Shiva Namavalyashtakam (Namavali Ashtakam)
Shiva Namavalyashtakam (Namavali Ashtakam)
शिव नामावल्यष्टकं (नामावली अष्टकं)
हे चन्द्रचूड मदनान्तक शूलपाणे
स्थाणो गिरीश गिरिजेश महेश शम्भो ।
भूतेश भीतभयसूदन मामनाथं
संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष ॥ 1 ॥
हे पार्वतीहृदयवल्लभ चन्द्रमौले
भूताधिप प्रमथनाथ गिरीशचाप ।
हे वामदेव भव रुद्र पिनाकपाणे
संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष ॥ 2 ॥
हे नीलकण्ठ वृषभध्वज पञ्चवक्त्र
लोकेश शेषवलय प्रमथेश शर्व ।
हे धूर्जटे पशुपते गिरिजापते मां
संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष ॥ 3 ॥
हे विश्वनाथ शिव शङ्कर देवदेव
गङ्गाधर प्रमथनायक नन्दिकेश ।
बाणेश्वरान्धकरिपो हर लोकनाथ
संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष ॥ 4 ॥
वाराणसीपुरपते मणिकर्णिकेश
वीरेश दक्षमखकाल विभो गणेश ।
सर्वज्ञ सर्वहृदयैकनिवास नाथ
संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष ॥ 5 ॥
श्रीमन्महेश्वर कृपामय हे दयालो
हे व्योमकेश शितिकण्ठ गणाधिनाथ ।
भस्माङ्गराग नृकपालकलापमाल
संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष ॥ 6 ॥
कैलासशैलविनिवास वृषाकपे हे
मृत्युञ्जय त्रिनयन त्रिजगन्निवास ।
नारायणप्रिय मदापह शक्तिनाथ
संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष ॥ 7 ॥
विश्वेश विश्वभवनाशक विश्वरूप
विश्वात्मक त्रिभुवनैकगुणाधिकेश ।
हे विश्वनाथ करुणामय दीनबन्धो
संसारदुःखगहनाज्जगदीश रक्ष ॥ 8 ॥
गौरीविलासभवनाय महेश्वराय
पञ्चाननाय शरणागतकल्पकाय ।
शर्वाय सर्वजगतामधिपाय तस्मै
दारिद्र्यदुःखदहनाय नमः शिवाय ॥ 9 ॥
इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्यस्य श्रीगोविन्दभगवत्पूज्यपादशिष्यस्य श्रीमच्छङ्करभगवतः कृतौ श्रीशिवनामावल्यष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥
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About This Stotram
Overview
The Shiva Namavalyashtakam is a Sanskrit devotional hymn of 9 verses that enumerates a garland of Shiva's names and epithets, including Chandrachuda, Madanantaka, Shulapane, Girisha, Mahesh, and Jagadisha. Each verse invokes a different cluster of Shiva's divine attributes, asking for rescue from worldly suffering. It belongs to the Shaiva stotra tradition; the author is unknown.
What are the benefits of chanting Shiva Namavalyashtakam?
- Supports liberation from the cycle of worldly sorrow through repeated invocation of Shiva's names
- Offers protection by invoking Shiva's role as Pashupati, lord of all beings
- Purifies the mind through systematic meditation on Shiva's attributes
- Cultivates devotion and deepens familiarity with Shiva's many forms
When is the best time to recite this?
The Shiva Namavalyashtakam is typically recited during morning and evening prayers, during Shiva Puja, and on auspicious days such as Maha Shivaratri, the Shravana month, and Mondays dedicated to Shiva.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The Shiva Namavalyashtakam does not appear in any single canonical Vedic or Puranic text and has no identified author. The format — presenting Shiva's epithets in clustered verse form — is characteristic of the Bhakti devotional literature that developed through the Puranic and medieval periods. Hymns of this type were composed to give devotees an accessible, structured means of connecting with the divine through the recitation of divine names (nama japa). The text is included in several collected editions of Shaiva stotra literature.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Shiva Mahimna Stotram — a 43-verse philosophical hymn to Shiva that similarly draws on a wide range of divine epithets
- Shiva Sahasra Namavali — the thousand-name listing of Shiva's epithets, representing the extended form of the namavali tradition