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Shiva Sahasra Nama Stotram

Shiva Sahasra Nama Stotram

Shiva Sahasra Nama Stotram

Stotram
Shiva
182 Verses
110%

śiva sahasra nāma stotram

pūrvapīṭhikā ||

vāsudeva uvāca |

tataḥ sa prayato bhūtvā mama tāta yudhiṣṭhira |

prāñjaliḥ prāha viprarṣirnāmasaṅgrahamāditaḥ || 1 ||

upamanyuruvāca |

brahmaproktairṛṣiproktairvedavedāṅgasambhavaiḥ |

sarvalokeṣu vikhyātaṃ stutyaṃ stoṣyāmi nāmabhiḥ || 2 ||

mahadbhirvihitaiḥ satyaiḥ siddhaiḥ sarvārthasādhakaiḥ |

ṛṣiṇā taṇḍinā bhaktyā kṛtairvedakṛtātmanā || 3 ||

yathoktaiḥ sādhubhiḥ khyātairmunibhistattvadarśibhiḥ |

pravaraṃ prathamaṃ svargyaṃ sarvabhūtahitaṃ śubham || 4 ||

śrutaiḥ sarvatra jagati brahmalokāvatāritaiḥ |

satyaistatparamaṃ brahma brahmaproktaṃ sanātanam || 5 ||

vakṣye yadukulaśreṣṭha śṛṇuṣvāvahito mama |

varayainaṃ bhavaṃ devaṃ bhaktastvaṃ parameśvaram || 6 ||

tena te śrāvayiṣyāmi yattadbrahma sanātanam |

na śakyaṃ vistarātkṛtsnaṃ vaktuṃ sarvasya kenacit || 7 ||

yuktenāpi vibhūtīnāmapi varṣaśatairapi |

yasyādirmadhyamantaṃ ca surairapi na gamyate || 8 ||

kastasya śaknuyādvaktuṃ guṇān kārtsnyena mādhava |

kiṃ tu devasya mahataḥ saṅkṣiptārthapadākṣaram || 9 ||

śaktitaścaritaṃ vakṣye prasādāttasya dhīmataḥ |

aprāpya tu tato'nujñāṃ na śakyaḥ stotumīśvaraḥ || 10 ||

yadā tenābhyanujñātaḥ stuto vai sa tadā mayā |

anādinidhanasyāhaṃ jagadyonermahātmanaḥ || 11 ||

nāmnāṃ kiñcitsamuddeśaṃ vakṣyāmyavyaktayoninaḥ |

varadasya vareṇyasya viśvarūpasya dhīmataḥ || 12 ||

śṛṇu nāmnāṃ ca yaṃ kṛṣṇa yaduktaṃ padmayoninā |

daśanāmasahasrāṇi yānyāha prapitāmahaḥ || 13 ||

tāni nirmathya manasā dadhno ghṛtamivoddhṛtam |

gireḥ sāraṃ yathā hema puṣpasāraṃ yathā madhu || 14 ||

ghṛtātsāraṃ yathā maṇḍastathaitatsāramuddhṛtam |

sarvapāpāpahamidaṃ caturvedasamanvitam || 15 ||

prayatnenādhigantavyaṃ dhāryaṃ ca prayatātmanā |

māṅgalyaṃ pauṣṭikaṃ caiva rakṣoghnaṃ pāvanaṃ mahat || 16 ||

idaṃ bhaktāya dātavyaṃ śraddadhānāstikāya ca |

nāśraddadhānarūpāya nāstikāyājitātmane || 17 ||

yaścābhyasūyate devaṃ kāraṇātmānamīśvaram |

sa kṛṣṇa narakaṃ yāti saha pūrvaiḥ sahātmajaiḥ || 18 ||

idaṃ dhyānamidaṃ yogamidaṃ dhyeyamanuttamam |

idaṃ japyamidaṃ jñānaṃ rahasyamidamuttamam || 19 ||

yaṃ jñātvā antakālepi gaccheta paramāṃ gatim |

pavitraṃ maṅgalaṃ medhyaṃ kalyāṇamidamuttamam || 20 ||

