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Maheshvara Prokta Marunachalesha Namavali

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Devotional text

maheśvaraproktaṃṃaruṇācaleśanāmāvaliḥ
maheśvaraproktaṃṃaruṇācaleśanāmāvaliḥ
maheśvararauvāca|
nāmāni
śa‍ṛṇuṛṇumebrahmanmukhyānidvijasattama
|
durlabhānyalpapuṇyānāṃyānāṃkāmadāni
sadābhuvi
||2||
śoṇādrīśo'ruṇādrīśoīśodevādhīśojanapriyaḥyaḥ|
prapannarakṣakokodhīraḥśivasevakavardhakaḥkaḥ||3||
akṣipeyāmṛteśānaḥpeyāmṛteśānaḥstrīpumbhāvapradāyakaḥdāyakaḥ|
bhaktavijñaptisandhātātādīnabandivimocakaḥmocakaḥ||4||
mukharāṅghripatiḥḥśrīmānmṛḍoṛḍomṛgamadeśvaraḥraḥ|
bhaktaprekṣaṇakṛtsākṣībhaktadoṣanivarttakaḥkaḥ||5||
jñānasambandhanāthaścaśrīhalāhalasundakaḥkaḥ|
āhavaiśvaryadātādātācasmartṛsarvāghanāśanaḥghanāśanaḥ||6||
vyatyastanṛtyaddhṛjadhṛksakāntirnaṭaneśvaraḥraḥ|
sāmapriyaḥyaḥkalidhvaṃsīṃsīvedamūrtirnirañjanaḥnaḥ||7||
jagannāthoāthomahādevastrinetrastripurāntakaḥkaḥ|
bhaktāparādhasoḍhāparādhasoḍhācayogīśobhoganāyakaḥ||8||
bālamūrttiḥḥkṣamārūpīpīdharmarakṣovṛṣadhvajaḥ
jaḥ|
harogirīśvarorobhargaścandrarekhāvataṃsakaḥrekhāvataṃsakaḥ||9||
smarāntakoṃ'dhakaripuḥpuḥsiddharājorājodigambaraḥraḥ|
āgamapriyayaīśānobhasmarudrākṣalāñchanaḥnaḥ||3.1.9.10||
śrīpatiḥśaṅkaraḥraḥsraṣṭāsarvavidyeśvaro'naghaḥro'naghaḥ|
gaṅgādharaḥādharaḥkratudhvaṃsoṃsovimalomalonāgabhūṣaṇaḥ||11||
aruṇoṇobahurūpaścavirūpākṣo'kṣarākṛtiḥ|
maheśvaraproktaṃṃaruṇācaleśanāmāvaliḥ
anādirantarahitaḥtaḥśivakāmaḥvakāmaḥsvayamprabhuḥbhuḥ||12||
saccidānandarūpaścasarvātmājīvadhārakaḥ|
strīsaṅgavāmasubhagovāmasubhagovidhirvihitasundaraḥraḥ||13||
jñānapradodomuktidaścabhaktavāñchitadāyakaḥtadāyakaḥ|
āścaryavaibhavaḥvaibhavaḥkāmīniravadyonidhipradaḥdaḥ||14||
śūlīpaśupatiḥ
ḥśambhuḥuḥsvayambhurgiriśośomṛḍaḥ|
etāni
mamamukhyānināmānyatramahāmune||15||
anyānidivyanāmānipurāṇoktāni
saṃsmara|
pradakṣiṇenaṇenamāṃnityaṃviśeṣāttvaṃsamarcaya
||16||
pradakṣiṇapriyoyoyasmādahaṃādahaṃśoṇācalākṛtiḥ
ḥ||
iti
śrīskandapurāṇepurāṇemāheśvarakhaṇḍeḍe, aruṇācalamāhātmye,
pūrvārdhe, navamādhyāyāntargataṃtaṃmaheśvaraproktaṃṃaruṇācaleśaṇācaleśa-
nāmāvaliḥ
ḥsamāptāā|
skandapurāṇapurāṇa|māheśvarakhaṇḍaḍa|aruṇākhaṇḍa
|pūrvakhaṇḍa
|adhyāyāya9/2-15||

About this namavali — Shiva

A Namavali is a litany of the divine names of a deity — 108 or 1008 epithets, each revealing a different quality or legend. Chanting the names with "Om" before each and "Namah" after is a complete puja in itself, traditionally performed with flowers or akshata offered at the feet of the deity with every name.

How to chant

Keep a small bowl of flowers or rice grains beside the deity. With each name, offer a single flower or a pinch of grains while chanting. Move steadily through the list without rushing — the offering of attention matters more than the offering itself.

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