The texts
- शिवमानसपूजाWorship of Shiva in the Mind · Adi Shankaracharya · 5 versesA full temple ritual performed without a single object in hand, and then set aside for something simpler: the recognition that ordinary life had been the worship all along.
- रुद्राष्टकम्Eight Verses to Rudra · Tulsidas · 9 versesEight verses of almost pure negation, sung by a teacher to buy mercy for the student who had just insulted him in front of the god.
- शिवपञ्चाक्षरस्तोत्रम्The Five-Syllable Hymn to Shiva · Adi Shankaracharya · 6 versesFive verses on five syllables: each one opens with a syllable of namaḥ śivāya and closes by saying the whole mantra back, so the hymn takes the mantra apart and puts it together five times over.