idaṃ brahmā purā kṛtvā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ |

sarva stavānāṃ rājatve divyānāṃ samakalpayat || 21 ||

tadā prabhṛti caivāyamīśvarasya mahātmanaḥ |

stavarāja iti khyāto jagatyamarapūjitaḥ || 22 ||

brahmalokādayaṃ svarge stavarājo'vatāritaḥ |

yatastaṇḍiḥ purā prāpa tena taṇḍikṛto'bhavat || 23 ||

svargāccaivātra bhūrlokaṃ taṇḍinā hyavatāritaḥ |

sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam || 24 ||

nigadiṣye mahābāho stavānāmuttamaṃ stavam |

brahmaṇāmapi yadbrahma parāṇāmapi yatparam || 25 ||

tejasāmapi yattejastapasāmapi yattapaḥ |

śāntānāmapi yaḥ śānto dyutīnāmapi yā dyutiḥ || 26 ||

dāntānāmapi yo dānto dhīmatāmapi yā ca dhīḥ |

devānāmapi yo deva ṛṣīṇāmapi yastvṛṣiḥ || 27 ||

yajñānāmapi yo yajñaḥ śivānāmapi yaḥ śivaḥ |

rudrāṇāmapi yo rudraḥ prabhā prabhavatāmapi || 28 ||

yogināmapi yo yogī kāraṇānāṃ ca kāraṇam |

yato lokāḥ sambhavanti na bhavanti yataḥ punaḥ || 29 ||

sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya harasyāmitatejasaḥ |

aṣṭottarasahasraṃ tu nāmnāṃ śarvasya me śṛṇu |

yacchrutvā manujavyāghra sarvānkāmānavāpsyasi || 30 ||

dhyānam |

śāntaṃ padmāsanasthaṃ śaśidharamukuṭaṃ pañcavaktraṃ trinetraṃ

śūlaṃ vajraṃ ca khaḍgaṃ paraśumabhayadaṃ dakṣabhāge vahantam |

nāgaṃ pāśaṃ ca ghaṇṭāṃ pralayahutavahaṃ sāṅkuśaṃ vāmabhāge

nānālaṅkārayuktaṃ sphaṭikamaṇinibhaṃ pārvatīśaṃ namāmi ||

stotram |

oṃ sthiraḥ sthāṇuḥ prabhurbhīmaḥ pravaro varado varaḥ |

sarvātmā sarvavikhyātaḥ sarvaḥ sarvakaro bhavaḥ || 1 ||

jaṭī carmī śikhaṇḍī ca sarvāṅgaḥ sarvabhāvanaḥ |

haraśca hariṇākṣaśca sarvabhūtaharaḥ prabhuḥ || 2 ||

pravṛttiśca nivṛttiśca niyataḥ śāśvato dhruvaḥ |

śmaśānavāsī bhagavān khacaro gocaro'rdanaḥ || 3 ||

abhivādyo mahākarmā tapasvī bhūtabhāvanaḥ |

unmattaveṣapracchannaḥ sarvalokaprajāpatiḥ || 4 ||

mahārūpo mahākāyo vṛṣarūpo mahāyaśāḥ |

mahātmā sarvabhūtātmā viśvarūpo mahāhanuḥ || 5 ||

lokapālo'ntarhitātmā prasādo hayagardabhiḥ |

pavitraṃ ca mahāṃścaiva niyamo niyamāśritaḥ || 6 ||

sarvakarmā svayambhūta ādirādikaro nidhiḥ |

sahasrākṣo viśālākṣaḥ somo nakṣatrasādhakaḥ || 7 ||

candraḥ sūryaḥ śaniḥ keturgraho grahapatirvaraḥ |

atriratryā namaskartā mṛgabāṇārpaṇo'naghaḥ || 8 || [ādyantalayakartā ca]

mahātapā ghoratapā adīno dīnasādhakaḥ |

saṃvatsarakaro mantraḥ pramāṇaṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ || 9 ||

