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Shiva Shadakshara Stotram

शिव षडक्षर स्तोत्रम्

Meditation on Shiva through the six-syllable mantra Om Namah Shivaya.

Deity: Shiva
Composer: Attributed to Adi Shankaracharya or Puranas
Main Verses
Click on each verse number to view the Sanskrit text, transliteration, and its meaning.

ॐ कारं बिंदुसंयुक्तं नित्यं ध्यायन्ति योगिनः ।
कामदं मोक्षदं चैव ॐ काराय नमो नमः ॥१॥
Meaning: Yogis constantly meditate on 'Omkara' associated with the Bindu (point/source). It grants desires and liberation. Salutations again and again to that 'Omkara'!