Shiva
Also known as Mahadeva, Shankara, Rudra, Mahesh
The destroyer and transformer, the ascetic lord of Kailasa.
Ashtottaras
Aartis
भगवान गङ्गाधर आरती
Lord Gangadhara Aarti
Devotional hymn to Shiva as Gangadhara, bearer of the river Ganga in his hair.
Read →भगवान कैलासवासी आरती
Lord Kailasavasi Aarti
Devotional hymn to Shiva as Kailasavasi, dweller of Mount Kailash.
Read →भगवान शंकर आरती
Lord Shankara Aarti
Devotional hymn to Shiva as Shankara, the source of auspiciousness.
Read →श्री शिवशंकरजी की आरती
Mahadev Aarti
Devotional hymn to Shiva as Mahadev, the great god.
Read →शिवजी की आरती
Om Jai Shiv Omkara
The best-known aarti of Lord Shiva, sung widely at temples across India.
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लिङ्गाष्टकम्
Lingashtakam
Eight verses saluting the Sadashiva linga, each closing with 'tat praṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgam' — I bow to that linga of Sadashiva.
Read →निर्वाणषट्कम्
Nirvana Shatkam
Adi Shankaracharya's Atma Shatkam — six verses of pure negation ending in 'cidānandarūpaḥ śivo'ham', I am consciousness and bliss, I am Shiva.
Read →श्रीशिवानन्दलहरी
Shivananda Lahari
Adi Shankaracharya's 'wave of Shiva's bliss' — a hundred verses of surrender composed at Srisailam, prizing devotion to Shiva above all learning and ritual.
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