yogī yojyo mahābījo mahāretā mahābalaḥ |

suvarṇaretāḥ sarvajñaḥ subījo bījavāhanaḥ || 10 ||

daśabāhustvanimiṣo nīlakaṇṭha umāpatiḥ |

viśvarūpaḥ svayaṃ śreṣṭho balavīro balo gaṇaḥ || 11 ||

gaṇakartā gaṇapatirdigvāsāḥ kāma eva ca |

mantravitparamo mantraḥ sarvabhāvakaro haraḥ || 12 ||

kamaṇḍaludharo dhanvī bāṇahastaḥ kapālavān |

aśanī śataghnī khaḍgī paṭṭiśī cāyudhī mahān || 13 ||

sruvahastaḥ surūpaśca tejastejaskaro nidhiḥ |

uṣṇīṣī ca suvaktraśca udagro vinatastathā || 14 ||

dīrghaśca harikeśaśca sutīrthaḥ kṛṣṇa eva ca |

sṛgālarūpaḥ siddhārtho muṇḍaḥ sarvaśubhaṅkaraḥ || 15 ||

ajaśca bahurūpaśca gandhadhārī kapardyapi |

ūrdhvaretā ūrdhvaliṅga ūrdhvaśāyī nabhaḥsthalaḥ || 16 ||

trijaṭī cīravāsāśca rudraḥ senāpatirvibhuḥ |

ahaścaro naktañcarastigmamanyuḥ suvarcasaḥ || 17 ||

gajahā daityahā kālo lokadhātā guṇākaraḥ |

siṃhaśārdūlarūpaśca ārdracarmāmbarāvṛtaḥ || 18 ||

kālayogī mahānādaḥ sarvakāmaścatuṣpathaḥ |

niśācaraḥ pretacārī bhūtacārī maheśvaraḥ || 19 ||

bahubhūto bahudharaḥ svarbhānuramito gatiḥ |

nṛtyapriyo nityanarto nartakaḥ sarvalālasaḥ || 20 ||

ghoro mahātapāḥ pāśo nityo giriruho nabhaḥ |

sahasrahasto vijayo vyavasāyo hyatandritaḥ || 21 ||

adharṣaṇo dharṣaṇātmā yajñahā kāmanāśakaḥ | [marṣa]

dakṣayāgāpahārī ca susaho madhyamastathā || 22 ||

tejopahārī balahā mudito'rtho'jito'varaḥ |

gambhīraghoṣo gambhīro gambhīrabalavāhanaḥ || 23 ||

nyagrodharūpo nyagrodho vṛkṣakarṇasthitirvibhuḥ |

sutīkṣṇadaśanaścaiva mahākāyo mahānanaḥ || 24 ||

viṣvakseno hariryajñaḥ saṃyugāpīḍavāhanaḥ |

tīkṣṇatāpaśca haryaśvaḥ sahāyaḥ karmakālavit || 25 ||

viṣṇuprasādito yajñaḥ samudro baḍabāmukhaḥ |

hutāśanasahāyaśca praśāntātmā hutāśanaḥ || 26 ||

ugratejā mahātejā janyo vijayakālavit |

jyotiṣāmayanaṃ siddhiḥ sarvavigraha eva ca || 27 ||

śikhī muṇḍī jaṭī jvālī mūrtijo mūrdhago balī |

veṇavī paṇavī tālī khalī kālakaṭaṅkaṭaḥ || 28 ||

nakṣatravigrahamatirguṇabuddhirlayo'gamaḥ |

prajāpatirviśvabāhurvibhāgaḥ sarvago'mukhaḥ || 29 ||

vimocanaḥ susaraṇo hiraṇyakavacodbhavaḥ |

meḍhrajo balacārī ca mahīcārī srutastathā || 30 || [meghajo]

sarvatūryaninādī ca sarvātodyaparigrahaḥ |

vyālarūpo guhāvāsī guho mālī taraṅgavit || 31 ||

tridaśastrikāladhṛkkarmasarvabandhavimocanaḥ |

bandhanastvasurendrāṇāṃ yudhiśatruvināśanaḥ || 32 ||

sāṅkhyaprasādo durvāsāḥ sarvasādhuniṣevitaḥ |

praskandano vibhāgajño atulyo yajñabhāgavit || 33 ||

sarvavāsaḥ sarvacārī durvāsā vāsavo'maraḥ |

haimo hemakaro'yajñaḥ sarvadhārī dharottamaḥ || 34 || [yajñaḥ]

lohitākṣo mahākṣaśca vijayākṣo viśāradaḥ |

saṅgraho nigrahaḥ kartā sarpacīranivāsanaḥ || 35 ||

mukhyo'mukhyaśca dehaśca kāhaliḥ sarvakāmadaḥ |

sarvakālaprasādaśca subalo balarūpadhṛt || 36 ||

sarvakāmavaraścaiva sarvadaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ |

