108 NAMES OF LORD SHIVA

OM SHIVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Auspicious One

OM MAHESHVARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Great God Shiva

OM SHAMBHAVE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who exists for our happiness alone

OM PINAKINE NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva, who guards the path of dharma

OM SHASHISHEKHARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who wears the crescent moon in his hair

OM VAMADEVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who is pleasing and auspicious in every way

OM VIRUPAKSHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God of spotless form

OM KAPARDINE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord with thickly matted hair

OM NILALOHITAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God splendid as the red sun at daybreak

OM SHANKARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the source of all prosperity

OM SHULAPANAYE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who carries a spear

OM KHATVANGINE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who carries a knurled club

OM VISHNUVALLABHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva, who is dear to Lord Vishnu

OM SHIPIVISHTAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord whose form emits great rays of light

OM AMBIKANATHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Ambika's Lord

OM SHRIKANTAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to he whose throat is shining blue

OM BHAKTAVATSALAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who loves His devotees like new born calves

OM BHAVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who is existence itself

OM SARVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who is all

OM TRILOKESHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who is the Lord of all the three worlds

OM SHITAKANTHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the primal soul whose throat is deep blue

OM SHIVAPRIYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the god who is dear to Shakti

OM UGRAYA NAMAHA

Obeisance to Shiva whose presence is awesome and overwhelming

OM KAPALINE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God whose begging bowl is a human skull

OM KAMARAYE NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who conquers all passions OM ANDHAKASURA SUDANAYA NAMAHA Obeisance to the Lord who killed the asura Andhaka

OM GANGADHARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who holds the Ganges River in his hair

OM LALATAKSHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord whose sport is creation

OM KALAKALAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who is the death of death

OM KRIPANIDHAYE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who is the treasure of compassion

OM BHIMAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva whose strength is awesome

OM PARASHU HASTAYA NAMAHA

Obeisance to the God who wields an axe in his hands

OM MRIGAPANAYAE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who looks after the soul in the wilderness

OM JATADHARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who bears a mass of matted hair

OM KAILASAVASINE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who abides on Mount Kailas

OM KAVACHINE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who is wrapped in armor

OM KATHORAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who causes all growth

OM TRIPURANTAKAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who destroyed the three demonic cities

OM VRISHANKAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God whose emblem is a bull (Nandi)

OM VRISHABHARUDHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who rides a bull

OM BHASMODDHULITA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA

Obeisance to the Lord covered with holy ash

OM SAMAPRIYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God exceedingly fond of hymns from the Sama Veda

OM SVARAMAYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who creates through sound

OM TRAYIMURTAYE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who is worshiped in three forms

OM ANISHVARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the undisputed Lord

OM SARVAGYAYA NAMAHA

Obeisance to the God who knows all things

OM PARAMATMANE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Supreme Self

OM SOMASURAGNI LOCHANAYA NAMAHA

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

OM HAVISHE NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who receives oblations of ghee

OM YAGYAMAYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the architect of all sacrificial rites

OM SOMAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Moon-glow of the mystic's vision

OM PANCHAVAKTRAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God of the five activities

OM SADASHIVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the eternally auspicious benevolent Shiva

OM VISHVESHVARAYA NAMAHA

Obeisance to the all-pervading ruler of the cosmos

OM VIRABHADRAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva the foremost of heroes

OM GANANATHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God of the Ganas

OM PRAJAPATAYE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Creator

OM HIRANYARETASE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who emanates golden souls

OM DURDHARSHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the unconquerable being

OM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the monarch of the holy mountain Kailas

OM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord of the Himalayas

OM ANAGHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who can inspire no fear

OM BUJANGABHUSHANAYA NAMAHA

Obeisance to the Lord adorned with golden snakes

OM BHARGAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the foremost of Rishis

OM GIRIDHANVANE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God whose weapon is a mountain

OM GIRIPRIYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who is fond of mountains

OM KRITTIVASASE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who wears clothes of hide

OM PURARATAYE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who is thoroughly at home in the wilderness

OM BHAGAVATE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord of prosperity

OM PRAMATHADHIPAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who is served by goblins

