Stotras & Mantras

हनुमान चालीसा

Hanuman · 40 verses

Goswami Tulsidas

The Hanuman Chalisa is a forty-verse devotional hymn in Awadhi composed by the 16th-century poet-saint Goswami Tulsidas. Each chaupai (quatr…

महामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्र

Shiva · 1 verses

Rishi Vasishtha (revealed)

The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra — the Great Death-Conquering Mantra — is one of the oldest and most potent mantras in the Vedic tradition, appea…

लिङ्गाष्टकम्

Shiva · 8 verses

Traditional (attributed to Adi Shankaracharya)

The Lingashtakam is an eight-verse hymn in praise of the Shivalinga, attributed to Adi Shankaracharya. Each verse strings together a chain o…

बिल्वाष्टकम्

Shiva · 8 verses

The Bilvashtakam is an eight-verse hymn recited while offering bilva (bael) leaves to Shiva. Each verse ends with the phrase 'eka-bilvaṃ śiv…

रुद्राष्टकम्

Shiva · 8 verses

Goswami Tulsidas

The Rudrashtakam is an eight-verse hymn to Shiva as Rudra, composed by the saint-poet Goswami Tulsidas and found in the Uttara Kanda of the …

शिवमानसपूजा

Shiva · 5 verses

Adi Shankaracharya

The Shiva Manas Puja (Mental Worship of Shiva) by Adi Shankaracharya is a five-verse stotra that performs an entire Shiva puja — seat, bath,…

शिवपञ्चाक्षरस्तोत्र

Shiva · 5 verses

Adi Shankaracharya

The Shiva Panchakshara Stotra by Adi Shankaracharya meditates on each of the five sacred syllables of 'Namaḥ Śivāya' (Na, Ma, Shi, Va, Ya) —…

निर्वाणषट्कम् / आत्मषट्कम्

Vedānta · 6 verses

Adi Shankaracharya

The Nirvana Shatakam — also called the Atma Shatakam — is a six-verse hymn by Adi Shankaracharya composed in the method of systematic negati…

मधुराष्टकम्

Krishna · 8 verses

Vallabhacharya (1479–1531 CE)

The Madhurashtakam — the Hymn of Sweetness — was composed by Vallabhacharya, the 15th-century founder of the Pushti Marga (Path of Grace) sc…

अच्युताष्टकम्

Vishnu · 8 verses

Adi Shankaracharya

The Achyutashtakam is an eight-verse hymn to Vishnu (Achyuta — the Unfailing) composed by Adi Shankaracharya. Each verse strings together ch…

कृष्णाष्टकम्

Krishna · 8 verses

Adi Shankaracharya

The Krishnashtakam ('Bhaje Vraja Eka Mandanam') is an eight-verse devotional hymn to Krishna by Adi Shankaracharya. Unlike Shankara's non-du…

भज गोविन्दम् (मोह मुद्गारः)

Vedānta · 31 verses

Adi Shankaracharya (and twelve disciples — the Dvadasha Manjarika)

Bhaja Govindam — also called the Moha Mudgara (Hammer of Delusion) — is a 31-verse exhortation composed by Adi Shankaracharya, with verses c…

हरे कृष्ण महामन्त्र

Krishna · 1 verses

The Hare Krishna Mahamantra — the Great Mantra of the Kali Yuga — consists of sixteen words in three divine names: Hare (Hari's energy, or H…

गोविन्दाष्टकम्

Krishna · 8 verses

Adi Shankaracharya

The Govindashtakam ('Praṇamata Govindaṃ Paramānandam') is an eight-verse hymn to Govinda (Krishna) by Adi Shankaracharya. Each verse ends wi…

महालक्ष्म्यष्टकम्

Devi · Lakshmi · 8 verses

The Mahalakshmi Ashtakam is an eight-verse hymn from the Padma Purana, traditionally attributed to Indra praising Mahalakshmi after she resc…

भवान्यष्टकम्

Devi · Durga · 8 verses

Adi Shankaracharya

The Bhavani Ashtakam by Adi Shankaracharya is one of the most moving surrender-prayers in all of devotional literature. Each verse catalogue…

महिषासुर-मर्दिनी-स्तोत्रम् (अयि गिरिनन्दिनि)

Devi · Durga · 22 verses

Ramakrishna Kavi (c. 16th century; some attribute to Adi Shankara)

The Mahishasura Mardini Stotra — opening with 'Ayigiri Nandini' — is a 22-verse hymn to Goddess Durga in her role as the slayer of the buffa…

अन्नपूर्णास्तोत्रम्

Devi · Durga · 12 verses

Adi Shankaracharya

The Annapurna Stotra by Adi Shankaracharya praises Annapurna — Parvati in her form as the sovereign of Kashi who holds the ladle of plenty a…

कनकधारास्तोत्रम्

Devi · Lakshmi · 21 verses

Adi Shankaracharya

The Kanakadhara Stotra — the Hymn That Rained Gold — is a 21-verse praise of Lakshmi composed by the young Adi Shankaracharya in response to…

सरस्वती वन्दना (या कुन्देन्दु तुषारहार)

Devi · Saraswati · 2 verses

The Saraswati Vandana — opening with 'Yā kundendu tuṣāra-hāra-dhavalā' — is the most universally recited invocation of Saraswati, the goddes…

गायत्री मन्त्र

Vedic Suktas · 1 verses

Vishvamitra (revealed in Rig Veda)

The Gayatri Mantra — composed by the seer Vishvamitra in the Rig Veda (3.62.10) — is the most sacred of all Vedic mantras and the foundation…

पुरुष सूक्तम्

Vedic Suktas · 16 verses

The Purusha Suktam (Rig Veda 10.90) is one of the most ancient and cosmologically significant of all Vedic hymns. It describes the Cosmic Pe…

नारायण सूक्तम्

Vishnu · 13 verses

The Narayana Suktam, from the Mahanarayana Upanishad of the Krishna Yajurveda, is the primary Vedic hymn identifying Narayana as the Supreme…

श्री सूक्तम्

Devi · Lakshmi · 15 verses

The Sri Suktam — from the Khila portion (appendix) of the Rig Veda — is the oldest and most authoritative hymn to Lakshmi (Sri). Unlike the …

मन्त्र पुष्पम्

Vedic Suktas · 1 verses

The Mantra Pushpam (The Flower-Mantra) is a Vedic prose-mantra from the Taittiriya Aranyaka recited at the close of every major puja in the …