Shiva Panchakshara Stotram (Nagendra Haraya)
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verse 1
नागेन्द्रहाराय त्रिलोचनाय भस्माङ्गरागाय महेश्वराय।
Nāgendra-hārāya tri-locanāya bhasmāṅga-rāgāya Maheśvarāya
नित्याय शुद्धाय दिगम्बराय तस्मै न काराय नमः शिवाय॥1॥
Nityāya śuddhāya digambarāya tasmai na-kārāya namaḥ śivāya
verse 2
मन्दाकिनीसलिलचन्दनचर्चिताय नन्दीश्वरप्रमथनाथमहेश्वराय।
Mandākinī-salila-candana-carcitāya Nandīśvara-pramatha-nātha-Maheśvarāya
मन्दारपुष्पबहुपुष्पसुपूजिताय तस्मै म काराय नमः शिवाय॥2॥
Mandāra-puṣpa-bahu-puṣpa-supūjitāya tasmai ma-kārāya namaḥ śivāya
verse 3
शिवाय गौरीवदनाब्जवृन्द सूर्याय दक्षाध्वरनाशकाय।
Śivāya Gaurī-vadana-abja-vṛnda-sūryāya Dakṣādhvara-nāśakāya
श्रीनीलकण्ठाय वृषध्वजाय तस्मै शि काराय नमः शिवाय्॥3॥
Śrī-Nīlakaṇṭhāya vṛṣa-dhvajāya tasmai śi-kārāya namaḥ śivāya
verse 4
वसिष्ठकुम्भोद्भवगौतमार्य मुनीन्द्रदेवार्चितशेखराय।
Vasiṣṭha-kumbhodbhava-Gautamārya-munīndra-devārcita-śekharāya
चन्द्रार्कवैश्वानरलोचनाय तस्मै व काराय नमः शिवाय॥4॥
Candrārka-vaiśvānara-locanāya tasmai va-kārāya namaḥ śivāya
verse 5
यक्षस्वरूपाय जटाधराय पिनाकहस्ताय सनातनाय।
Yakṣa-svarūpāya jaṭā-dharāya Pināka-hastāya sanātanāya
दिव्याय देवाय दिगम्बराय तस्मै य काराय नमः शिवाय॥5॥
Divyāya devāya digambarāya tasmai ya-kārāya namaḥ śivāya
phalashruti
पञ्चाक्षरमिदं पुण्यं यः पठेच्छिवसन्निधौ।
Pañcākṣaram idaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhec chiva-sannidhau
शिवलोकमवाप्नोति शिवेन सह मोदते॥6॥
Śivalokam avāpnoti śivena saha modate
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