Shiva Panchakshara Stotram
Also written: Nagendra Haraya Trilochanaya · Panchakshari Stotra · Shiv Panchakshar Stotra
Five verses, one for each syllable of “namaḥ śivāya”. Each verse describes Śiva and ends by bowing to him as that syllable: na, ma, śi, vā, ya.
It is among the best-known hymns to Śiva and is often sung before or after japa of the five-syllable mantra. Each verse also has its own page here, with a fuller explanation.
The full text
- 1नागेन्द्रहाराय त्रिलोचनायभस्माङ्गरागाय महेश्वराय ।नित्याय शुद्धाय दिगम्बरायतस्मै नकाराय नमः शिवाय ॥nāgendrahārāya trilocanāyabhasmāṅgarāgāya maheśvarāya |nityāya śuddhāya digambarāyatasmai nakārāya namaḥ śivāya ||
To the one who wears the king of serpents as a garland, the three-eyed, whose body is anointed with sacred ash, the Great Lord; to the eternal, the pure, the one clothed only in the directions — to him who is the syllable “Na”, salutation to Śiva.
- 2मन्दाकिनीसलिलचन्दनचर्चितायनन्दीश्वरप्रमथनाथमहेश्वराय ।मन्दारपुष्पबहुपुष्पसुपूजितायतस्मै मकाराय नमः शिवाय ॥mandākinīsalilacandanacarcitāyanandīśvarapramathanāthamaheśvarāya |mandārapuṣpabahupuṣpasupūjitāyatasmai makārāya namaḥ śivāya ||
To the one anointed with the water of the Mandākinī and with sandal paste, the Great Lord, master of Nandī and of the gaṇas; worshipped with mandāra and many other flowers — to him who is the syllable “Ma”, salutation to Śiva.
- 3शिवाय गौरीवदनाब्जवृन्द-सूर्याय दक्षाध्वरनाशकाय ।श्रीनीलकण्ठाय वृषध्वजायतस्मै शिकाराय नमः शिवाय ॥śivāya gaurīvadanābjavṛnda-sūryāya dakṣādhvaranāśakāya |śrīnīlakaṇṭhāya vṛṣadhvajāyatasmai śikārāya namaḥ śivāya ||
To Śiva, the sun that makes the lotus of Gaurī's face bloom, the destroyer of Dakṣa's sacrifice; the blue-throated, whose banner bears the bull — to him who is the syllable “Śi”, salutation to Śiva.
- 4वसिष्ठकुम्भोद्भवगौतमार्य-मुनीन्द्रदेवार्चितशेखराय ।चन्द्रार्कवैश्वानरलोचनायतस्मै वकाराय नमः शिवाय ॥vasiṣṭhakumbhodbhavagautamārya-munīndradevārcitaśekharāya |candrārkavaiśvānaralocanāyatasmai vakārāya namaḥ śivāya ||
To the one whose crest is worshipped by the noble sages Vasiṣṭha, Agastya and Gautama, and by the gods; whose three eyes are the moon, the sun and fire — to him who is the syllable “Va”, salutation to Śiva.
- 5यक्षस्वरूपाय जटाधरायपिनाकहस्ताय सनातनाय ।दिव्याय देवाय दिगम्बरायतस्मै यकाराय नमः शिवाय ॥yakṣasvarūpāya jaṭādharāyapinākahastāya sanātanāya |divyāya devāya digambarāyatasmai yakārāya namaḥ śivāya ||
To the one who took the form of a yakṣa, who wears matted locks and holds the bow Pināka, the eternal; the divine God, clothed in the directions — to him who is the syllable “Ya”, salutation to Śiva.
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