Mantra collection

Shiva Mantras

Mantras, prayers and Jyotirlinga chants for stillness, devotion and inner transformation.

Shiva mantras invite stillness, transformation, surrender and remembrance of the divine beyond fear and change. This collection includes foundational Shiva mantras, traditional prayers, contemplative chants and the individual Jyotirlinga mantras.

The great stillness — Mahadev, the auspicious one beyond thought.

22 chants5 groupsSanskrit · transliteration · meaningNo mid-roll ads

Where to begin

Start here · Stuti

Karpur Gauram Karunavataram — Shiva Stuti

कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारम् भुजगेन्द्रहारम् । सदावसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानी सहितं नमामि ॥

The verse sung at the close of aarti in temples and homes across India — camphor-white, compassion embodied. Its warmth makes it the gentlest way into Shiva devotion, whether you are chanting along or letting it play into the night.

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Essential Shiva mantras

3 chants

Short, repeatable invocations of the divine name.

Om Namah Shivaya — Panchakshara Mantra

ॐ नमः शिवाय

Om Namah Shivaya is the best-known Shiva mantra of all — the five-syllabled Pañcākṣara, Namaḥ Śivāya, here preceded by Oṃ.

Rudra Mantra — Om Namo Bhagavate Rudraya

ॐ नमो भगवते रुद्राय

Om Namo Bhagavate Rudraya is a short, steady salutation to Rudra — the fierce yet compassionate form of Lord Shiva.

Vedic Mantra2h 24m

Shiva Gayatri Mantra — Rudra Gayatri

ॐ तत्पुरुषाय विद्महे महादेवाय धीमहि तन्नो रुद्रः प्रचोदयात् ॥

The Shiva Gayatri — also called the Rudra Gayatri — sets the sacred Gāyatrī form to the remembrance of Shiva.

Shiva prayers and stutis

5 chants

Traditional verses of praise, salutation and asking forgiveness.

Karpur Gauram Karunavataram — Shiva Stuti

कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारम् भुजगेन्द्रहारम् । सदावसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानी सहितं नमामि ॥

A gentle verse of praise to Shiva, white as camphor and full of compassion

Vande Dev Umapati — Shiva Stuti

वन्दे देव उमापतिं सुरगुरुं वन्दे जगत्कारणम् । वन्दे पन्नगभूषणं मृगधरं वन्दे पशूनां पतिम् । वन्दे सूर्यशशाङ्कवह्निनयनं वन्दे मुकुन्दप्रियम् । वन्दे भक्तजनाश्रयं च वरदं वन्दे शिवं शङ्करम् । ॐ नमः शिवाय ॥

Vande Dev Umapati is the opening verse of a traditional Shiva Stuti — a single flowing shloka in which the word vande, 'I bow', returns again and again before each name of Shiva: consort of Uma, teacher of the gods, cause of the universe, and refuge of all who take shelter in him.

Kṣamā Prārthanā2h 31m

Karacharana Kritam — Shiva Kshama Prarthana

करचरण कृतं वाक्कायजं कर्मजं वा, श्रवणनयनजं वा मानसं वापराधम्। विहितमविहितं वा सर्वमेतत्क्षमस्व, जय जय करुणाब्धे श्री महादेव शम्भो॥

The traditional prayer asking Shiva's forgiveness at the close of worship

Maṅgala Śloka2h 30m

Mangalam Bhagwan Shambhu — Shiva Mangala Sloka

मंगलम् भगवान शम्भु, मंगलम् वृषभध्वज। मंगलम् पार्वती नाथो, मंगलम् तनो हर।।

A maṅgala śloka is a verse of blessing, sung to open or close worship.

Bhavani Shankaro Vande — Shiva Parvati Vandana

भवानीशङ्करौ वन्दे श्रद्धाविश्वासरूपिणौ । याभ्यां विना न पश्यन्ति सिद्धाः स्वान्तःस्थमीश्वरम् ॥

Tulsidas opens the Ramcharitmanas by bowing to Bhavani and Shankara as the living forms of śraddhā and viśvāsa — reverent faith and trust.

Shiva and Krishna invocation

1 chant

A combined invocation remembering Krishna and Shiva through their sacred names.

Devotional chant2h 30m

Hare Keshava Govinda — Shiva Krishna Mantra

हरे केशवा गोविन्द । वासुदेवा जनार्धना । शिव शंकर रुद्रेति । नीलकंठ त्रिलोचना ॥

This chant moves through five names of Krishna and five names of Shiva.

Contemplative Shiva chants

2 chants

For sitting with the idea of the Self rather than petitioning for anything.

Devotional chant2h 8m

Shivoham Shivoham — 'I am Shiva'

शिवोहम् शिवोहम् शिवोहम् शिवोहम्

Two words, endlessly repeated: Śivo'ham — 'I am Shiva'.

Devotional chant2h 25m

Om Shiva Om Shiva — Paratpara Shiva

ॐ शिव ॐ शिव, परात्परा शिव ओङ्कार शिव तव शरणम् । नमामि शङ्कर भजामि शङ्कर उमामहेश्वर तव शरणम् ॥

A gentle devotional refrain built on one feeling — tava śaraṇam, 'I take refuge in You'.

Jyotirlinga mantras

11 recorded · stotra sequence

Each chant is the verse of the Dwadasha Jyotirlinga Stotram praising that shrine, given here in its traditional sequence.

Complete stotra

Journey through all twelve Jyotirlingas

Read the complete Dwadasha Jyotirlinga Stotram in sequence, including all twelve Sanskrit verses, their meanings and links to the available long-form chants.

11 long-form recordings are currently available. The Bhimashankar verse is included on the complete stotra page.

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