Liberation (Moksha)
The Mahā Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra — 'the great death-conquering mantra' — stands among the most powerful and widely recited ver…
The Lingashtakam (लिङ्गाष्टकम्, Liṅgāṣṭakam) is a celebrated eight-verse hymn addressed to the Shivalinga, the sacred an…
The Madhurashtakam (मधुराष्टकम्, Madhurāṣṭakam — 'The Eight Verses of Sweetness') is a celebrated Sanskrit lyric compose…
The Gāyatrī Mantra is the most sacred Vedic mantra, appearing as Rigveda 3.62.10 and attributed to the seer Viśvāmitra. …
The Shiva Chalisa is a forty-verse devotional hymn dedicated to Lord Shiva, composed in the chaupai-doha meter of mediev…
The Śiva Tāṇḍava Stotram is a majestic Sanskrit hymn of 17 verses composed by Rāvaṇa, the scholar-king of Laṅkā and a su…
The Vishnu Sahasranama — the Thousand Names of Vishnu — is one of the most celebrated hymns of Hinduism, preserved in th…