Lord Shiva

śata rudrīyam

(Shatarudriyam in English (IAST))

From Yajurveda

The Shatarudriyam is a profound Vedic hymn dedicated to Lord Shiva, appearing in the Taittiriya Samhita of the Yajurveda. It consists of one hundred names and epithets glorifying the multifaceted nature of the Divine as the omnipresent cosmic force. Revered as one of the most powerful mantras in Hinduism, it describes Shiva as the lord of all beings, elements, and spiritual realms. Chanting this sacred text is believed to cleanse the practitioner of past karmic burdens, grant liberation from the cycle of birth and death, and bestow immense spiritual protection and mental peace.

vyāsa uvāca

prajā patīnāṃ prathamaṃ tejasāṃ puruṣaṃ prabhum |
bhuvanaṃ bhūrbhuvaṃ devaṃ sarvalokeśvaraṃ prabhum|| 1
īśānāṃ varadaṃ pārtha dṛṣṇavānasi śaṅkaram |
taṃ gacca śaraṇaṃ devaṃ varadaṃ bhavaneśvaram || 2
mahādevaṃ mahātmāna mīśānaṃ jaṭilaṃ śivam |
tyrakṣaṃ mahābhujaṃ rudraṃ śikhinaṃ cīravāsanam || 3
mahādevaṃ haraṃ sthāṇuṃ varadaṃ bhavaneśvaram |
jagatrpādhānamadhikaṃ jagatprītamadhīśvaram || 4
jagadyoniṃ jagaddvīpaṃ jayanaṃ jagato gatim |
viśvātmānaṃ viśvasṛjaṃ viśvamūrtiṃ yaśasvinam || 5
viśveśvaraṃ viśvavaraṃ karmāṇāmīśvaraṃ prabhum |
śambhuṃ svayambhuṃ bhūteśaṃ bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavam || 6
yogaṃ yogeśvaraṃ śarvaṃ sarvalokeśvareśvaram |
sarvaśreṣṭaṃ jagacchreṣṭaṃ variṣṭaṃ parameṣṭhinam || 7
lokatraya vidhātāramekaṃ lokatrayāśrayam |
sudurjayaṃ jagannāthaṃ janmamṛtyu jarātigam || 8
jñānātmānāṃ jñānagamyaṃ jñānaśreṣṭhaṃ sudarvidam |
dātāraṃ caiva bhaktānāṃ prasādavihitān varān || 9
tasya pāriṣadā divyārūpai rnānāvidhai rvibhoḥ |
vāmanā jaṭilā muṇḍā hrasvagrīva mahodarāḥ || 10
mahākāyā mahotsāhā mahākarṇāstadā pare |
ānanairvikṛtaiḥ pādaiḥ pārthaveṣaiśca vaikṛtaiḥ || 11
īdṛśaissa mahādevaḥ pūjyamāno maheśvaraḥ |
saśivastāta tejasvī prasādādyāti te'grataḥ || 12
tasmin ghore sadā pārtha saṅgrāme romaharṣiṇe |
drauṇikarṇa kṛpairguptāṃ maheṣvāsaiḥ prahāribhiḥ || 13
kastāṃ senāṃ tadā pārdha manasāpi pradharṣayet |
ṛte devānmaheṣvāsādbahurūpānmaheśvarāt || 14
pthātumutsahate kaścinnatasminnagrataḥ sthite |
na hi bhūtaṃ samaṃ tena triṣu lokeṣu vidyate || 15
gandhe nāpi hi saṅgrāme tasya kṛddasya śatravaḥ |
visañjñā hata bhūyiṣṭā vepantica patanti ca || 16
tasmai namastu kurvanto devā stiṣṭhanti vaidivi |
ye cānye mānavā loke yeca svargajito narāḥ || 17
ye bhaktā varadaṃ devaṃ śivaṃ rudramumāpatim |
iha loke sukhaṃ prāpyate yānti paramāṃ gatim || 18
namaskuruṣva kaunteya tasmai śāntāya vai sadā |
rudrāya śitikaṇṭhāya kaniṣṭhāya suvarcase || 19
kapardine karalāya haryakṣavaradāyaca |
yāmyāyaraktakeśāya sadvṛtte śaṅkarāyaca || 20
kāmyāya harinetrāya sthāṇuve puruṣāyaca |
harikeśāya muṇḍāya kaniṣṭhāya suvarcase || 21
bhāskarāya sutīrthāya devadevāya raṃhase |
bahurūpāya priyāya priyavāsase || 22
uṣṇīṣiṇe suvaktrāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍuṣe |
girīśīya suśāntāya pataye cīravāsase || 23
hiraṇyabāhave rājannugrāya patayediśām |
parjanyapatayecaiva bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ || 24
vṛkṣāṇāṃ patayecaiva gavāṃ ca pataye tathā |
vṛkṣairāvṛttakāyāya senānye madhyamāyaca || 25
sruvahastāya devāya dhanvine bhārgavāya ca |
bahurūpāya viśvasya pataye muñjavāsase || 26
sahasraśirase caiva sahasra nayanāyaca |
sahasrabāhave caiva sahasra caraṇāya ca || 27
śaraṇaṃ gaccha kaunteya varadaṃ bhuvaneśvaram |
umāpatiṃ virūpākṣaṃ dakṣaṃ yajñanibarhaṇam || 28
prajānāṃ patimavyagraṃ bhūtānāṃ patimavyayam |
kapardinaṃ vṛṣāvartaṃ vṛṣanābhaṃ vṛṣadhvajam || 29
vṛṣadarpaṃ vṛṣapatiṃ vṛṣaśṛṅgaṃ vṛṣarṣabham |
vṛṣākaṃ vṛṣabhodāraṃ vṛṣabhaṃ vṛṣabhekṣaṇam || 30
vṛṣāyudhaṃ vṛṣaśaraṃ vṛṣabhūtaṃ maheśvaram |
mahodaraṃ mahākāyaṃ dvīpacarmanivāsinam || 31
lokeśaṃ varadaṃ muṇḍaṃ brāhmaṇyaṃ brāhmaṇapriyam |
triśūlapāṇiṃ varadaṃ khaḍgacarmadharaṃ śubham || 32
pinākinaṃ khaḍgadharaṃ lokānāṃ patimīśvaram |
prapadye śaraṇaṃ devaṃ śaraṇyaṃ cīravāsanam || 33
namastasmai sureśāya yasya vaiśravaṇassakhā |
suvāsase namo nityaṃ suvratāya sudhanvine || 34
dhanurdharāya devāya priyadhanvāya dhanvine |
dhanvantarāya dhanuṣe dhanvācāryāya te namaḥ || 35
ugrāyudhāya devāya namassuravarāya ca |
namo'stu bahurūpāya namaste bahudanvine || 36
namo'stu sthāṇave nityannamastasmai sudhanvine |
namo'stu tripuraghnāya bhavaghnāya ca vai namaḥ || 37
vanaspatīnāṃ pataye narāṇāṃ pataye namaḥ |
mātṝṇāṃ pataye caiva gaṇānāṃ pataye namaḥ || 38
gavāṃ ca pataye nityaṃ yajñānāṃ pataye namaḥ |
apāṃ ca pataye nityaṃ devānāṃ pataye namaḥ || 39
pūṣṇo dantavināśāya tryakṣāya varadāyaca |
harāya nīlakaṇṭhāya svarṇakeśāya vai namaḥ || 40
oṃ śāntiḥ oṃ śāntiḥ oṃ śāntiḥ

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