Shiva Stuti (

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

:शिवस्तुति; IAST:Śivastutī), is one of the most famous Stutis (poems) composed by Sri

Narayana Panditacharya Sri Narayana Panditacharya (also referred as Narayana Pandita) (IAST:''Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍitacārya'') (c. 1290 – c. 1370), is an Indian scholar and philosopher in the Dvaita Vedānta tradition. He was the youngest son of Trivikrama Pandit ...

in praise of Lord

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

written in Prithvi metre. ''Stuti'' means

eulogy A eulogy (from , ''eulogia'', Classical Greek, ''eu'' for "well" or "true", ''logia'' for "words" or "text", together for "praise") is a speech or writing in praise of a person or persons, especially one who recently died or retired, or as ...

, singing praise, panegyric and to praise the

virtues Virtue ( la, virtus) is moral excellence. A virtue is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. In other words, it is a behavior that shows high moral standard ...

, deeds and nature of

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by realising them in our hearts. In this stuti Narayana Panditacharya eulogised the power, beauty, virtues, qualities, and also the five forms of Lord

. The Shiva Stuti consists of 13 verses and is recited daily or on special festivals like

Maha Shivaratri Maha Shivaratri ( IAST: Mahāśivarātri) is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the god Shiva. The name also refers to the night when Shiva performs the heavenly dance called Tandava. In every month of the luni-solar Hindu ...

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. Once it so happened that when Sri

went to Rameshwaram Temple, the doors were closed. He prayed Lord

with "Shiva Stuti". The temple doors opened automatically and he had the darshan of Lord

About the work

The authorship of the Shiva Stuti is attributed to

, a poet-saint who lived in the 14th century CE. He mentions his name in the last verse of the hymn. It is said in the 13th verse of the Shiva Stuti that whoever chants it with full devotion to Shiva, will have Shiva's grace. Among Hindus worldwide, it is a very popular belief that chanting the Shiva Stuti invokes Shiva's divine intervention in grave problems.

Author

(1290–1370) was a

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

poet-saint, reformer and philosopher. A composer of several popular works, he is best known for being the author of the epic '' Sri Madhva Vijaya'', a biographical work of the great Dvaita philosopher Sri

Madhvacharya Madhvacharya (; ; CE 1199-1278 or CE 1238–1317), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the '' Dvaita'' (dualism) sch ...

in the Sanskrit language.

Language

There are 13 verses in Shiva Stuti. The Stuti detail in the order of his knowledge, devotion to Shiva. As with the case of devotional literature. The language of Stuti is in the

and is composed in Prithvi metre.

Commentaries

* Chalari Narasimhacharya wrote a commentary on ''Shiva Stuti''.

References

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