Shiva has many benevolent and fearsome depictions. He is worshiped as the Supreme God within Shaivism, one of the three most influential denominations in contemporary Hinduism and is also called “the Creator, the Preserver, the Transformer and the Destroyer”.Īt the highest level, Shiva is regarded as formless, limitless, transcendent, and unchanging. (Goddess) Śivā (consort of Śiva) is known as Durgā because (She) saves (people) from adversity.Shiva meaning “The Auspicious One” is one of the three major deities of Hinduism. Listen (to me)! (I shall describe the formula of) deliverance: Oṃ! The.plough-bearer! The tridentbearer! Come! Protect me with the truths of (gods) Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Rudra! Oblations to Lord of speech!ħ-9. After having repeated one lakh times (one should do) oblation with sesamum which would accomplish (the task). formula) revered by (lord) Hara ( Śiva) in the case of all kinds of great apprehensions. I shall describe the.foremost formula which would captivate enemies, thieves and others. This mystic learning is the Kāmadhenu (wish-yielding divine cow) when repeated seven times.ĥb-6. It brings the enemies under control and confuses the intellectual faculties of the enemies. This mantra is capable of making (the votary) invisible, captivating and paralysing (others). One need not say about (its influence on) the mortals.

One would subjugate Śakra ( Indra, the chief of the celestials). After having repeated.(the mantra) one lakh times and offering oblations one-tenth (of that number) one would become the accomplisher of all tasks. “ Oṃ! obeisance! O Ganges! Kāli! Kāli (one having dark complexion)! Mahākāli! Mahākāli (the great dark-complexioned one)! One who eats flesh and blood! One having red and black face! Bring the men under control! Oblation! Oṃ!ģ-5a.

O Six-faced one ! Appeasement of portents, (unnatural flowering of) the trees and those relating to gods, sky and the earth (could be done) with (the repetition of) the praṇava (oṃ) or māyā ( mantra). One has to bring into effect appeasement and nourishment by doing a lakh of oblations with dūrvā (grass). Death, diseases and other things are controlled by (the repetition of) the mantra “ Oṃ hrūṃ haṃsa”.

Aghora rudra mantra