ākāśanirvirūpaśca nipātī hyavaśaḥ khagaḥ || 37 ||

raudrarūpo'ṃśurādityo bahuraśmiḥ suvarcasī |

vasuvego mahāvego manovego niśācaraḥ || 38 ||

sarvavāsī śriyāvāsī upadeśakaro'karaḥ |

munirātmanirālokaḥ sambhagnaśca sahasradaḥ || 39 ||

pakṣī ca pakṣarūpaśca atidīpto viśāṃ patiḥ |

unmādo madanaḥ kāmo hyaśvattho'rthakaro yaśaḥ || 40 ||

vāmadevaśca vāmaśca prāgdakṣiṇaśca vāmanaḥ |

siddhayogī maharṣiśca siddhārthaḥ siddhasādhakaḥ || 41 ||

bhikṣuśca bhikṣurūpaśca vipaṇo mṛduravyayaḥ |

mahāseno viśākhaśca ṣaṣṭibhāgo gavāṃ patiḥ || 42 ||

vajrahastaśca viṣkambhī camūstambhana eva ca |

vṛttāvṛttakarastālo madhurmadhukalocanaḥ || 43 ||

vācaspatyo vājasano nityamāśramapūjitaḥ | [nityamāśritapūjitaḥ]

brahmacārī lokacārī sarvacārī vicāravit || 44 ||

īśāna īśvaraḥ kālo niśācārī pinākabhṛt |

nimittastho nimittaṃ ca nandirnandikaro hariḥ || 45 ||

nandīśvaraśca nandī ca nandano nandivardhanaḥ |

bhagahārī nihantā ca kālo brahmā pitāmahaḥ || 46 ||

caturmukho mahāliṅgaścāruliṅgastathaiva ca |

liṅgādhyakṣaḥ surādhyakṣo yogādhyakṣo yugāvahaḥ || 47 ||

bījādhyakṣo bījakartā adhyātmānugato balaḥ |

itihāsaḥ sakalpaśca gautamo'tha niśākaraḥ || 48 ||

dambho hyadambho vaidambho vaśyo vaśakaraḥ kaliḥ |

lokakartā paśupatirmahākartā hyanauṣadhaḥ || 49 ||

akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma balavacchakra eva ca |

nītirhyanītiḥ śuddhātmā śuddho mānyo gatāgataḥ || 50 ||

bahuprasādaḥ susvapno darpaṇo'tha tvamitrajit |

vedakāro mantrakāro vidvān samaramardanaḥ || 51 ||

mahāmeghanivāsī ca mahāghoro vaśīkaraḥ |

agnijvālo mahājvālo atidhūmro huto haviḥ || 52 ||

vṛṣaṇaḥ śaṅkaro nityavarcasvī dhūmaketanaḥ |

nīlastathāṅgalubdhaśca śobhano niravagrahaḥ || 53 ||

svastidaḥ svastibhāvaśca bhāgī bhāgakaro laghuḥ |

utsaṅgaśca mahāṅgaśca mahāgarbhaparāyaṇaḥ || 54 ||

kṛṣṇavarṇaḥ suvarṇaśca indriyaṃ sarvadehinām |

mahāpādo mahāhasto mahākāyo mahāyaśāḥ || 55 ||

mahāmūrdhā mahāmātro mahānetro niśālayaḥ |

mahāntako mahākarṇo mahoṣṭhaśca mahāhanuḥ || 56 ||

mahānāso mahākamburmahāgrīvaḥ śmaśānabhāk |

mahāvakṣā mahorasko hyantarātmā mṛgālayaḥ || 57 ||

