Lord Shiva

nandikeśvara aṣṭottara śata nāmāvaliḥ

(Nandikeshwara Ashtottara Shatanama Vali in English (IAST))

Traditional

Nandikeshwara is the foremost attendant and vahana of Lord Shiva, revered as the commander of the Shiva ganas and the embodiment of wisdom and devotion. This sacred text consists of one hundred and eight auspicious names that delineate his divine attributes, service to the Lord, and his role as a spiritual teacher. Reciting this stotra is believed to cultivate steadfast devotion, inner strength, and clarity of mind. It grants the practitioner the grace of both Nandi and Lord Shiva, helping to remove obstacles on the spiritual path and promoting self-discipline and profound meditative focus.

oṃ nandikeśāya namaḥ |
oṃ brahmarūpiṇe namaḥ |
oṃ śivadhyānaparāyaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ tīkṣṇaśa‍ṛṅgāya namaḥ |
oṃ vedapādāya namaḥ
oṃ virūpāya namaḥ |
oṃ vṛṣabhāya namaḥ |
oṃ tuṅgaśailāya namaḥ |
oṃ devadevāya namaḥ |
oṃ śivapriyāya namaḥ | 10 |
oṃ virājamānāya namaḥ |
oṃ naṭanāya namaḥ |
oṃ agnirūpāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhanapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ sitacāmaradhāriṇe namaḥ
oṃ vedāṅgāya namaḥ |
oṃ kanakapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ kailāsavāsine namaḥ |
oṃ devāya namaḥ |
oṃ sthitapādāya namaḥ | 20 |
oṃ śrutipriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ śvetopavītine namaḥ |
oṃ nāṭyanandakāya namaḥ |
oṃ kiṅkiṇīdharāya namaḥ |
oṃ mattaśa‍ṛṅgiṇe namaḥ
oṃ hāṭakeśāya namaḥ |
oṃ hemabhūṣaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ viṣṇurūpiṇe namaḥ |
oṃ pṛthvīrūpiṇe namaḥ |
oṃ nidhīśāya namaḥ | 30 |
oṃ śivavāhanāya namaḥ |
oṃ gulapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ cāruhāsāya namaḥ |
oṃ śa‍ṛṅgiṇe namaḥ |
oṃ navatṛṇapriyāya namaḥ
oṃ vedasārāya namaḥ |
oṃ mantrasārāya namaḥ |
oṃ pratyakṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ karuṇākarāya namaḥ |
oṃ śīghrāya namaḥ | 40 |
oṃ lalāmakalikāya namaḥ |
oṃ śivayogine namaḥ |
oṃ jalādhipāya namaḥ |
oṃ cārurūpāya namaḥ |
oṃ vṛṣeśāya namaḥ
oṃ somasūryāgnilocanāya namaḥ |
oṃ sundarāya namaḥ |
oṃ somabhūṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ suvaktrāya namaḥ |
oṃ kalināśānāya namaḥ | 50 |
oṃ suprakāśāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahāvīryāya namaḥ |
oṃ haṃsāya namaḥ |
oṃ agnimayāya namaḥ |
oṃ prabhave namaḥ
oṃ varadāya namaḥ |
oṃ rudrarūpāya namaḥ |
oṃ madhurāya namaḥ |
oṃ kāmikapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ viśiṣṭāya namaḥ | 60 |
oṃ divyarūpāya namaḥ |
oṃ ujvaline namaḥ |
oṃ jvālanetrāya namaḥ |
oṃ saṃvartāya namaḥ |
oṃ kālāya namaḥ
oṃ keśavāya namaḥ |
oṃ sarvadevatāya namaḥ |
oṃ śvetavarṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ śivāsīnāya namaḥ |
oṃ cinmayāya namaḥ | 70 |
oṃ śa‍ṛṅgapaṭṭāya namaḥ |
oṃ śvetacāmarabhūṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ devarājāya namaḥ |
oṃ prabhānandine namaḥ |
oṃ paṇḍitāya namaḥ
oṃ parameśvarāya namaḥ |
oṃ virūpāya namaḥ |
oṃ nirākārāya namaḥ |
oṃ chinnadaityāya namaḥ |
oṃ nāsāsūtriṇe namaḥ | 80 |
oṃ ananteśāya namaḥ |
oṃ tilataṇḍulabhakṣaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ vāranandine namaḥ |
oṃ sarasāya namaḥ |
oṃ vimalāya namaḥ
oṃ paṭṭasūtrāya namaḥ |
oṃ kālakaṇṭhāya namaḥ |
oṃ śailādine namaḥ |
oṃ śilādanasunandanāya namaḥ |
oṃ kāraṇāya namaḥ | 90 |
oṃ śrutibhaktāya namaḥ |
oṃ vīraghaṇṭādharāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhanyāya namaḥ |
oṃ viṣṇunandine namaḥ |
oṃ śivajvālāgrāhiṇe namaḥ
oṃ bhadrāya namaḥ |
oṃ anaghāya namaḥ |
oṃ vīrāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhruvāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhātre namaḥ | 100 |
oṃ śāśvatāya namaḥ |
oṃ pradoṣapriyarūpiṇe namaḥ |
oṃ vṛṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ kuṇḍaladhṛte namaḥ |
oṃ bhīmāya namaḥ
oṃ sitavarṇasvarūpiṇe namaḥ |
oṃ sarvātmane namaḥ |
oṃ sarvavikhyātāya namaḥ | 108 |

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