Shiva

Shiva Panchakshara Stotram

शिवपञ्चाक्षरस्तोत्रम्

Adi Shankara's hymn on the five syllables 'na-ma-shi-va-ya' of Shiva — full text with meaning.

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Deity: Shiva
Tradition: Shaiva
Purpose: Devotion
Source: Mantrapushpam (Ramakrishna Math)

मूल पाठ

Sanskrit text

नागेन्द्रहाराय त्रिलोचनाय भस्माङ्गरागाय महेश्वराय। नित्याय शुद्धाय दिगम्बराय तस्मै नकाराय नमः शिवाय

nāgendrahārāya trilocanāya bhasmāṅgarāgāya maheśvarāya | nityāya śuddhāya digambarāya tasmai nakārāya namaḥ śivāya

मन्दाकिनीसलिलचन्दनचर्चिताय नन्दीश्वरप्रमथनाथमहेश्वराय। मन्दारपुष्पबहुपुष्पसुपूजिताय तस्मै मकाराय नमः शिवाय

mandākinīsalilacandanacarcitāya nandīśvarapramathanāthamaheśvarāya | mandārapuṣpabahupuṣpasupūjitāya tasmai makārāya namaḥ śivāya

शिवाय गौरीवदनाब्जवृन्दसूर्याय दक्षाध्वरनाशकाय। श्रीनीलकण्ठाय वृषध्वजाय तस्मै शिकाराय नमः शिवाय

śivāya gaurīvadanābjavṛndasūryāya dakṣādhvaranāśakāya | śrīnīlakaṇṭhāya vṛṣadhvajāya tasmai śikārāya namaḥ śivāya

वसिष्ठकुम्भोद्भवगौतमार्यमुनीन्द्रदेवार्चितशेखराय। चन्द्रार्कवैश्वानरलोचनाय तस्मै वकाराय नमः शिवाय

vasiṣṭhakumbhodbhavagautamāryamunīndradevārcitaśekharāya | candrārkavaiśvānaralocanāya tasmai vakārāya namaḥ śivāya

यक्षस्वरूपाय जटाधराय पिनाकहस्ताय सनातनाय। दिव्याय देवाय दिगम्बराय तस्मै यकाराय नमः शिवाय

yakṣasvarūpāya jaṭādharāya pinākahastāya sanātanāya | divyāya devāya digambarāya tasmai yakārāya namaḥ śivāya

पञ्चाक्षरमिदं पुण्यं यः पठेच्छिवसन्निधौ। शिवलोकमवाप्नोति शिवेन सह मोदते

pañcākṣaram idaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhec chivasannidhau | śivalokam avāpnoti śivena saha modate

Shiva Panchakshara Stotram — recitation

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अर्थ

Meaning

Salutations to Shiva, of the syllable 'na' — who wears the serpent-king as a garland, three-eyed, smeared with ash, the great Lord, eternal, pure and sky-clad. To 'ma' — worshipped with sandal and Ganga's waters, lord of Nandi and the ganas. To 'shi' — the sun to Gauri's lotus face, destroyer of Daksha's sacrifice, the blue-throated, bull-bannered. To 'va' — whose crown is honoured by sages Vasishtha, Agastya and Gautama, whose eyes are moon, sun and fire. To 'ya' — of yaksha form, matted-haired, holding the pinaka, eternal and sky-clad. One who recites this holy Panchakshara before Shiva attains Shiva's realm and rejoices with him.

संदर्भ

Context

Attributed to Adi Shankaracharya; each verse honours one syllable of 'Namah Shivaya'. Text as given in Mantrapushpam.

Sources & References

Source / TraditionMantrapushpam (Ramakrishna Math)

Scriptural ReferencesAttributed to Adi Shankaracharya

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