lambano lambitoṣṭhaśca mahāmāyaḥ payonidhiḥ |

mahādanto mahādaṃṣṭro mahājihvo mahāmukhaḥ || 58 ||

mahānakho mahāromā mahākeśo mahājaṭaḥ |

prasannaśca prasādaśca pratyayo girisādhanaḥ || 59 ||

snehano'snehanaścaiva ajitaśca mahāmuniḥ |

vṛkṣākāro vṛkṣaketuranalo vāyuvāhanaḥ || 60 ||

gaṇḍalī merudhāmā ca devādhipatireva ca |

atharvaśīrṣaḥ sāmāsya ṛksahasrāmitekṣaṇaḥ || 61 ||

yajuḥ pādabhujo guhyaḥ prakāśo jaṅgamastathā |

amoghārthaḥ prasādaśca abhigamyaḥ sudarśanaḥ || 62 ||

upakāraḥ priyaḥ sarvaḥ kanakaḥ kāñcanacchaviḥ |

nābhirnandikaro bhāvaḥ puṣkarasthapatiḥ sthiraḥ || 63 ||

dvādaśastrāsanaścādyo yajño yajñasamāhitaḥ |

naktaṃ kaliśca kālaśca makaraḥ kālapūjitaḥ || 64 ||

sagaṇo gaṇakāraśca bhūtavāhanasārathiḥ |

bhasmaśayo bhasmagoptā bhasmabhūtastarurgaṇaḥ || 65 ||

lokapālastathā'loko mahātmā sarvapūjitaḥ |

śuklastriśuklaḥ sampannaḥ śucirbhūtaniṣevitaḥ || 66 ||

āśramasthaḥ kriyāvastho viśvakarmamatirvaraḥ |

viśālaśākhastāmroṣṭho hyambujālaḥ suniścalaḥ || 67 ||

kapilaḥ kapiśaḥ śukla āyuścaiva paro'paraḥ |

gandharvo hyaditistārkṣyaḥ suvijñeyaḥ suśāradaḥ || 68 ||

paraśvadhāyudho devo hyanukārī subāndhavaḥ |

tumbavīṇo mahākrodha ūrdhvaretā jaleśayaḥ || 69 ||

ugro vaṃśakaro vaṃśo vaṃśanādo hyaninditaḥ |

sarvāṅgarūpo māyāvī suhṛdo hyanilo'nalaḥ || 70 ||

bandhano bandhakartā ca subandhanavimocanaḥ |

sa yajñāriḥ sa kāmārirmahādaṃṣṭro mahāyudhaḥ || 71 ||

bahudhā ninditaḥ śarvaḥ śaṅkaraḥ śaṅkaro'dhanaḥ |

amareśo mahādevo viśvadevaḥ surārihā || 72 ||

ahirbudhnyo'nilābhaśca cekitāno havistathā | [hari]

ajaikapācca kāpālī triśaṅkurajitaḥ śivaḥ || 73 ||

dhanvantarirdhūmaketuḥ skando vaiśravaṇastathā |

dhātā śakraśca viṣṇuśca mitrastvaṣṭā dhruvo dharaḥ || 74 ||

prabhāvaḥ sarvago vāyuraryamā savitā raviḥ |

uṣaṅguśca vidhātā ca māndhātā bhūtabhāvanaḥ || 75 ||

vibhurvarṇavibhāvī ca sarvakāmaguṇāvahaḥ |

padmanābho mahāgarbhaścandravaktro'nilo'nalaḥ || 76 ||

balavāṃścopaśāntaśca purāṇaḥ puṇyacañcurī |

kurukartā kuruvāsī kurubhūto guṇauṣadhaḥ || 77 ||

sarvāśayo darbhacārī sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ patiḥ |

