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Shiva Panchakshara Stotram

शिव पंचाक्षर स्तोत्रम्

12 lines · about 1 min to say · Shiva Panchakshara Stotram, attributed to Adi Shankaracharya

Shiv ji

Shiv ji

The still centre; Monday's deity

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नागेन्द्रहाराय त्रिलोचनाय भस्माङ्गरागाय महेश्वराय ।

nāgendrahārāya trilocanāya bhasmāṅgarāgāya maheśvarāya .

To him whose garland is the king of serpents, the three-eyed, his body smeared with bhasma, the great lord;

नित्याय शुद्धाय दिगम्बराय तस्मै नकाराय नमः शिवाय ॥

nityāya śuddhāya digambarāya tasmai nakārāya namaḥ śivāya .

the eternal, the pure, clothed only in the directions — to him, the syllable na, salutations: namah shivaya.

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मन्दाकिनीसलिलचन्दनचर्चिताय नन्दीश्वरप्रमथनाथमहेश्वराय ।

mandākinīsalilacandanacarcitāya nandīśvarapramathanāthamaheśvarāya .

To him anointed with the water of the Mandakini and with chandan, the great lord of Nandi and the pramathas;

मन्दारपुष्पबहुपुष्पसुपूजिताय तस्मै मकाराय नमः शिवाय ॥

mandārapuṣpabahupuṣpasupūjitāya tasmai makārāya namaḥ śivāya .

honoured with mandara flowers and many more — to him, the syllable ma, salutations: namah shivaya.

3

शिवाय गौरीवदनाब्जवृन्दसूर्याय दक्षाध्वरनाशकाय ।

śivāya gaurīvadanābjavr̥ndasūryāya dakṣādhvaranāśakāya .

To Shiva, the sun to the lotus of Gauri's face, who brought Daksha's yagya to an end;

श्रीनीलकण्ठाय वृषध्वजाय तस्मै शिकाराय नमः शिवाय ॥

śrīnīlakaṇṭhāya vr̥ṣadhvajāya tasmai śikārāya namaḥ śivāya .

the blue-throated, whose banner bears the bull — to him, the syllable shi, salutations: namah shivaya.

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वसिष्ठकुम्भोद्भवगौतमार्यमुनीन्द्रदेवार्चितशेखराय ।

vasiṣṭhakumbhodbhavagautamāryamunīndradevārcitaśekharāya .

To him whose crown is honoured by Vasishtha, Agastya, Gautama and the noblest sages, and by the devas;

चन्द्रार्कवैश्वानरलोचनाय तस्मै वकाराय नमः शिवाय ॥

candrārkavaiśvānaralocanāya tasmai vakārāya namaḥ śivāya .

whose eyes are the moon, the sun and fire — to him, the syllable va, salutations: namah shivaya.

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यक्षस्वरूपाय जटाधराय पिनाकहस्ताय सनातनाय ।

yakṣasvarūpāya jaṭādharāya pinākahastāya sanātanāya .

To him who took the form of a yaksha, who wears the matted locks, the Pinaka bow in his hand, the eternal;

दिव्याय देवाय दिगम्बराय तस्मै यकाराय नमः शिवाय ॥

divyāya devāya digambarāya tasmai yakārāya namaḥ śivāya .

the shining deva, clothed in the directions — to him, the syllable ya, salutations: namah shivaya.

पञ्चाक्षरमिदं पुण्यं यः पठेच्छिवसन्निधौ ।

pañcākṣaramidaṁ puṇyaṁ yaḥ paṭhecchivasannidhau .

Whoever reads this Panchakshara, full of merit, near Shiv ji,

शिवलोकमवाप्नोति शिवेन सह मोदते ॥

śivalokamavāpnoti śivena saha modate .

reaches Shiv ji's world and rejoices with him.