Shiva Namavalyashtakam (Namavali Ashtakam)
Shiva Namavalyashtakam (Namavali Ashtakam)
ziva nAmAvalyaSTakaM (nAmAvalI aSTakaM)
he candracUDa madanAntaka zUlapANe
sthANo girIza girijeza maheza zambho |
bhUteza bhItabhayasUdana mAmanAthaM
saMsAraduHkhagahanAjjagadIza rakSa || 1 ||
he pArvatIhRdayavallabha candramaule
bhUtAdhipa pramathanAtha girIzacApa |
he vAmadeva bhava rudra pinAkapANe
saMsAraduHkhagahanAjjagadIza rakSa || 2 ||
he nIlakaNTha vRSabhadhvaja paJcavaktra
lokeza zeSavalaya pramatheza zarva |
he dhUrjaTe pazupate girijApate mAM
saMsAraduHkhagahanAjjagadIza rakSa || 3 ||
he vizvanAtha ziva zaGkara devadeva
gaGgAdhara pramathanAyaka nandikeza |
bANezvarAndhakaripo hara lokanAtha
saMsAraduHkhagahanAjjagadIza rakSa || 4 ||
vArANasIpurapate maNikarNikeza
vIreza dakSamakhakAla vibho gaNeza |
sarvajJa sarvahRdayaikanivAsa nAtha
saMsAraduHkhagahanAjjagadIza rakSa || 5 ||
zrImanmahezvara kRpAmaya he dayAlo
he vyomakeza zitikaNTha gaNAdhinAtha |
bhasmAGgarAga nRkapAlakalApamAla
saMsAraduHkhagahanAjjagadIza rakSa || 6 ||
kailAsazailavinivAsa vRSAkape he
mRtyuJjaya trinayana trijagannivAsa |
nArAyaNapriya madApaha zaktinAtha
saMsAraduHkhagahanAjjagadIza rakSa || 7 ||
vizveza vizvabhavanAzaka vizvarUpa
vizvAtmaka tribhuvanaikaguNAdhikeza |
he vizvanAtha karuNAmaya dInabandho
saMsAraduHkhagahanAjjagadIza rakSa || 8 ||
gaurIvilAsabhavanAya mahezvarAya
paJcAnanAya zaraNAgatakalpakAya |
zarvAya sarvajagatAmadhipAya tasmai
dAridryaduHkhadahanAya namaH zivAya || 9 ||
iti zrImatparamahaMsaparivrAjakAcAryasya zrIgovindabhagavatpUjyapAdaziSyasya zrImacchaGkarabhagavataH kRtau zrIzivanAmAvalyaSTakaM sampUrNam ||
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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