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महादेवादिद्वादशनामानि Mahadeva 12 Names

mahādevādidvādaśanāmāni

Mahadeva 12 Names (महादेवादिद्वादशनामानि): a stotra to Śiva. 13 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

महादेवादिद्वादशनामानि

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Verse 1

महादेवो महेशानः शङ्करो वृषभध्वजः ।शूलपाणिः कामहन्ता श्रीकण्ठः पार्वतीप्रियः ।ईश्वरश्च शिवो रुद्रो देवदेवश्च द्वादश ।ॐ महादेवाय नमः ।

mahādevo maheśānaḥ śaṅkaro vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ |śūlapāṇiḥ kāmahantā śrīkaṇṭhaḥ pārvatīpriyaḥ |īśvaraśca śivo rudro devadevaśca dvādaśa |oṃ mahādevāya namaḥ |

Verse 2

ॐ महेशानाय नमः ।

oṃ maheśānāya namaḥ |

Verse 3

ॐ शङ्कराय नमः ।

oṃ śaṅkarāya namaḥ |

Verse 4

ॐ वृषभध्वजाय नमः ।

oṃ vṛṣabhadhvajāya namaḥ |

Verse 5

ॐ शूलपाणिने नमः ।

oṃ śūlapāṇine namaḥ |

Verse 6

ॐ कामहन्त्रे नमः ।

oṃ kāmahantre namaḥ |

Verse 7

ॐ श्रीकण्ठाय नमः ।

oṃ śrīkaṇṭhāya namaḥ |

Verse 8

ॐ पार्वतीप्रियाय नमः ।

oṃ pārvatīpriyāya namaḥ |

Verse 9

ॐ ईश्वराय नमः ।

oṃ īśvarāya namaḥ |

Verse 10

ॐ शिवाय नमः ।

oṃ śivāya namaḥ |

Verse 11

ॐ रुद्राय नमः ।

oṃ rudrāya namaḥ |

Verse 12

ॐ देवदेवाय नमः । १२

oṃ devadevāya namaḥ | 12

Verse 13

इति महादेवादि द्वादशनामानि समाप्ता ।

iti mahādevādi dvādaśanāmāni samāptā |

॥ इति महादेवादिद्वादशनामानि सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Mahadeva 12 Names is a stotra addressed to Śiva, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: महादेवादिद्वादशनामानि (mahādevādidvādaśanāmāni)). Source: Stotra.

Mahadeva 12 Names (महादेवादिद्वादशनामानि): a stotra to Śiva. 13 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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