Siva Saptati Namavali
IAST English
Bhagavan Rudra - The Father of the Universe
Śiva Saptati Nāmavali – Introduction
Śiva Saptati Nāmavali is a sacred hymn consisting of seventy divine names of Lord Rudra-Śiva. It was compiled by Kāvyakaṇṭha Vāsiṣṭha Śrī Ganapati Muni, the great disciple of Bhagavan Śrī Ramana Maharshi.
The names in this stotram are drawn from the Vedic tradition and praise Rudra as the supreme Lord, healer, protector, giver of prosperity, destroyer of suffering, father of the worlds, and auspicious Śiva. Each name reveals a distinct aspect of the Lord — his majesty, compassion, power, purity, wisdom, and universal presence.
Though brief, this hymn carries deep Vedic force. It is both a nāma-stotra and a meditative garland of sacred epithets, guiding the devotee to contemplate Rudra-Śiva as the divine power who protects the worlds, removes sins, grants blessings, and leads the seeker toward inner purification and auspiciousness.
kāvyakaṇṭha vāsiṣṭha śrīgaṇapatimuni saṅkalitaṃ śivasaptatau proktānāṃ nāmnāṃ caturthyantarūpāṇi
॥ śivasaptatināmāvalī ॥
oṃ devānāṃ śreṣṭhāya namaḥ।
oṃ bhuvanasya īśānāya namaḥ।
oṃ ajarāya namaḥ।
oṃ vasave namaḥ।
oṃ svadhāvate namaḥ।
oṃ suhavāya namaḥ।
oṃ babhrave namaḥ।
oṃ dvibarhase namaḥ।
oṃ aruṣāya namaḥ।
oṃ kavaye namaḥ।
oṃ jalāṣabheṣajāya namaḥ।
oṃ bhūraye namaḥ।
oṃ bhūrerdātre namaḥ।
oṃ bhiṣaktamāya namaḥ।
oṃ sthiradhanvane namaḥ।
oṃ kṣayadvīrāya namaḥ।
oṃ rudrāya namaḥ।
oṃ gāthapataye namaḥ।
oṃ sviṣave namaḥ।
oṃ vedhase namaḥ।
oṃ sudhanvane namaḥ।
oṃ kṣipreṣave namaḥ।
oṃ marutvate namaḥ।
oṃ asurāya namaḥ।
oṃ tavase namaḥ।
oṃ tveṣāya namaḥ।
oṃ tigmāyudhāya namaḥ।
oṃ tavyase namaḥ।
oṃ vajrabāhave namaḥ।
oṃ tavastamase namaḥ।
oṃ upahatnave namaḥ।
oṃ kalmalīkine namaḥ।
oṃ suṣumnāya namaḥ।
oṃ gartasade namaḥ।
oṃ yūne namaḥ।
oṃ divo varāhāya namaḥ।
oṃ vṛṣabhāya namaḥ।
oṃ vaṅkave namaḥ।
oṃ svikvate namaḥ।
oṃ ṛdūdarāya namaḥ।
oṃ svapivātāya namaḥ।
oṃ cekitānāya namaḥ।
oṃ suśiprāya namaḥ।
oṃ svayaśase namaḥ।
oṃ śrutāya namaḥ।
oṃ śvitsate namaḥ।
oṃ nṛṣvāya namaḥ।
oṃ evayāvabhiḥ svavate namaḥ।
oṃ paśye namaḥ।
oṃ śucaye namaḥ।
oṃ sahamānāya namaḥ।
oṃ medhapataye namaḥ।
oṃ pracetase namaḥ।
oṃ satpataye namaḥ ।
oṃ bṛhate namaḥ।
oṃ pururūpāya namaḥ।
oṃ kapardine namaḥ।
oṃ ugrāya namaḥ।
oṃ sugandhaye namaḥ।
oṃ puṣṭivardhanāya namaḥ।
oṃ śukrāya namaḥ।
oṃ aṣāhḷāya namaḥ।
oṃ yajñasādhāya namaḥ।
oṃ tryambakāya namaḥ।
oṃ marutāṃ pitre namaḥ।
oṃ mīḍhvate namaḥ।
oṃ mīḷhuṣṭamāya namaḥ।
oṃ devāya namaḥ।
oṃ bhuvanasya pitre namaḥ।
oṃ śivāya namaḥ।
॥ iti śrībhagavanmaharṣiramaṇāntevāsino vāsiṣṭhasya narasiṃhasūnorgaṇapateḥ saṅkalitaṃ śivasaptatināmāvalī samāptaḥ ॥