Maha Shivaratri
Devotional texts for Hindu festivals and auspicious occasions.
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…
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…
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…
Stotra
लिङ्गाष्टकम्
Liṅgāṣṭakam
The Lingashtakam (लिङ्गाष्टकम्, Liṅgāṣṭakam) is a celebrated eight-verse hymn addressed to the Shivalinga, the sacred aniconic form in which…