A very simple and yet beautiful and powerful Mantra of lord Shiva is the Rudra Dwadashanama Stotra. Rudra dwAdasha NAma StOtra Prathamam tu MahAdEvam DvitIyam tu MahESvaram| tritIyam Sankaram prOktam chaturtham Vrishabhadhwajam|| Shiva is known by twelve names. Mahadeva is the name which speaks