Shiva Panchaksharam (Nagendra Haraya Trilochanaya)

nagendra-haraya trilocanaya
 bhasmanga-ragaya mahesvaraya
 nityaya suddhaya digambaraya
 tasmai "na"-karaya namah sivaya 

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 syllable ``na ''

 madakini-salila-candana-carcitaya
 nandisvara-pramatha-natha-mahesvaraya 
mandara-puspa-bahu-puspa-supujitaya
 tasmai "ma" karaya namah sivaya

I bow to Shiva, who has been worshipped with water from the Ganga (Mandakini) and anointed 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 gauri-vadanabja-vrnda
suryaya daksadhvara-nasakaya 
sri nila-kanthaya vrsa-dhvajaya
 tasmai "si" karaya namah sivaya

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. ''


vasistha-kumbhobhdava-gautamarya 
munindra-devarcita-sekharaya
 candrarka-vaisvanara-locanaya
 tasmai "va" karaya namah sivaya 

Vasishhtha, Agastya, Gautama, and other venerable sages, and Indra and other gods have worshipped the head of (Shiva's linga). I bow to that Shiva whose three eyes are the moon, sun and fire, and who is represented by the syllable ``va. ''


yaksa-svrarupaya jatadharaya
 pinaka-hastaya sanatanaya 
divyaya devaya digambaraya
 tasmai "ya" karaya namah sivaya 

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. ''


pancaksaram idam punyam
 yah pathet-chiva-sannidhau s
iva-loka-mavapnoti 
sivena saha modate 

Anyone who recites this sacred five-syllable mantra, (Namah Shivaya) near the Shiva (linga), attains the abode of Shiva and rejoices there with Shiva.