Liberation (Moksha)

Stotra
विष्णु सहस्रनाम
Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

The Vishnu Sahasranama — the Thousand Names of Vishnu — is one of the most celebrated hymns of Hinduism, preserved in th…
Stotra
शिव ताण्डव स्तोत्रम्
Śiva Tāṇḍava Stotram

The Śiva Tāṇḍava Stotram is a majestic Sanskrit hymn of 17 verses composed by Rāvaṇa, the scholar-king of Laṅkā and a su…
Stotra
गायत्री मन्त्र (सावित्री स्तुति)
Gāyatrī Mantra (Sāvitrī Stuti)

The Gāyatrī Mantra is the most sacred Vedic mantra, appearing as Rigveda 3.62.10 and attributed to the seer Viśvāmitra. …
Chalisa
शिव चालीसा
Śiva Cālīsā

The Shiva Chalisa is a forty-verse devotional hymn dedicated to Lord Shiva, composed in the chaupai-doha meter of mediev…
Stotra
महामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्र
Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra

The Mahā Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra — 'the great death-conquering mantra' — stands among the most powerful and widely recited ver…
Stotra
लिङ्गाष्टकम्
Liṅgāṣṭakam

The Lingashtakam (लिङ्गाष्टकम्, Liṅgāṣṭakam) is a celebrated eight-verse hymn addressed to the Shivalinga, the sacred an…
Stotra
मधुराष्टकम्
Madhurāṣṭakam

The Madhurashtakam (मधुराष्टकम्, Madhurāṣṭakam — 'The Eight Verses of Sweetness') is a celebrated Sanskrit lyric compose…