Monday

Sacred texts recommended for each day of the week, matched to the presiding deity and planetary ruler.

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…

The Shiva Chalisa is a forty-verse devotional hymn dedicated to Lord Shiva, composed in the chaupai-doha meter of medieval Awadhi Hindi — th…

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

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