Thus, the path of stotra is open to all, and one attains the eternal abode of Shiva.

"Namāmi Samīśan Nirvāṇa Rūpam Vibhum Vyāpakam Brahma Veda Svarūpam."

"Etāni Jyotirliṅgāni Nityaṃ Paṭhati Yaḥ Pumān, Prāptapathaḥ Pramāṇena Śivalokamavāpnuyāt."

Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India

Do we need the lights on? You need the bigger lights on? Satguru Dev Kī Jai, Jai Śiva Śaṅkara Mahārāj Jī Kī Jai. Bhole Bhagavān Śrī Devadhī Dev Deveśvar Mahādev Kī Jai, Himālaya Yogī Rāj Swāmījī Śrī Alakhpurījī Mahādev Kī Jai, Viśvavandhanī Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī Kī Jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Swāmījī Śrī Madhavānand Purī Sadguru Dev Kī Jai, Viśvaguru Paramhaṁs Swāmījī Śrī Maheśvarānanda Purī Sadguru Dev Kī Jai, Satya Sanātan Dharma Kī Jai, Sabhī Saṅtṛṣi Muni Mahātmāoṅ Kī Jai, Apne Apne Māṁ Pitā Sadguru Dev Bhagavān Kī Jai. Sūraṁ Gurum̐ Vande Jagatkāraṇam̐ Vande Pannagabhūṣaṇam̐, Ṛgdharam̐ Vande Paśunāmpatim̐. Pāpātmā pāpasambhavah, trahi mām Pārvatī nātho. Śrī Rudrāṣṭakam Ami Samīśan Nirvāṇa Rūpam Vibhum Vyāpakam Brahma Veda Svarūpam Nijaṁ Nirguṇaṁ Nirvikalpam Nirīham Cidākāśam Ākāśa Vāsam Bhaje’haṁ Namāmi Samīśan Nirvāṇa Rūpam Vibhuṁ Vyāpakaṁ Brahma Veda Svarūpam Gīrāgyān Gotitamīśaṃ Giriśam Guṇāgāra Sansāre Parama Nāto’haṁ Namāmi Samīśaṁ Nirvāṇa Rūpaṁ Vibhuṁ Vyāpakaṁ Brahma Veda Svarūpaṁ Tuṣārādri Saṅkāśa Gauraṁ Gabhīraṁ Manobhūta Koṭi Prabhāsri Śarīraṁ Sphuraṇmauli Kallolini Cāru Gaṅgā Lasaddhāla Bālendu Kaṇṭhe Bhujaṅga Calākṣaṇānaṁ Nīlakaṇṭhaṁ Dayālam. Mūrgādhīśa Carmambaram Mundamālam Priyaṁ Śaṅkaram Sarvanātham Bhajāmi Amiśamiśanirvāṇarūpam Prakṛṣṭam Pragalbham Pareśam Akhaṇḍam Ajam Bhānukoti Prakāśam Trayaḥśūla Nirmūla Namasul Pāṇi Mishamishan Nirvāṇa Rūpa Brahma Veda Tīta Kalyāṇa Kalpānta Kari Sadā Sajjanānanda Dātā Purārī Prasīda prasīda prabhumān māthari hariyavat pareva naranām natavat sukham śāntiśāntapanaśam prasīdha prabho sarvabhūtadevaśam niśānirvāṇa rūpam vedāśvaru nājānāmi yogam japam nevāpūjā. Nāto’haṁ sadā sarvadā saṁbhūtubhyaṁ jarājanmaduḥkho ghaṭatāpyamānaṁ prabhupāhya pannāma mīśa saṁbho mīśa mīśān nirvāṇa rūpaṁ vibhuṁ vyāpakaṁ brahma veda svarūpaṁ vyāpakaṁ brahma veda svarūpaṁ veda svarūpaṁ. Iti Śrī Goswāmī Tulasīdāsa krutam Śrī Rudrāṣṭakam sampūrṇam. Om Bole Bhagavān Śrī Devādhi Deva, Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jaya. Sabhī Santṛṣī Muni Mahātmāon Kī Jaya. Om Somanātham Ca, Śrī Śailam Mallikārjunam, Ujjayinyām Mahākālam, Omkāram Māleśvaram. Parāḷyam Vaidyanāthaṃ Ca Kanyākumāri Bhīmaśaṅkaram, Setubandhe Tu Rāmeśaṃ Nāgeśaṃ Dārukāvane. Vārāṇasyāṃ Tu Viśveśaṃ Tryambakaṃ Gautamītate, Himālaye Tu Kedāraṃ Ghuśmeśaṃ Ca Śivālaye. Etāni Jyotirliṅgāni Nityaṃ Paṭhati Yaḥ Pumān, Prāptapathaḥ Pramāṇena Śivalokamavāpnuyāt. Sapta Janmakṛtam Pāpaṃ Smanena Vinaśyati Atītā Pāṇḍhānaṁ Tavāchmahimāvanāsayo Rādhāt Vyāpṛityāyaṁ Chakitam Abhidhate Śrutirapri Sākāśya Stotrāvya Kativedha Guṇakāśya Nāsāya Pade Tvarvācine Patatina Manā Kāśyānāvāca Madho Śvetāvāca Paramam Amṛtaṁ Nervitāvata Pūrṇamityartheṣmin Pūramadhana Bodher Vyavasitā