Shiva Darshana

Somanatha in Saurashtra, Mallikarjuna in Srisailam; Mahakala in Ujjain, Omkara in Mamaleshvara; Vaidyanatha in Parali, Bhimashankara in D...

Once upon a time, it is said, the great Brahmā and Vishnu were engaged in a bitter quarrel. Each insisted that He was the original Being, ...

Within Saiva Siddhanta, the great southern school of Shaivism , we find of an explicit list of sixty-three canonized saints called Nayanar...

Try this tonight: sit in a quiet, dark room alone, close your eyes and concentrate. Try to imagine a single burning candle. Concentrate on...

Within the body of Upanishadic literature appended to the Veda, fourteen or so books are called Shaivite Upanishads. Prominent among the so-...

Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्। उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्॥ aum trya...

P arvati said: "Your eyes, O Lord, are so beautiful; they are filled with tears of compassion. How could it be that from such eyes flar...

Hymn of Creation Holy Rigveda X.129.1-7 N either Being nor non-Being existed then; There was no sky, nor heaven, which is beyon...

Murugane! O Child of Shiva, O gentle Lord, Guide us from the mystic chakras within Unto the spiritual landscape of Your Father’s grace; Awak...

Hymn of the Supreme Being ~Holy Rigveda Samhita X:90:1-18 A thousand heads had Purusha , a thousand eyes, a thousand feet; He spread...

O Light of Diwali, O Light of Paramashiva, Burn ever so bright into the hearts of all beings. O Light of Diwali, O ...

The term Purana refers to large body of later Hindu texts (ca. 300-1500 CE) composed by various authors who uniformly chose to leave out the...

As was stated in the introduction to the Shiva Sahasranama previously, there are possibly four different and unique sets of Shiva Sahasran...

Sahasranama means thousand ( sahasra ) names ( nama ), and Sahasranama Stotra is a hymn eulogizing the Lord by recounting one thousand of Hi...