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Stotra · Shiv ji

Prabhum pranatham · the Shivashtakam IAST

प्रभुं प्राणनाथं · शिवाष्टकम्

2 lines · about 1 min to say · Shankaracharya's Shivashtakam, its first verse, as Vaidika Vignanam and drikpanchang print it

Shiv ji

Shiv ji

The still centre; Monday's deity

prabhuṁ prāṇanāthaṁ vibhuṁ viśvanāthaṁ jagannāthanāthaṁ sadānandabhājām .

The Master, ruler of every breath, all-pervading, ruler of the universe, ruler even of the ruler of the world, who dwells in bliss without end,

bhavadbhavyabhūteśvaraṁ bhūtanāthaṁ śivaṁ śaṅkaraṁ śambhumīśānamīḍe .

ruler of what was, is and will be, ruler of all beings — Shiva, Shankara, Shambhu, Ishana: Him I praise.