108 names of Shiva and their meanings.

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108 divine names of Shri Shiva Bhagwaan & their meanings

 

 

1. Om Shivaaya Namaha: I worship the auspicious one so he can manifest that in me.

 

2. Om Maheshvaraaya namaha: I worship the greatest of all Lords, whom none can challenge.

 

3. Om Shambhave Namahe: I worship the one who causes happiness and prosperity if propitiated.

 

4. Om Pinaakine Namahe: I worship the one who holds a trident to kill the devious in us.

 

5. Om Shashishekharaaya Namaha: I worship the beholder of the Moon, who crowns his lordly, broad, forehead.

 

6. Om Vaamdevaaya Namaha: I worship the one with lovely, lotus shaped eyes, lost in devotion to Rama.

 

7. Om Virupaakshaaya Namaha:  I worship the one who kills bad omens with his 3^rd eye of knowledge, incinerating our desires.

 

8. Om Kapardine Namaha: I worship the impartial one who has no friends or enemies, who passes sound judgments as a neutral witness.

 

9. Om Neellohitaaya Namaha: I worship the one who wears a blue serpent around his blue throat, indicating that the vilest instincts are under his check.

 

10. Om Shankaraaya Namaha: I worship the one who bestows peace for the ones who have endured Sansaara for too long.

 

11. Om Shoolpaanaye Namaha: I worship the one who holds a trident that is a useful indicator that the wrong shall be punished.

 

12. Om Khatvaangine Namaha: I worship the one who holds Brahma’s 5^th head after cutting it off, indicating that no sin escapes his sharp vision.

 

13. Om Vishnuvallabhaaya Namaha: I worship the one who is dear to Vishnu and vice versa, who keep reincarnating together as warriors to end evil.

 

14. Om Shipivishtaaya Namaha: I worship the one who is pervaded by rays of light.

 

15. Om Ambikaanaathaaya Namaha: I worship the husband of Ambika, Parvati, who worships him as he does her.

 

16. Om Shrikanthaaya Namaha: I worship the one who gives wellness to others because he drank the poison arisen from the Samudra Manthan, and stored it in his throat.

 

17. Om Bhaktavatsalaaya Namaha: I worship the one who loves his devotees like a doting mother who spoils her offspring.

 

18. Om Bhavaaya Namaha: I worship the one who exists in all beings for ever in the chamber of their hearts, in the shape of a lotus bud.

 

19. Om Sharvaaya Namaha: I worship the one who is akin to a dead body when he wishes to do so, showing us how to inspire dispassion.

 

20. Om Trilokeshaaya Namaha: I worship the god of the three worlds, heaven, earth, and hell; whom all beings know, and he knows all.

 

21. Om Shitikanthaaya Namaha: I worship the black throated one, who keeps the secrets of the universe in himself.

 

22. Om Shivaa Priyaayaaya Namaha: I worship the one who unflinchingly loves Shivaa, mother Parvati, and both reside as Prakriti and Purusha.

 

23. Om Ugraaya Namaha: I worship the one who can assume a giant, ugly form to deal with giant, ugly demons.

 

24. Om Kapaaline Namaha: I worship the one who keeps Brahma’s fifth head as a skull on his staff to remind his enemies of his wrath.

 

25. Om Kaamaaraye Namaha: I worship the one who slayed Kaamadeva ruthlessly, who tried to distract him in his meditation, the killer of bad passions.

 

26. Om Andhakaasursoodanaaya Namaha: I worship the slayer of Andhakasur, indicating his immense power.

 

27. Om Gangaadharaaya Namaha: I worship the one who blocked the fall of mother Ganga, and gave her a safe place to stay.

 

28. Om Lalaataakshaaya Namaha: I worship the only one who has the great third eye of knowledge adorning his forehead, capable of burning down ignorance.

 

29. Om Kaalakaalaaya Namaha: I worship the one who represents the destructive principle of the Supreme Being.

 

30. Om KripaaNidhaya Namaha: I worship the one who is a treasure of kindness and manifests for his devotees in trouble.

 

31. Om Bheemaaya Namaha: I worship the one with a gigantic, dominant, vast form, capable of spanning the entire galaxy.

 

32. Om Parashuhastaaya Namaha: I worship the one who holds an axe, to bring down single-handedly evil and egocentric beings.