OM MRITUNJAYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the conqueror of death

OM SUKSHMATANAVE NAMAHA

Obeisance to the subtlest of the subtle

OM JAGADVYAPINE NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who fills the whole world

OM JAGADGURAVE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the guru of all the worlds

OM VYOMAKESHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God whose hair is the spreading sky above

OM MAHASENAJANAKAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the origin of Mahasena

OM CHARUVIKRAMAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva, the guardian of wandering pilgrims

OM RUDRAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who is fit to be praised

OM BHUTAPATAYE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the source of living creatures, including the Bhutas, or ghostly creatures

OM STHANAVE NAMAHA

Obeisance to the firm and immovable deity

OM AHIRBUDHNYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who waits for the sleeping kundalini

OM DIGAMBARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva whose robes is the cosmos

OM ASHTAMURTAYE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who has eight forms

OM ANEKATMANE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who is the one soul

OM SATVIKAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord of boundless energy

OM SHUDDHA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA

Obeisance to him who is free of all doubt and dissension

OM SHASHVATAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva, endless and eternal

OM KHANDAPARASHAVE NAMAHA

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

OM AJAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the instigator of all that occurs

OM PAPAVIMOCHAKAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who releases all fetters

OM MRIDAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who shows only mercy

OM PASHUPATAYE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the ruler of all evolving souls, the animals

OM DEVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the foremost of devas, demigods

OM MAHADEVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the greatest of the gods

OM AVYAYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the one never subject to change

OM HARAYE NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who dissolves all bondage

OM PASHUDANTABHIDE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the one who punished Pushan

OM AVYAGRAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who is steady and unwavering

OM DAKSHADHVARAHARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the destroyer of Daksha's conceited sacrifice

OM HARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who withdraws the cosmos

OM BHAGANETRABHIDE NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who taught Bhaga to see more clearly

OM AVYAKTAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to Shiva who is subtle and unseen

OM SAHASRAKSHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord of limitless forms

OM SAHASRAPADE NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who is standing and walking everywhere

OM APAVARGAPRADAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the Lord who gives and takes all things

OM ANANTAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the God who is unending

OM TARAKAYA NAMAHA
Obeisance to the great liberator of mankind OM PARAMESHVARAYA NAMAHA Obeisance to the great God

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-CHANDRACHUDAYA GAURI-NAYANOTSAVAYA

"I repeatedly offer my obeisance 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-NILAPADMA-PRAVALAMBUDA-KANTI-VASTRAIH SA NRITYA-RAGGESTA-VARA-PRADAYA KAIVALYA-NATHAYA VRISA-DHVAJAYA "I offer my obeisance 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 impersonalizes and unto you, whose flag bears the image of the bull." 3) SUDHAMZU-SURYAGNI-VILOCHANENA TAMO-BHIDE TE JAGATAH SHIVAYA SAHASRA-SHUBHRAMSHU-SAHASRA-RASHMISAHASRA-SAJJIT-TVARA-TEJASE'STU

"I offer my obeisance unto you, who dispels 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 obeisance 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 Lustrous bangles." 5) SU-NUPURA-RAGJITA-PADA-PADMA KSARAT-SUDHA-BHRITYA-SUKHA-PRADAYA VICHITRA-RATNAUGHA-VIBHUSITAYA PREMANAM EVADYA HARAU VIDEHI

"I offer my obeisance 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 ankle bells. Obeisance 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-MATTABHRIGGADHI-PAYAKHILA-DUKHA-HANTRE "O Shri Rama, O Govinda, O Mukunda, O Shauri, O Shri Krishna, O Narayan, O Vaasudeva!' I offer my obeisance 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. Obeisance unto you, the destroyer of all grief." 7) SRI NARADADYAIH SATATAM SUGOPYAJIJJASITA-YASHU VARA-PRADAYA TEBHYO HARER BHAKTI-SUKHA-PRADAYA SHIVAYA SARVA-GURAVE NAMO NAMAHA

"I offer my respectful obeisance 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-LILAGANA-PRAVINAYA NAMO'STU TUBHYAM "I offer my obeisance 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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