Shiva Darshana

The following Sanskrit verse is not drawn from any scripture but is a synthetic composition , written in the idiom of the classical Śaiva Āg...

ॐ वन्दे देव उमापतिं सुरगुरुं वन्दे जगत्कारणम् । वन्दे पन्नगभूषणं मृगधरं वन्दे पशूनां पतिम् ॥ वन्दे सूर्य शशांक वह्नि नयनं वन्दे मुकुन्दप्रिय...

This hymn attributed to Maharishi Atri Bhauma belongs to the early Vedic stratum that venerates Rudra as both terrifying and beneficent—the...

Previously, we have examined the term Śivopaniṣad  and all its connotations. While it may connote multiple ancient esoteric texts, there is ...

As we embark on the beginning of a new age of Sanatan Dharma, we seek answers to unanswered questions. Sanatan Dharma is neither a dogma nor...

Thou art the form of Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Ether, the Sacrificer, the Moon and the Sun. ( Ashtamurti ) Thou art beneficent and abidest ...

Sutra [सूत्र] means thread, derived from /siv/, to sew. When applied to scripture (shastra, शास्त्र), it means a text wherein core ideas aro...

Within Shaivite theology and philosophy, we come across these two terms - Nishkala Shiva (निष्कल शिव) and Sakala Shiva (सकल शिव). Today, we ...

Today we read from the ninth chapter of the Ishvara Gita entitled the Nishkala (aspectless) Form of Shiva. In the Kurma Purana, of which Ish...

The term Shivopanishad (Sivopanisad) is met with at least twice within the framework of Shaivism. In the first instance, it refers to a lar...

To that Shiva whom I have yet not recognized, As my very Self, the Self of all things.  In whose existence we ever exist,  Never separate no...

Who is K ā la? It is but Lord Mahak ā la Bhairava, the Origin, the Purusha , the first personification of the Absolute, Shiva Himself. He is...

The essential nature of the great Lord ( Parameshvara ) is the fullness of His  consciousness. This fullness of consciousness  is His Shakti...

Like all Puranas, the Shiva Purana is an anthology of multiple books. Experts believe that the Shiva Purana was built upon the earlier versi...