Lord Shiva

dvādaśajyotirliṅgāni

(Dwadasa Jyotirlinga Stotram in English (IAST))

Traditional

The Dwadasa Jyotirlinga Stotram is a sacred hymn that lists the twelve principal Jyotirlingas (radiant signs of the Almighty Lord Shiva) located across India. Reciting their names daily is believed to cleanse one of all sins and grant liberation.

saurāṣṭre somanāthaṃ ca śrīśaile mallikārjunam |
ujjayinyāṃ mahākālamoṅkāramamaleśvaram ||
paralyāṃ vaidyanāthaṃ ca ḍākinyāṃ bhīmaśaṅkaram |
setubandhe tu rāmeśaṃ nāgeśaṃ dārukāvane ||
vārāṇasyāṃ tu viśveśaṃ tryambakaṃ gautamītaṭe |
himālaye tu kedāraṃ ghuśmeśaṃ ca śivālaye || (ghṛṣṇeśaṃ, ghṛsṛṇeśaṃ)
etāni jyotirliṅgāni sāyaṃ prātaḥ paṭhennaraḥ |
saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ smaraṇena vinaśyati ||
eteśāṃ darśanādeva pātakaṃ naiva tiṣṭhati |
karmakṣayo bhavettasya yasya tuṣṭo maheśvarāḥ ||
iti dvādaśajyotirliṅgāni |

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