Liberation (Moksha)

Curated sets of devotional texts grouped by spiritual purpose.

Stotra
विष्णु सहस्रनाम
Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

The Vishnu Sahasranama — the Thousand Names of Vishnu — is one of the most celebrated hymns of Hinduism, preserved in the Anushasana Parva (…

20 verses
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 supreme devotee of Śiv…

15 verses
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. The mantra invokes S…

13 verses
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 medieval Awadhi Hindi — th…

42 verses
Stotra
महामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्र
Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra

The Mahā Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra — 'the great death-conquering mantra' — stands among the most powerful and widely recited verses in the entire Ve…

7 verses
Stotra
लिङ्गाष्टकम्
Liṅgāṣṭakam

The Lingashtakam (लिङ्गाष्टकम्, Liṅgāṣṭakam) is a celebrated eight-verse hymn addressed to the Shivalinga, the sacred aniconic form in which…

8 verses
Stotra
मधुराष्टकम्
Madhurāṣṭakam

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

8 verses