Om!
Namah Shivaya!!
108 NAMES and SALUTATIONS TO LORD SHIVA
According to Hindu tradition, devotees chant the various names of their personal gods continuously during worship as a mark of devotion. 108 is considered an auspicious number. Hence Siva is extolled through these 108 names during the puja rituals either by the priests or by the worshippers themselves.
1. AUM SHIVAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Auspicious One
2. AUM MAHESHVARAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Great God Shiva
3. AUM SHAMBHAVE NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who exists for our happiness alone
4. AUM PINAKINE NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva, who guards the path of dharma
5. AUM SHASHISHEKHARAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who wears the crescent moon in his hair
6. AUM VAMADEVAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who is pleasing and auspicious in every way
7. AUM VIRUPAKSHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God of spotless form
8. AUM KAPARDINE NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord with thickly matted hair
9. AUM NILALOHITAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God splendid as the red sun at daybreak
10. AUM SHANKARAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the source of all prosperity
11. AUM SHULAPANAYE NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who carries a spear
12. AUM KHATVANGINE NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who carries a knurled club
13. AUM VISHNUVALLABHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva, who is dear to Lord Vishnu
14. AUM SHIPIVISHTAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord whose form emits great rays of light
15. AUM AMBIKANATHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Ambika’s Lord
16. AUM SHRIKANTAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to he whose throat is shining blue
17. AUM BHAKTAVATSALAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who loves His devotees like new born calves
18. AUM BHAVAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who is existence itself
19. AUM SARVAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who is all
20. AUM TRILOKESHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who is the Lord of all the three worlds
21. AUM SHITAKANTHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the primal soul whose throat is deep blue
22. AUM SHIVAPRIYAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the god who is dear to Shakti
23. AUM UGRAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva whose presence is awesAUMe and overwhelming
24. AUM KAPALINE NAMAHA
Salutations to the God whose begging bowl is a human skull
25. AUM KAMARAYE NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who conquers all passions
26. AUM ANDHAKASURA SUDANAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who killed the asura Andhaka
27. AUM GANGADHARAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who holds the Ganges River in his hair
28. AUM LALATAKSHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord whose sport is creation
29. AUM KALAKALAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who is the death of death
30. AUM KRIPANIDHAYE NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who is the treasure of cAUMpassion
31. AUM BHIMAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva whose strength is awesAUMe
32. AUM PARASHU HASTAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who wields an axe in his hands
33. AUM MRIGAPANAYAE NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who looks after the soul in the wilderness
34. AUM JATADHARAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who bears a mass of matted hair
35. AUM KAILASAVASINE NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who abides on Mount Kailas
36. AUM KAVACHINE NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who is wrapped in armor
37. AUM KATHORAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who causes all growth
38. AUM TRIPURANTAKAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who destroyed the three demonic cities
39. AUM VRISHANKAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God whose emblem is a bull (Nandi)
40. AUM VRISHABHARUDHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who rides a bull
41. AUM BHASMODDHULITA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord covered with holy ash
42. AUM SAMAPRIYAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God exceedingly fond of hymns frAUM the Sama Veda
43. AUM SVARAMAYAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who creates through sound
44. AUM TRAYIMURTAYE NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who is worshiped in three forms
45. AUM ANISHVARAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the undisputed Lord
46. AUM SARVAGYAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who knows all things
47. AUM PARAMATMANE NAMAHA
Salutations to the Supreme Self
48. AUM SAUMASURAGNI LOCHANAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the light of the eyes of SAUMa, Surya and Agni
49. AUM HAVISHE NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who receives oblations of ghee
50. AUM YAGYAMAYAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the architect of all sacrificial rites
51. AUM SAUMAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Moon-glow of the mystic’s vision
52. AUM PANCHAVAKTRAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God of the five activities
53. AUM SADASHIVAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the eternally auspicious benevolent Shiva
54. AUM VISHVESHVARAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the all-pervading ruler of the cosmos
55. AUM VIRABHADRAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva the foremost of heroes
56. AUM GANANATHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God of the Ganas
57. AUM PRAJAPATAYE NAMAHA
Salutations to the Creator
58. AUM HIRANYARETASE NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who emanates golden souls
59. AUM DURDHARSHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the unconquerable being
60. AUM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the monarch of the holy mountain Kailas
61. AUM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord of the Himalayas
62. AUM ANAGHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who can inspire no fear
63. AUM BUJANGABHUSHANAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord adorned with golden snakes
64. AUM BHARGAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the foremost of rishis
65. AUM GIRIDHANVANE NAMAHA
Salutations to the God whose weapon is a mountain
66. AUM GIRIPRIYAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who is fond of mountains
67. AUM KRITTIVASASE NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who wears clothes of hide
68. AUM PURARATAYE NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who is thoroughly at hAUMe in the wilderness
69. AUM BHAGAVATE NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord of prosperity
70. AUM PRAMATHADHIPAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who is served by goblins
71. AUM MRITUNJAYAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the conqueror of death
72. AUM SUKSHMATANAVE NAMAHA
Salutations to the subtlest of the subtle
73. AUM JAGADVYAPINE NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who fills the whole world
74. AUM JAGADGURAVE NAMAHA
Salutations to the guru of all the worlds
75. AUM VYAUMAKESHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God whose hair is the spreading sky above
76. AUM MAHASENAJANAKAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the origin of Mahasena
77. AUM CHARUVIKRAMAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva, the guardian of wandering pilgrims
78. AUM RUDRAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who is fit to be praised
79. AUM BHUTAPATAYE NAMAHA
Salutations to the source of living creatures, including the Bhutas, or ghostly creatures
80. AUM STHANAVE NAMAHA
Salutations to the firm and immovable deity
81. AUM AHIRBUDHNYAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who waits for the sleeping kundalini
82. AUM DIGAMBARAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva whose robes is the cosmos
83. AUM ASHTAMURTAYE NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who has eight forms
84. AUM ANEKATMANE NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who is the one soul
85. AUM SATVIKAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord of boundless energy
86. AUM SHUDDHA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to him who is free of all doubt and dissension
87. AUM SHASHVATAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva, endless and eternal
88. AUM KHANDAPARASHAVE NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who cuts through the mind’s despair
89. AUM AJAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the instigator of all that occurs
90. AUM PAPAVIMOCHAKAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who releases all fetters
91. AUM MRIDAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who shows only mercy
92. AUM PASHUPATAYE NAMAHA
Salutations to the ruler of all evolving souls, the animals
93. AUM DEVAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the foremost of devas, demigods
94. AUM MAHADEVAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the greatest of the gods
95. AUM AVYAYAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the one never subject to change
96. AUM HARAYE NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who dissolves all bondage
97. AUM PASHUDANTABHIDE NAMAHA
Salutations to the one who punished Pushan
98. AUM AVYAGRAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who is steady and unwavering
99. AUM DAKSHADHVARAHARAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the destroyer of Daksha’s conceited sacrifice
100. AUM HARAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who withdraws the cosmos
101. AUM BHAGANETRABHIDE NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who taught Bhaga to see more clearly
102. AUM AVYAKTAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to Shiva who is subtle and unseen
103. AUM SAHASRAKSHAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord of limitless forms
104. AUM SAHASRAPADE NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who is standing and walking everywhere
105. AUM APAVARGAPRADAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Lord who gives and takes all things
106. AUM ANANTAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the God who is unending
107. AUM TARAKAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the great liberator of mankind
108. AUM PARAMESHVARAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the great God