 

33. Om Mrigapaanaye Namaha: I worship the one who holds a deer in his hand indicating that docility and goodness are in his purview.

 

34. Om Jataadharaaya Namaha: I worship the one with matted locks, on whose soft bed did mother Ganga land.

 

35. Om Kailaasvaasine Namaha: I worship the one who lives on Mount Kailash, in the snow clad peaks of the Himalayas, fond that he is of altitude.

 

36. Om Kavachine Namaha: I worship the one who wears an invisible armor of divine chants at battle that gift him immortality.

 

37. Om Kathoraaya Namaha: I worship the one who is very hard on wrongdoers to enable mankind to set the right ideals.

 

38. Om Tripuraantakaaya Namaha: I worship the one who slayed Tripurasur, thereby gaining unmitigated world supremacy.

 

39. Om Vrishaankaaya Namaha: I worship the one whose flag bears the symbol of a charging bull, always ready to fight in battle on the side of righteousness.

 

40. Om Vrishabhaaroodhaaya Namaha: I worship the one who rides Nandi, the faithful bull, who is a symbol of raw power and unswerving devotion.

 

41. Om Bhasmoddhoolitavigraahaya Namaha: I worship the one whose form is dusted by sacred ashes, and the pure, divine dust of the yagnas of Gods.

 

42. Om Saamapriyaaya Namaha: I worship the one who likes to consume the heady, intoxicating nectar of divine bliss.

 

43. Om Svaramayaaya Namaha: I worship the one who is engulfed by the 7 notes of divine, classical music.

 

44. Om Trayimoortaye Namaha: I worship the one who is one of the Hindu Trinity of gods, the main caretakers of the world and the beings that inhabit it.

 

45. Om Aneeshvaraaya Namaha: I worship the one whom no other being can surpass in greatness.  

 

46. Om Sarvagnaaya Namaha: I worship the one who is all knowing, the knowing light in all.

 

47. Om Paramaatmane Namaha: I worship the one who is the ultimate being, the being of all beings, residing in all.

 

48. Om Somasuryagnilochanaaya Namaha: I worship the one who has a moon like cooling eye, a sun like warm eye, and a fire like burning eye, that burns down evil.

 

49. Om Havishe Namaha: I worship the one who receives the offerings in all sacrificial fires.

 

50. Om Yagnamayaaya Namaha: I worship the one who is the abode of pious yagnas and rituals.

 

51. Om Somaaya Namaha: I worship the one who has a cool disposition like the moon on his head.

 

52. Om PanchVaktraaya Namaha: I worship the one who has five representatives to speak on behalf of him.

 

53. Om SadaaShivaaya Namaha: I worship the one who is auspicious forever, irrespective of time.

 

54. Om Vishweshwaraaya Namaha: I worship the ruler of the entire world, the Lord of the manifest world.

 

55. Om Veerabhadraaya Namaha: I worship the brave, prosperous one who is the father of Kaartikeya.

 

56. Om Gananaathaaya Namaha: I worship the Lord of the ganas, and attendants.

 

57. Om Prajaapataye Namaha: I worship the Lord of the people, of the citizens.

 

58. Om Hiranyaretase Namaha: I worship the creator of golden virility among men.

 

59. Om Durdharshaaya Namaha: I worship the one who can’t be won over.

 

60. Om Gireeshaaya Namaha: I worship the Lord of the mountains.

 

61. Om Girishaaya Namaha: I worship the respectable one who sleeps in the Himalayas.

 

62. Om Anaghaaya Namaha: I worship the sinless, faultless, innocent one.

 

63. Om bhujangabhushanaaya Namaha: I worship the one who adorns his arms with jewels.

 

64. Om Bhargaaya Namaha: I worship the radiant, splendid, and effulgent one, like light.

 

65. Om Giridhanvane Namaha: I worship the treasure of the hills.

 

66. Om Giripriyaaya Namaha: I worship the one who is fond of hills, alluding to altitude.

 

67. Om Kritti Vaasase Namaha: I worship the one who meditates on the hide of an antelope.

 

68. Om Puraaraataye Namaha: I worship the one who is an ancient, authentic one.

 

69. Om Bhagavate Namaha: I worship the one who possesses the 6 powers of creation, destruction, appearance, disappearance, knowledge, and ignorance, of the five natural elements.

