Shiva Darshana

Today we read from the oldest part of Shiva Purana, a large book of two parts called the Vayaviya Samhita/वायावीय संहिता. The Vayaviya Samhi...

Today, we examine a passage from the Vinashikha Tantra (वीणाशिखा तन्त्र), a text found within the shikha group of the Bhairava canon . The V...

Today we examine an excerpt from the Mrgendra Agama (मृगेन्द्र आगम; also known as Mrgendra Tantra/मृगेन्द्र तन्त्र or alternatively as  Nara...

All this verily is Rudra. To Rudra who is such, we offer our salutation! We salute again and again that Being, Rudra,  Who alone i...

O holy month of Shravan! The first month of Chaturmaas, The most auspicious of months, For Shiva is very close to us during. O ho...

शिवप्रातःस्मरणस्तोत्रम्  śivapr ā ta ḥ smaranastotram Morning Chant for Remembering Shiva प्रातः स्मरामि भवभीतिहरं सुरेशं गङ्गाधरं...

Below is a beautiful shloka , a popular short prayer, addressed to Lord Shiva which is commonly recited during arati rituals. This shloka ...

Atharvashira is a very old upanishad glorifying Lord Rudra-Shiva. This upanishad is made up of mantras for chanting and consists of teachi...

It has long been suspected that Sage Shvetashvatara , the author of the Shvetashvatara Upanishad , was a Pashupata ascetic. Reading the up...