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A hymn to Siva by SankarAcArya
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Subject: A hymn to Siva by SankarAcArya
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From: anand hudli <ahudli@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
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Date: 5 Dec 1995 20:59:58 GMT
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Approved: srh <srh@rbhatnagar>
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Article: 637 of soc.religion.hindu
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A Siva stotra by SankarAcArya
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The term Siva means "auspicious." The God Siva is
all-auspiciousness. The mantra namah SivAya, used
to offer salutations to Siva, is an effective
prayer to propitiate Siva. This mantra appears in
many places in Vedic and Puranic literature.
For example, the famous SrI Rudram hymn from the
Yajur Veda, commonly employed to perform the worship
of the Siva linga, says:
namah SivAya ca ...
The dAridrya dahana stotra of VasiShTha says:
dAridryaduhkha-dahanAya namah SivAya
Salutations to Siva who burns up the grief caused
by poverty! Here poverty does not necessarily mean
material poverty; it also means spiritual poverty.
This pancAkShara (five syllabled) mantra namah SivAya
is sometimes called the mUla mantra or basic mantra
of Siva. Each of the five syllables, na, ma, Si, vA, and
ya, is held to be so sacred that it represents Siva even
by itself.
The following is the SivapancAkShara stotra composed by
Adi SankarAcArya. One may worship the Siva linga by
reciting this stotra and offering bilva leaves.
A transliteration key for pronunciation of Sanskrit words
can be found at the end of the article.
SivapancAkSharastotra of SankarAcArya
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nAgendrahArAya trilocanAya bhasmAn~garAgAya maheSvarAya |
nityAya SuddhAya digambarAya tasmai nakArAya namah SivAya
|| 1 ||
Salutations to Siva, 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-salilacandana-carcitAya nandISvara-pramathanAtha-
maheSvarAya |
mandArapuShpa-bahupuShpa-supUjitAya
tasmai makArAya namah SivAya ||2 ||
I bow to Siva, 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."
SivAya gaurIvadanAbja-vRndasUryAya dakShAdhvaranASakAya |
SrInIlakaNThAya vRShadhvajAya
tasmai SikArAya namah SivAya || 3 ||
Salutations to Siva, 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 "Si."
vasiShTha-kumbhodbhava-gautamAryamunIndra-devArcitaSekharAya |
candrArka-vaiSvAnaralocanAya tasmai vakArAya namah SivAya
|| 4 ||
VasiShTha, agastya, Gautama, and other venerable sages, and
Indra and other Gods have worshipped the head of (Siva's
linga). I bow to that Siva 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 SivAya
|| 5 ||
Salutations to Siva, 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".
pancAkSharam-idam puNyam yah paThecchivasannidhau |
SivalokamavApnoti Sivena saha modate || 6 ||
Anyone who recites this sacred five-syllabled mantra,
(namah SivAya) near the Siva (linga), attains the abode
of Siva and rejoices there with Siva.
Transliteration Key
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NOTE : I have used the following as a transliteration key.
(the obvious sounds have been omitted for brevity)
A - as in mAtA; a - as in aditi; i - as in viSeSh;
I - as in ISvar; e - as in keSava; R- as in RShi
o - as in govinda ; u - as in puruSha; U - as in citrakUTa;
n~ - as in an~ga
c - as cidambara; ch - as in chAyA ;
d - as in dAmodara; D - as in panDita ; dh - as in dharma;
t - as in trivikrama; T - as in kUTa or pATalIputra;
th- as in SrInAth; Th - as in viThala; N - as in nArAyaNa;
Dh - as in dRDha; S - as in SrI; Sh - as in SeSha
Anand
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