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Shiva
StotramSanskrit
नमस्ते रुद्र मन्यव उतोत इषवे नमः। नमस्ते अस्तु धन्वने बाहुभ्यामुत ते नमः॥
Transliteration
Namaste Rudra Manyava Uto Ta Iṣave Namaḥ, Namaste Astu Dhanvane Bāhubhyām Uta Te Namaḥ
Translation
Salutations to your fury, O Rudra, and salutations to your arrow. Salutations be to your bow, and salutations to your two arms.
Meaning
The opening line of the Namakam ritually salutes Rudra's wrath, his weapons, and his limbs one by one — an ancient technique of appeasing a fierce deity by honoring every facet of his power so that it turns protective rather than destructive.
Source
Sri Rudram (Namakam), Krishna Yajurveda, Taittiriya Samhita 4.5.1
Reverential homage invoking Śiva across manifestations—teacher-guided chanting.
Om, salutations to Shiva — the most fundamental Shaiva mantra, offering reverence to the auspicious, all-pervading consciousness that Shiva embodies.
Salutations to the great lord who wears the king of serpents as a garland, who bears three eyes, whose limbs are smeared with sacred ash — who is eternal, pure, and robed in the directions themselves. To him, present in the syllable 'Na', I bow.
I bow to that eternal Shiva-linga, worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu, and the gods; radiant with a stainless splendor; and destroyer of the sorrows born of worldly existence.