Taveśvarīam Jātat Jagadudaya Rakṣāpralayakṛt Traivastuvyastam Triśuṣuguṇābhin Nāsutanuṣu Abhavyānāmasmin Varadhāramanīyamaramanim Vihandam Vyākrośim Vidadatai He Kejardhīyam Kimī Hakkim Gaya Sakalukim Upāya Śrībhuvanam Atarkeśvarī Etvaiya Navasāra Dosto Hathā Diya Kūṭar Koyamkāśin Mukharāyatī Mohayājagatā Ajanmāno Loka Kimavayāvantopi Jagta Madhiṣṭha Taram Kim Bhavavidhirānādṛtyabhavati Aniśobhā Kuryāt Bhuvanājananeka Parikāra Yato Mandas Tvam Pratyamarāvara Saṃsedhatā Hime Trayī Sāṅkhyaṁ Yogaḥ Pāśupati Mātam Vaiṣṇavamiti Pravinne Prasthāne Paramidam Adhāpatyamitīcha Rucī Nāṁ Vāchetriyantra Jukutilānanā Pada Juṣā Nnameko Gamya Tvamasi Paya Svāmārṇāvahiva Mahokṣa Khaṭ Vāṅgam. Parāśurājināṃ Bhasmāṅganināṃ Kapālaṃ Cetyatāvāvaradatantropakaraṇam Nahi svātmā rāmam viṣayam ṛg-hatṛṣṇā brahmayātim. Paro Drauvya Drauvye Jagati Jatati Vyas Tavishaya Samaste Peetashmin Puramatana Purveshmata Iva Kto Vamjimhe Mitvam Nakalunanu Drostha Mukharata Taveishwaryam Yatnad Yadu Parivirancha Hari Radha Parichetum Yata Vanala Manalaskandha Vapusha Tato Bhakti Shraddhā. Barāguru Gṛṇambhyam Gireśaya Svayaṃ Dasteta Bhyam Tavanimanu Vṛthirna Phalati Āyat Nāda Padhyam Tribhu Anaveram Vyanti Karam Daśasyo Yad Bahuna Vṛtharaṇa Kannau Parabhāṣam Śira Padma Śreṇi, Racita Caraṇam, Boru Havale, Sthiraya Svanbhate, Sthribhura Hravesh, Borjitamedham Amushyatat Seva Samadhigat Saram Pujhavanam Balatke Lasepi Tadadivasato Vikramayata. Madhas Chakre Bhāṇa Parijana Videya Śrī Bhuvanam Nakasya Puṇyaṁ De Bhavati Śirasastvaiyāvanati Akhaṇḍa Brahmāṇḍa Śaya Cakita Devasura Kṛpā Videyasya Siddhyā Streṇayana Viṣaṁ Sohart Sakalmasa Panthe Tāvanākurute Nāśrīyamāhopa Vikāro Piśāṅgyo Bhuvanābhaya Bhaṅgyā Vyasanena Asetdharthaneya Kachidapisadevasuranare Nivartante Nityam Jagatijaino Yasyaveshikha Sapashyani Shatva Mitrasurasadharanamabho Smarasardhamyatma Nahivasisupatyaparebha Jaladīvālayam tenakṛtām iti vāne nevo neyam dhṛta mahima divya dabhā bāpu ratha akṣo neyamta śata dhṛti rājendra dhanurtho ratha aṅgri candrārko ratha caraṇa pāṇi sarahiti didakṣoṣe ko yam tripura tṛṇma ḍambara vidyā vṛdheyye kredyantyo nakalunar tantra prabhūdīya. Hariste Sahastram Kamalabhalimadayapadayo Yade Kaune Tashmin Nijamudharanetra Netra Kama Saucha Kravapusha Trayanaam Rakshayay Trepura Haraja Garthi Jagatam Kratoshupti Jagra Dvamasi Balayoget Kratumatam Kvakarma Pradvastaṁ Falati Puruṣāraṁ Saṁkṣa Dvambharī Karakṣodakṣa Mrasena Marvijam Śaraṇa Dāsa Dāsya Surādhana Vyasanino Dhruvam Kartam Śraddhā Vidumār Viduram Abhicāra Yahi Prajānātham Nātha Prasamābhikam Svām Duhitāram Dvethi Dvah Madhvah, Bhadavarad Mugdha Yuvatam Shaneshwakrida, Smaharapisachasahchara, Chitabhashmalepa, Sragabhinrutarotam Manaḥ pratyak chete sāvidham avadhāya ātmā-rūpaḥ Yadalokyaladam Ridaivanimajyamrudhamaye Dadatyantastvam Kimapiyaminastatgilabhavan Parinata Bevratu Giram Navidya Stattvam Vaya Mihatu Yattvan Bhavashri Traite Strobhruti Sri Bhuvana Matho Trina Pisura Nakara Dhervane Sri Birabhida Dhatte Vyas Tam Tvam Sharana Das Gunatyo Mithi Padam Bhavo Sarvo Rudra Pasupati Rathongra Saha Maham Sata Bhim Eṣaṇa Viti