devadevaḥ sukhāsaktaḥ sadasatsarvaratnavit || 78 ||

kailāsagirivāsī ca himavadgirisaṃśrayaḥ |

kūlahārī kūlakartā bahuvidyo bahupradaḥ || 79 ||

vaṇijo vardhakī vṛkṣo vakulaścandanaśchadaḥ |

sāragrīvo mahājatruralolaśca mahauṣadhaḥ || 80 ||

siddhārthakārī siddhārthaśchandovyākaraṇottaraḥ |

siṃhanādaḥ siṃhadaṃṣṭraḥ siṃhagaḥ siṃhavāhanaḥ || 81 ||

prabhāvātmā jagatkālasthālo lokahitastaruḥ |

sāraṅgo navacakrāṅgaḥ ketumālī sabhāvanaḥ || 82 ||

bhūtālayo bhūtapatirahorātramaninditaḥ || 83 ||

vāhitā sarvabhūtānāṃ nilayaśca vibhurbhavaḥ |

amoghaḥ saṃyato hyaśvo bhojanaḥ prāṇadhāraṇaḥ || 84 ||

dhṛtimān matimān dakṣaḥ satkṛtaśca yugādhipaḥ |

gopālirgopatirgrāmo gocarmavasano hariḥ || 85 ||

hiraṇyabāhuśca tathā guhāpālaḥ praveśinām |

prakṛṣṭārirmahāharṣo jitakāmo jitendriyaḥ || 86 ||

gāndhāraśca suvāsaśca tapaḥsakto ratirnaraḥ |

mahāgīto mahānṛtyo hyapsarogaṇasevitaḥ || 87 ||

mahāketurmahādhāturnaikasānucaraścalaḥ |

āvedanīya ādeśaḥ sarvagandhasukhāvahaḥ || 88 ||

toraṇastāraṇo vātaḥ paridhī patikhecaraḥ |

saṃyogo vardhano vṛddho ativṛddho guṇādhikaḥ || 89 ||

nitya ātmasahāyaśca devāsurapatiḥ patiḥ |

yuktaśca yuktabāhuśca devo divisuparvaṇaḥ || 90 ||

āṣāḍhaśca suṣāḍhaśca dhruvo'tha hariṇo haraḥ |

vapurāvartamānebhyo vasuśreṣṭho mahāpathaḥ || 91 ||

śirohārī vimarśaśca sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitaḥ |

akṣaśca rathayogī ca sarvayogī mahābalaḥ || 92 ||

samāmnāyo'samāmnāyastīrthadevo mahārathaḥ |

nirjīvo jīvano mantraḥ śubhākṣo bahukarkaśaḥ || 93 ||

ratnaprabhūto raktāṅgo mahārṇavanipānavit | [ratnāṅgo]

mūlaṃ viśālo hyamṛto vyaktāvyaktastaponidhiḥ || 94 ||

ārohaṇo'dhirohaśca śīladhārī mahāyaśāḥ |

senākalpo mahākalpo yogo yugakaro hariḥ || 95 || [yogakaro]

yugarūpo mahārūpo mahānāgahano vadhaḥ |

nyāyanirvapaṇaḥ pādaḥ paṇḍito hyacalopamaḥ || 96 ||

bahumālo mahāmālaḥ śaśī harasulocanaḥ |

vistāro lavaṇaḥ kūpastriyugaḥ saphalodayaḥ || 97 ||

trilocano viṣaṇṇāṅgo maṇividdho jaṭādharaḥ |

bindurvisargaḥ sumukhaḥ śaraḥ sarvāyudhaḥ sahaḥ || 98 ||

nivedanaḥ sukhājātaḥ sugandhāro mahādhanuḥ |

gandhapālī ca bhagavānutthānaḥ sarvakarmaṇām || 99 ||

manthāno bahulo vāyuḥ sakalaḥ sarvalocanaḥ |

talastālaḥ karasthālī ūrdhvasaṃhanano mahān || 100 ||

chatraṃ succhatro vikhyāto lokaḥ sarvāśrayaḥ kramaḥ |

muṇḍo virūpo vikṛto daṇḍī kuṇḍī vikurvaṇaḥ || 101 ||

haryakṣaḥ kakubho vajrī śatajihvaḥ sahasrapāt |

sahasramūrdhā devendraḥ sarvadevamayo guruḥ || 102 ||

sahasrabāhuḥ sarvāṅgaḥ śaraṇyaḥ sarvalokakṛt |

pavitraṃ trikakunmantraḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalaḥ || 103 ||

brahmadaṇḍavinirmātā śataghnīpāśaśaktimān |

padmagarbho mahāgarbho brahmagarbho jalodbhavaḥ || 104 ||

gabhastirbrahmakṛdbrahmī brahmavidbrāhmaṇo gatiḥ |

anantarūpo naikātmā tigmatejāḥ svayambhuvaḥ || 105 ||

ūrdhvagātmā paśupatirvātaraṃhā manojavaḥ |

candanī padmanālāgraḥ surabhyuttaraṇo naraḥ || 106 ||

karṇikāramahāsragvī nīlamauliḥ pinākadhṛt |

umāpatirumākānto jāhnavīdhṛdumādhavaḥ || 107 ||

varo varāho varado vareṇyaḥ sumahāsvanaḥ |

mahāprasādo damanaḥ śatruhā śvetapiṅgalaḥ || 108 ||

pītātmā paramātmā ca prayatātmā pradhānadhṛt | [prītātmā]

sarvapārśvamukhastryakṣo dharmasādhāraṇo varaḥ || 109 ||

carācarātmā sūkṣmātmā amṛto govṛṣeśvaraḥ |

sādhyarṣirvasurādityo vivasvānsavitāmṛtaḥ || 110 ||

vyāsaḥ sargaḥ susaṅkṣepo vistaraḥ paryayo naraḥ |

ṛtuḥ saṃvatsaro māsaḥ pakṣaḥ saṅkhyāsamāpanaḥ || 111 ||

kalā kāṣṭhā lavā mātrā muhūrtāhaḥ kṣapāḥ kṣaṇāḥ |

viśvakṣetraṃ prajābījaṃ liṅgamādyastu nirgamaḥ || 112 ||

sadasadvyaktamavyaktaṃ pitā mātā pitāmahaḥ |

svargadvāraṃ prajādvāraṃ mokṣadvāraṃ triviṣṭapam || 113 ||

nirvāṇaṃ hlādanaścaiva brahmalokaḥ parā gatiḥ |

devāsuravinirmātā devāsuraparāyaṇaḥ || 114 ||

devāsuragururdevo devāsuranamaskṛtaḥ |

devāsuramahāmātro devāsuragaṇāśrayaḥ || 115 ||

devāsuragaṇādhyakṣo devāsuragaṇāgraṇīḥ |

devātidevo devarṣirdevāsuravarapradaḥ || 116 || [devādi]

