Shiv Panchakshar Stotra
kayan manasa budhadhya kevaliairindriyairapi |
yoginah karma kurvanti sangattyaktvamashuddhaye ||
Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharyaji and is based on the moolamantra of Lord Shiva "Om Namahshivay". Each stanza starts with one of the five syllables: na, ma, shi, va and ya.
Nagendraharaya Trilochanaya
Bhasmangaragaya Maheshvaraya
Nityaya Shuddhaya Digambaraya
Tasmai Nakaraya Namah Shivaya . . [1]
Mandakini salila chandana charchitaya
Nandishvara pramathanatha Maheshvaraya
Mandarapushpa bahupushhpa supujitaya
Tasmai Makaraya Namah Shivaya . . [2]
Shivaya Gauri vadanabjavrunda
Suryaya Dakshadhvara Nashakaya
Shrinilakanthaya Vrushhadhvajaya
Tasmai Shikaraya Namah Shivaya . . [3]
Vasishhtha kumbhodbhava gautamarya
Munindra devarchita shekharaya
Chandrarkavaishvanara lochanaya
Tasmai Vakaraya Namah Shivaya . . [4]
Yakshasvarupaya Jatadharaya
Pinakahastaya Sanatanaya
Divyaya Devaya Digambaraya
Tasmai Yakaraya Namah Shivaya [5]
