Shiva Ratri Greetings to all devotees!

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dearest devotees,

 

this is to wish you all a very happy shiva-ratri and a

night filled with devotional chanting of lord shiva's

moola mantra...

 

AUM namaH shivAya !

 

ShivapanchAkshara stotra by Adi SankarAchArya

 

One may worship the Shiva linga by reciting this stotra and

offering bilva leaves.

 

nAgendrahArAya trilochanAya bhasmAN^garAgAya maheshvarAya |

nityAya shuddhAya digambarAya tasmai nakArAya namaH shivAya || 1 ||

 

Salutations to Shiva, who wears the King of snakes as a

garland, the Three-eyed God, whose body is smeared with

ashes, the great Lord, the eternal and pure One, who

wears the directions as His garment, and who is

represented by the `na'' kAra (term).

 

mandAkini\-salilachandana\-charchitAya

nandIshvara\-pramathanAtha\- maheshvarAya |

mandArapushhpa\-bahupushhpa\-supUjitAya

tasmai makArAya namaH shivAya || 2 ||

 

I bow to Shiva, who has been worshipped with water from the

gangA (mandAkini) and annointed with sandalwood paste, the

Lord of nandI, the Lord of the host of goblins and ghosts,

the great Lord, who is worshiped with mandAra and many

other kinds of flowers, and who is represented by the

syllable ``ma''

 

shivAya gaurIvadanAbja\-vR^inda\-

sUryAya dakshAdhvaranAshakAya |

shrInIlakaNThAya vR^ishhadhvajAya

tasmai shikArAya namaH shivAya || 3 ||

 

Salutations to Shiva, who is all-auspiciousness, Who is

the sun that causes the lotus face of GaurI (PArvatI) to

blossom,Who is the destroyer of the Yajna of daksha,

whose throat is blue (nIlakaNTha), whose flag bears the

emblem of the bull, and who is represented by the syllable

``shi''

 

vasishhTha\-kumbhodbhava\-gautamAryamunIndra\-devArchitashekharAya |

chandrArka\-vaishvAnaralochanAya tasmai vakArAya namaH shivAya || 4 ||

 

VAsishhTha, agastya, Gautama, and other venerable sages, and

Indra and other Gods have worshipped the head of (Shiva'slinga).

I bow to that Shiva whose three eyes are the moon,sun and

fire, and who is represented by the syllable ``va".

 

yakshasvarUpAya jaTAdharAya pinAkahastAya sanAtanAya |

divyAya devAya digambarAya tasmai yakArAya namaH shivAya || 5||

 

Salutations to Shiva, who bears the form of a Yaksha, who has

matted hair on His head, Who bears the pinAka bow in His

hand, the Primeval Lord, the brilliant God,who is

digambara (naked), and who is represented by the syllable

``ya''

 

pa.nchAksharamidaM puNyaM yaH paThechchhivasannidhau |

shivalokamavApnoti shivena saha modate ||

 

Anyone who recites this sacred five-syllabled mantra,

(namaH shivAya) near the Shiva (linga), attains the abode

of Shiva and rejoices there with Shiva.

 

OM namaH shivAya !

 

COURTESY

 

 

www.hindunet.com/stotras/shiva/paJNchaaksharamantra_stotra.pdf