 

70. Om Pramathaadhipaaya Namaha: I worship the Lord of the goblins who like to deceive.

 

71. Om Mrityunjayaaya Namaha: I worship the one who is victorious over death.

 

72. Om Sookshma Tanave Namaha: I worship the one who has a very subtle presence.

 

73. Om Jagadvyaapine Namaha: I worship the one who pervades the entire universe.

 

74. Om Jagadgurave Namaha: I worship the one who is the original, spiritual guide of the entire world.

 

75. Om Vyomakeshaaya Namaha: I worship the one whose thick locks spread out in space to receive the falling Ganga.

 

76. Om Mahasenajanakaaya Namaha: I worship the great army general of his forces.

 

77. Om Chaaruvikramaaya Namaha: I worship the one who wins over his devotees and fans easily.

 

78. Om Rudraaya Namaha: I worship the destroyer of evil and of all things transient.

 

79. Om Bhootapataye Namaha: I worship the Lord of all things conscious and living.

 

80. Om Sthaanave Namaha: I worship the one who is steadfast like a pillar of strength.

 

81. Om Ahayebudhnyaaya Namaha: I worship the one who has a long neck like a snake due to the poison he holds there.

 

I worship the one who guffaws heartily when the snake of his kundalini energy surfaces from its depth.

           

           

82. Om Digambaraaya Namaha: I worship the one who wears no clothes, finery or artificial jewels.

 

83. Om Ashtamurtaye Namaha: I worship the one who is idolized in 8 various forms.

 

84. Om Anekaatmane Namaha: I worship the one who is present in a lot of beings.

 

85. Om Saatwicaaya Namaha: I worship the purest one.

 

86. Om Shuddhavigrahaaya Namaha: I worship the one with a pure form.

 

87. Om Shaashvataaya Namaha: I worship the one who is eternal.

 

88. Om Khandaparashave Namaha: I worship the one who holds a sword that can cut asunder any object.

 

89. Om Ajaaya Namaha: I worship the unborn one, the one who never takes birth, so is immortal.

 

90. Om Paashavimochakaaya Namaha: I worship the one who releases devotees from the limitations of bondage to worldly beings and objects.

 

91. Om Mridaaya Namaha: I worship the one who is easy to please for devotees and well wishers.

 

92. Om Pashupataye Namaha: I worship the one who is the Lord of all animals on this earth.

 

93. Om Devaaya Namaha: I worship the one who has extraordinary powers qualifying him as a god.

 

94. Om Mahaadevaaya Namaha: I worship the one who is the greatest possible god of all gods.

 

95. Om Avyayaaya Namaha: I worship the changeless, formless one.

 

96. Om Haraye Namaha: I worship the one who draws devotees’ minds towards him.

 

97. Om Bhaganetrabhide Namaha: I worship the one who pulled out the asura Bhaga’s eye.

 

98.  Om Avyaktaaya Namaha: I worship the one who is unmanifest, unseen, unheard, but attracts the hearts of devotees.

 

99. Om Dakshadhwarharaaya Namaha: I worship the one who destroyed Daksha’s sacrificial fire.

 

100. Om Haraaya Namaha: I worship the one who removes sins of devotees by drawing them close to his pure self.

 

101. Om Pooshadantabhide Namaha: I worship the one who broke a tooth of the Sun Lord.

 

102. Om Avyagraaya Namaha: I worship the one who seldom gets angry.

 

103. Om Sahasraakshaaya Namaha: I worship the one with a thousand eyes.

 

104. Om Sahasrapade Namaha: I worship the one with a thousand legs.

 

105. Om Apavargapradaaya Namaha: I worship the one who delivers liberation on propitiation.

 

106. Om Anantaaya Namaha: I worship the endless, infinite, powerful one.

 

107. Om Taarakaaya Namaha: I worship the killer of the demon Taarak.

 

108. Om Parameshwaraaya Namaha: I worship the original, first, greatest of all gods.

 

 

 

With due gratitude to Shri Bhardwaj Sir, Shri V.S. Apte’s dictionary, and an online Sanskrit dictionary of Shri V. S. Apte.