devāsureśvaro viśvo devāsuramaheśvaraḥ |

sarvadevamayo'cintyo devatātmā''tmasambhavaḥ || 117 ||

udbhittrivikramo vaidyo virajo nīrajo'maraḥ |

īḍyo hastīśvaro vyāghro devasiṃho nararṣabhaḥ || 118 ||

vibudho'gravaraḥ sūkṣmaḥ sarvadevastapomayaḥ |

suyuktaḥ śobhano vajrī prāsānāṃ prabhavo'vyayaḥ || 119 ||

guhaḥ kānto nijaḥ sargaḥ pavitraṃ sarvapāvanaḥ |

śṛṅgī śṛṅgapriyo babhrū rājarājo nirāmayaḥ || 120 ||

abhirāmaḥ suragaṇo virāmaḥ sarvasādhanaḥ |

lalāṭākṣo viśvadevo hariṇo brahmavarcasaḥ || 121 ||

sthāvarāṇāṃ patiścaiva niyamendriyavardhanaḥ |

siddhārthaḥ siddhabhūtārtho'cintyaḥ satyavrataḥ śuciḥ || 122 ||

vratādhipaḥ paraṃ brahma bhaktānāṃ paramā gatiḥ | [bhaktānugrahakārakaḥ]

vimukto muktatejāśca śrīmān śrīvardhano jagat || 123 ||

uttarapīṭhikā (phalaśṛti)

yathā pradhānaṃ bhagavāniti bhaktyā stuto mayā |

yaṃ na brahmādayo devā vidustattvena narṣayaḥ || 1 ||

stotavyamarcyaṃ vandyaṃ ca kaḥ stoṣyati jagatpatim |

bhaktyā tvevaṃ puraskṛtya mayā yajñapatirvibhuḥ || 2 ||

tato'bhyanujñāṃ samprāpya stuto matimatāṃ varaḥ |

śivamebhiḥ stuvan devaṃ nāmabhiḥ puṣṭivardhanaiḥ || 3 ||

nityayuktaḥ śucirbhaktaḥ prāpnotyātmānamātmanā |

etaddhi paramaṃ brahma paraṃ brahmādhigacchati || 4 ||

ṛṣayaścaiva devāśca stuvantyetena tatparam |

stūyamāno mahādevastuṣyate niyatātmabhiḥ || 5 ||

bhaktānukampī bhagavānātmasaṃsthākaro vibhuḥ |

tathaiva ca manuṣyeṣu ye manuṣyāḥ pradhānataḥ || 6 ||

āstikāḥ śraddadhānāśca bahubhirjanmabhiḥ stavaiḥ |

bhaktyā hyananyamīśānaṃ paraṃ devaṃ sanātanam || 7 ||

karmaṇā manasā vācā bhāvenāmitatejasaḥ |

śayānā jāgramāṇāśca vrajannupaviśaṃstathā || 8 ||

unmiṣannimiṣaṃścaiva cintayantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ |

śṛṇvantaḥ śrāvayantaśca kathayantaśca te bhavam || 9 ||

stuvantaḥ stūyamānāśca tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca |

janmakoṭisahasreṣu nānāsaṃsārayoniṣu || 10 ||

jantorvigatapāpasya bhave bhaktiḥ prajāyate |

utpannā ca bhave bhaktirananyā sarvabhāvataḥ || 11 ||

bhāvinaḥ kāraṇe cāsya sarvayuktasya sarvathā |

etaddeveṣu duṣprāpaṃ manuṣyeṣu na labhyate || 12 ||

nirvighnā niścalā rudre bhaktiravyabhicāriṇī |

tasyaiva ca prasādena bhaktirutpadyate nṛṇām || 13 ||

yena yānti parāṃ siddhiṃ tadbhāvagatacetasaḥ |

ye sarvabhāvānugatāḥ prapadyante maheśvaram || 14 ||

prapannavatsalo devaḥ saṃsārāttānsamuddharet |

evamanye vikurvanti devāḥ saṃsāramocanam || 15 ||

manuṣyāṇāmṛte devaṃ nānyā śaktistapobalam |

iti tenendrakalpena bhagavān sadasatpatiḥ || 16 ||

kṛttivāsāḥ stutaḥ kṛṣṇa taṇḍinā śubhabuddhinā |

stavametaṃ bhagavato brahmā svayamadhārayat || 17 ||

gīyate ca sa buddhyeta brahmā śaṅkarasannidhau |

idaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ ca sarvadā pāpanāśanam || 18 ||

