Maha Shivratri
The great night of Shiva is kept awake, in meditation and chanting, through four watches until dawn. Track your four prahars and chant Om Namah Shivaya with a steady damru rhythm.
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Maha Shivratri falls on the fourteenth night of the dark half of Phalguna. Devotees fast, offer water, milk and Bilva (Sacred Bael Leaf)Bilva · Sacred Bael Leaf A three-part leaf offered to Lord Shiva. leaves, and keep vigil through the four prahars (A Watch of the Night)Prahar · A Watch of the Night One quarter of the night, from sunset to sunrise. Shivratri sadhna is kept through all four. of the night.
Shiva is the stillness beneath every movement; the Damru (Shiva’s Hand Drum)Damru · Shiva’s Hand Drum A small hourglass drum; its rhythm is said to carry the primordial sound. sounds the rhythm from which creation flows. For the meditator the night is an invitation: when the mind becomes still, the inner light and the Anhad Naad (The Primordial Unstruck Resonance)Anhad Naad · The Primordial Unstruck Resonance The continuous, “unstruck” inner sound perceived in deep meditation when external sensory chatter subsides. that Brahm Gyan (Direct Internal Awakening / Self-Realization)Brahm Gyan · Direct Internal Awakening / Self-Realization Direct, practical perception of the inner self through light, sound, vibration and nectar, independent of language, cultural background or blind faith. reveals become clear. Waking through the night is a picture of waking from ignorance.
All-night sadhna
Sunset to sunrise in New York, divided into four watches. Mark each one you keep in meditation; your night is saved on this device.
Chant loop
A steady rhythm to chant with: the six syllables light up in turn and a soft damru sounds each round. It is a rhythm guide, not a recording; chant aloud or silently. Count a mala of 108.
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Large Devanagari with Roman transliteration, scrolling at your pace. Only verified texts appear here; the sewadars add the Rudripath texts the sangat recites from printed sources.
Traditional Shiva stuti
कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारं भुजगेन्द्रहारम्।karpūra-gauraṁ karuṇāvatāraṁ saṁsāra-sāraṁ bhujagendra-hāram |Fair as camphor, compassion embodied, the essence of all existence, garlanded with the king of serpents,
सदा वसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानीसहितं नमामि॥sadā vasantaṁ hṛdayāravinde bhavaṁ bhavānī-sahitaṁ namāmi ||ever dwelling in the lotus of the heart: to Bhava (Shiva), with Bhavani, I bow.
Sanskrit stotra traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya · word-by-word meaning
नागेन्द्रहाराय त्रिलोचनाय भस्माङ्गरागाय महेश्वराय।nāgendra-hārāya trilocanāya bhasmāṅga-rāgāya maheśvarāya |
नित्याय शुद्धाय दिगम्बराय तस्मै नकाराय नमः शिवाय॥nityāya śuddhāya digambarāya tasmai nakārāya namaḥ śivāya ||Salutations to Shiva, who is the syllable “Na”: who wears the king of serpents as a garland, the three-eyed One, His body smeared with sacred ash, the great Lord; eternal, pure, clothed only by the directions.
मन्दाकिनीसलिलचन्दनचर्चिताय नन्दीश्वरप्रमथनाथमहेश्वराय।mandākinī-salila-candana-carcitāya nandīśvara-pramatha-nātha-maheśvarāya |
मन्दारपुष्पबहुपुष्पसुपूजिताय तस्मै मकाराय नमः शिवाय॥mandāra-puṣpa-bahu-puṣpa-supūjitāya tasmai makārāya namaḥ śivāya ||Salutations to Shiva, who is the syllable “Ma”: anointed with the waters of the Mandakini and with sandal paste; the great Lord of Nandi and of the pramathas; worshipped with mandara and many other flowers.
शिवाय गौरीवदनाब्जवृन्दसूर्याय दक्षाध्वरनाशकाय।śivāya gaurī-vadanābja-vṛnda-sūryāya dakṣādhvara-nāśakāya |
श्रीनीलकण्ठाय वृषध्वजाय तस्मै शिकाराय नमः शिवाय॥śrī-nīlakaṇṭhāya vṛṣa-dhvajāya tasmai śikārāya namaḥ śivāya ||Salutations to Shiva, who is the syllable “Shi”: the auspicious One, the sun that makes the lotus of Gauri’s face bloom; destroyer of Daksha’s sacrifice; the blue-throated Lord whose banner bears the bull.
वसिष्ठकुम्भोद्भवगौतमार्यमुनीन्द्रदेवार्चितशेखराय।vasiṣṭha-kumbhodbhava-gautamārya-munīndra-devārcita-śekharāya |
चन्द्रार्कवैश्वानरलोचनाय तस्मै वकाराय नमः शिवाय॥candrārka-vaiśvānara-locanāya tasmai vakārāya namaḥ śivāya ||Salutations to Shiva, who is the syllable “Va”: whose crown is worshipped by Vasishtha, Agastya, Gautama and the other great sages and by the gods; whose eyes are the moon, the sun and fire.
यक्षस्वरूपाय जटाधराय पिनाकहस्ताय सनातनाय।yakṣa-svarūpāya jaṭādharāya pināka-hastāya sanātanāya |
दिव्याय देवाय दिगम्बराय तस्मै यकाराय नमः शिवाय॥divyāya devāya digambarāya tasmai yakārāya namaḥ śivāya ||Salutations to Shiva, who is the syllable “Ya”: who took the form of a yaksha, wears matted locks and holds the Pinaka bow; the eternal, the divine, the shining God, clothed only by the directions.
पञ्चाक्षरमिदं पुण्यं यः पठेच्छिवसन्निधौ।pañcākṣaram idaṁ puṇyaṁ yaḥ paṭhec chiva-sannidhau |
शिवलोकमवाप्नोति शिवेन सह मोदते॥śivalokam avāpnoti śivena saha modate ||Whoever recites this sacred five-syllable hymn in the presence of Shiva attains Shiva’s realm and rejoices with Him.
Rig Veda 7.59.12; also in the Yajur Veda · word-by-word meaning
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्।oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭivardhanam |
उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात्॥urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya mā’mṛtāt ||We worship the three-eyed One, fragrant, who nourishes all beings. As the ripe cucumber is freed from its vine, may I be freed from death, and not from immortality.
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