Pashupatastak

Vivek Dutta Mishra
Shiva is the Lord of the entire Universe – Living and Non living. Although he is known by thousands of names one among is eight important name is – Pashupati which means Lord of all beings. The presented prayer is a eight stanza  prayer to Pashupati form of shiva.  …
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Nilkantha

Vivek Dutta Mishra
The story of Shiva consuming the deadly poison to save the Universe and establishing the new doctrine – He who has a power; has a responsibility Brahma created the Universe, the mother earth and lives, Gods (The Good power) and Demons (The Evil powers) and their most beautiful creation of…
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Shivastak

Vivek Dutta Mishra
From the time immemorial, innumerable astakas (prayer with eight stanza) have been written praising the glory of Shiva, the ultimate creator and sustainers and recycler of the universe. These astakas have been popularly known as Lingastak, Rudrastak, Bilvastak and Shivastaka. There are many which are named as Shivastaka. The one…
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Shiva Panchakshar Stottram (शिव पंचाक्षर स्त्रोत)

Vivek Dutta Mishra
नागेंद्रहाराय त्रिलोचनाय भस्मांग रागाय महेश्वराय| नित्याय शुद्धाय दिगंबराय तस्मे "न" काराय नमः शिवायः॥ Salutation to thee, O Maheshwara, who wears the king of snakes as garland, who is three eyed and ashes-clad, eternal and pure,  who wears sky for cloths and who is embodied as the first letter Na. मंदाकिनी…
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Aum namah shivaya

Vivek Dutta Mishra
ॐ नमः शिवाय Aum Namah Shivai (ॐ नमः शिवाय) is the foremost mantra for lord Shiva and is chanted by millions of devotees every day. In the simplest meaning Aum namah shivai simply means I bow to Shiva or Salutation to Shiva But then, the mantras significance goes far beyond…
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The Dark Shiva

Vivek Dutta Mishra
(Translated from the original version Hindi version at http://shivalaya.vnc.in/shiva-is-sunya.html ) The Dark Shiva Often we compare light with truth, knowledge, pious and every thing that is positive and in the analysis we treat darkness as an icon of negative elements. But if it is so, why Shiva likes darkness? Why…
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Shiva Lingam

Vivek Dutta Mishra
In his popular aspect, Shiva is a member of Triad along with Brahma, the creator and Vishnu, the protector. As a member of triad Shiva takes the role of destructor, so that Brahma can regenerate. In this visible aspect Lord appears with three eyes, matted hair, with the garland of…
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Natraaj Stuti

Vivek Dutta Mishra
Lord Shiva is the universal teacher, the ultimate creator and the great cosmic dancer. The world comes into being by his cosmic dance – Anand Tandav and goes back to him by his Raudra Tandav. This strottam is dedicated to the Natraaj aspect of Shiva. (more…)
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