yogadaṃ mokṣadaṃ caiva svargadaṃ toṣadaṃ tathā |

evametatpaṭhante ya ekabhaktyā tu śaṅkaram || 19 ||

yā gatiḥ sāṅkhyayogānāṃ vrajantyetāṃ gatiṃ tadā |

stavametaṃ prayatnena sadā rudrasya sannidhau || 20 ||

abdamekaṃ caredbhaktaḥ prāpnuyādīpsitaṃ phalam |

etadrahasyaṃ paramaṃ brahmaṇo hṛdi saṃsthitam || 21 ||

brahmā provāca śakrāya śakraḥ provāca mṛtyave |

mṛtyuḥ provāca rudrebhyo rudrebhyastaṇḍimāgamat || 22 ||

mahatā tapasā prāptastaṇḍinā brahmasadmani |

taṇḍiḥ provāca śukrāya gautamāya ca bhārgavaḥ || 23 ||

vaivasvatāya manave gautamaḥ prāha mādhava |

nārāyaṇāya sādhyāya samādhiṣṭhāya dhīmate || 24 ||

yamāya prāha bhagavān sādhyo nārāyaṇo'cyutaḥ |

nāciketāya bhagavānāha vaivasvato yamaḥ || 25 ||

mārkaṇḍeyāya vārṣṇeya nāciketo'bhyabhāṣata |

mārkaṇḍeyānmayā prāpto niyamena janārdana || 26 ||

tavāpyahamamitraghna stavaṃ dadyāṃ hyaviśrutam |

svargyamārogyamāyuṣyaṃ dhanyaṃ vedena sammitam || 27 ||

nāsya vighnaṃ vikurvanti dānavā yakṣarākṣasāḥ |

piśācā yātudhānā vā guhyakā bhujagā api || 28 ||

yaḥ paṭheta śuciḥ pārtha brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ | [bhūtvā]

abhagnayogo varṣaṃ tu so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet || 29 ||

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi mahādevasahasranāma stotraṃ nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

About This Stotram

Overview

The Shiva Sahasra Nama Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of 182 verses that enumerates one thousand names of Lord Shiva, each representing a specific attribute, cosmic role, or form of the deity. The text opens with a dialogue between Vasudeva and Upamanyu, situating it within a Puranic narrative frame and attributing the names to both Brahma and the Rishis. It belongs to the Sahasranama genre within the Shaiva tradition.

What are the benefits of chanting Shiva Sahasra Nama Stotram?

  • Accumulates spiritual merit (punya) through systematic recitation of Shiva's thousand names
  • Removes sins and negative karma according to the text's own stated fruits
  • Associated with fulfillment of desires and material prosperity in traditional usage
  • Provides protection from dangers by invoking Shiva's many protective aspects

When is the best time to recite this?

The Brahma Muhurta (pre-dawn hour) and evening are considered ideal times for recitation. Mahashivaratri, the Shravana month, and Mondays are the most auspicious occasions. The full text may also be recited over multiple sittings given its length.

What is the historical and traditional background?

Sahasranama literature — compilations of a deity's thousand names — is a well-established genre found across multiple Puranas and Upanishads. The Shiva Sahasra Nama Stotram presents its lineage as originating from Brahma and the Rishis, and from "the Vedas and Vedangas," giving it a broad scriptural basis. The exact single-source scripture for this 182-verse rendition is not established; it likely represents a compilation from multiple Shaiva textual streams. The author is unknown, consistent with the pattern of Sahasranama texts that attribute divine origin rather than individual authorship.

Available scripts

This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.

Related Texts

  • Shiva Sahasra Namavali — the namavali (name-list) format of Shiva's thousand names, used for recitation with "namah" after each name
  • Shiva Mahimna Stotram — a shorter but philosophically dense hymn that similarly attempts to encompass Shiva's totality