Adabhidhā Naṣṭa Kāmīdam Amuṣmin Pratyekam Pravicārati Deva Śruti Rāpi Priyāyāśme Dhāmne Pravihita Namaśo Asi Bhavate Namo Nidhiṣṭhāya Priyādavādaviṣṭhāya Canamo Namo Sodhiṣṭhāya Śmarahāra Mahiṣṭhāya Canamo Namo Vārṣiṣṭhāya Trīṇayanāyaviṣṭhāya Chanamo Namaḥ Sarva Śmeti Tadidamiti Sarvāya Janamah Hulrāj Se Viśvot Patto Bhavāya Namoḥ Namaḥ Kṛṣṇa Pariṇati Cetaḥ, Kleśa Vāśyaṁ Pācetaṁ, Kvacitava Guṇasīmūlāṅginī Śāśvata Mūrti Asitagirisam Syātakajalam Sindhupātre, Suratarvar Śākhalekhanī Patramūrvi. Asura-sura-munīndra-racita-sindhu-maule grahīta-guṇa-mahimnā nirguṇa īśvarasya sakala-gaṇa-varīṣṭha poṣadanta-vidhāna-ruci-ratara mālu, ruci-ramalak, dhūpāratte stotra-meta cakka. Patañjali Parambhaktyā Śuddhachitta Pumānayaha Prachurata Radhanayu Potra Baan Kirti Manshah Iṣṭāva Nāmidam Makarṣita Divya Divyam Mahimnaḥ Survaru Muni Pūjyam Svarga Mokṣe Kahetum Oṁ Bole Bhagavān Śrī Devādhi Deva, Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Himālaya Yogī Rāja Svāmījī Śrī Alakhpurījī Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Svayaṁbhū Bābā Śrī Devpurīśa Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Viśvavandinīya Bhagavān Śrī Dīpa Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī Kī Jaya, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Svāmījī Śrī Madhavānanda Puri Sadguru Deva Ki Jai, Vishwaguru Paramahaṁsa Swāmījī Śrī Māheśvarānanda Puri Sadguru Deva Ki Jai, Saviśānt Ṛṣi Muni Mahātmā Ki Jai, Devādhi Deva, Deveśvara Mahādeva Ki Jai, Savi Śānt Ṛṣi Muni Mahātmaon Ki Jai, Vedasya śiraḥ stavaḥ, paśo nāma patiṃ pāpa nāśaṃ pareśam, gajendrasya krodhiṃ vasanam vareṇyam, Maheśam Sureśam Surārārtināśam Vibhum Viśvanātham Vibhutyāṅgabhūṣam Virūpākṣam Indvarkavāhini Trinetram Sadānandamide Prabhumpañcavaktram Giriśam Gaṇeśam Galeni Lavarṇam Gavīndra Ardirodham Gaṇātīta Rūpam Bhavam Bhāṣvaram Bhāṣmaṇam Bhūṣi Tāṅgam Bhāvanī Kalātram Bhaje Pañca Vaktram. Śivākānta Sambho Śaśāṅkārdha Maule Maheśāna Śūlin Jaṭā Jūṭa Dhārin Vāmeko Jagad Vyāpako Viśvarūpa Prasiddha Prasiddha Prabhoponarūpa Parātmānamekam Jagadvijamādyam Nirīham Nirākāram Karvedyam Yato jayate palyateye na viśvam Dhāmiśambha jeliyate yatra viśvam Na Gṛṣmo, Na Śīto, Na Deśo, Na Veśo, Na Yasyāstrimūrtiḥ, Śrīmūrtiṁ Tamidhi Toreyam Tama Paramadhyam Tahinam Prapadhyeparam Pavanam Dvethahinam Namaste Namaste Vibho Vishwamurthe Namaste Namaste Chidanandamurthe Namaste Namaste Tapoyoggamya Namaste, Namaste, Shruti Gyan Gamya Prabho Sol Pane Vibho Vishwanatha Mahadevam Sambho Mahesha Trinetra Śivakānta Santasmārare Purare Tadanyo Vareṇyo Nāmānyo Nāgamya Śambho Maheśa Karuṇāmay Sulpane Gaurī Pate Paśupate Paśupāśa Nāśin Kāśī Pate Karuṇayā Jagadet Dek Stvam Haṁsi Pāsi Viddhasi Maheśvaro’si Tattvo Jagadbhavati Devabhaviṣmārare, Tvayevātiṣṭhati Jaganmṛda Viśvanātha, Tvayevāgacchatilayaṁ jagadetadiśa, liṅgātmakaṁ harcharāchar viśvarūpiṇeti. Śrīmacchaṅkarācārya kṛtau Vedasāra Śivastavaḥ sampūrṇa. Oṁ Bholē Bhagavān Ādiguru Śaṅkarācārya Mahārāj kī jai. Savi sant ṛṣi muni mahātmāoṁ kī jai. Satya Sanātana Dharma kī jai.

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