भगवान शिव
Shiva — aarti, bhajan, mantra & stotra
Shiva has the widest range of any deity on this site, and picking by length is the honest way to choose. शिव पंचाक्षर and लिंगाष्टक are short enough for a weekday. रुद्राष्टक is what Tulsidas gave the Ramcharitmanas and is the one most people recognise. शिव तांडव स्तोत्र is the hardest to recite and the most rewarding — Ravana's hymn, in a metre that moves like the dance it describes.
कधी म्हणतात · When these are read: Mondays and every Monday of Shravan; Mahashivratri; Pradosh; and the whole month of Shravan for those who keep it.
सर्व पाठ · All Shiva texts
- श्री शिव चालीसा Shiv Chalisa · Forty Verses to Lord Shiva
- ॐ नमः शिवाय Om Namah Shivaya · The Five-Syllable Mantra
- ॐ जय शिव ओंकारा Om Jai Shiv Omkara · Shiva Aarti
- महामृत्युंजय मंत्र Mahamrityunjaya Mantra · The Great Death-Conquering Mantra
- शिव ताण्डव स्तोत्रम् Shiv Tandav Stotram · The Tandava Hymn of Shiva
- लिङ्गाष्टकम् Lingashtakam · Eight Verses to the Shivalinga
- रुद्राष्टकम् Rudrashtakam · Eight Verses to Rudra
- शिव पञ्चाक्षर स्तोत्र Shiv Panchakshar Stotra · The Five-Syllable Hymn of Shiva
- कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं Karpur Gauram Karunavtaram · Shiva Shloka
- सोलह सोमवार व्रत कथा Solah Somvar Vrat Katha · The Sixteen Mondays Fast Story
- लवथवती विक्राळा Lavthavti Vikrala · Shankar Aarti