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शिवाष्टनामानि Eight Names of Shiva

śivāṣṭanāmāni

Eight Names of Shiva (शिवाष्टनामानि): a stotra to Śiva. 8 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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Verse 1

शिवो महेश्वरश्चैव रुद्रो विष्णुः पितामहः ।संसारवैद्यः सर्वज्ञः परमात्मेति चाष्टकम् ॥

śivo maheśvaraścaiva rudro viṣṇuḥ pitāmahaḥ |saṃsāravaidyaḥ sarvajñaḥ paramātmeti cāṣṭakam ||

Verse 2

शिवाय नमः । महेश्वराय । रुद्राय । विष्णवे ।पितामहाय । संसारवैद्याय । सर्वज्ञाय । परमात्मने नमः ।

śivāya namaḥ | maheśvarāya | rudrāya | viṣṇave |pitāmahāya | saṃsāravaidyāya | sarvajñāya | paramātmane namaḥ |

Verse 3

शर्वाय क्षितिमूर्तये नमः । भवाय जलमूर्तये नमः ।

śarvāya kṣitimūrtaye namaḥ |bhavāya jalamūrtaye namaḥ |

Verse 4

रुद्राय तेजोमूर्तये नमः ।उग्राय वायुमूर्तये नमः ।

rudrāya tejomūrtaye namaḥ |ugrāya vāyumūrtaye namaḥ |

Verse 5

भीमाय आकाशमूर्तये नमः ।पशुपतये यजमानमूर्तये नमः ।

bhīmāya ākāśamūrtaye namaḥ |paśupataye yajamānamūrtaye namaḥ |

Verse 6

ईशानाय सूर्यमूर्तये नमः ।महादेवाय सोममूर्तये नमः ।

īśānāya sūryamūrtaye namaḥ |mahādevāya somamūrtaye namaḥ |

Verse 7

सर्वज्ञाय नमः । उग्राय । शङ्कराय । शिवाय ।शम्भवे । ईशानाय । महोग्राय । भूताधिपतये नमः ।

sarvajñāya namaḥ | ugrāya | śaṅkarāya | śivāya |śambhave | īśānāya | mahogrāya | bhūtādhipataye namaḥ |

Verse 8

इति शिवाष्टनामानि समाप्ता ।

iti śivāṣṭanāmāni samāptā |

॥ इति शिवाष्टनामानि सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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About Eight Names of Shiva

Eight Names of Shiva is a stotra addressed to Śiva, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: शिवाष्टनामानि (śivāṣṭanāmāni)). Source: Stotra.

Eight Names of Shiva (शिवाष्टनामानि): a stotra to Śiva. 8 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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