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    The document is a prayer to Shiva known as the Shiva Panchaakshara Stotra. It consists of 5 verses praising different aspects of Shiva and assigning each a syllable. Each verse describes Shiva's appearance or attributes such as bearing snakes, being smeared in ashes, being worshipped with flowers. The prayer promises that reciting the full 5 syllable mantra of "namah shivaya" will lead to attainment of Shiva's abode.

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    The document is a prayer to Shiva known as the Shiva Panchaakshara Stotra. It consists of 5 verses praising different aspects of Shiva and assigning each a syllable. Each verse describes Shiva's appearance or attributes such as bearing snakes, being smeared in ashes, being worshipped with flowers. The prayer promises that reciting the full 5 syllable mantra of "namah shivaya" will lead to attainment of Shiva's abode.

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    The document is a prayer to Shiva known as the Shiva Panchaakshara Stotra. It consists of 5 verses praising different aspects of Shiva and assigning each a syllable. Each verse describes Shiva's appearance or attributes such as bearing snakes, being smeared in ashes, being worshipped with flowers. The prayer promises that reciting the full 5 syllable mantra of "namah shivaya" will lead to attainment of Shiva's abode.

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    Shiva Panchaakshara Stotra

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    RPh Krishna Chandra Jagrit
    The document is a prayer to Shiva known as the Shiva Panchaakshara Stotra. It consists of 5 verses praising different aspects of Shiva and assigning each a syllable. Each verse describes Shiva's appearance or attributes such as bearing snakes, being smeared in ashes, being worshipped with flowers. The prayer promises that reciting the full 5 syllable mantra of "namah shivaya" will lead to attainment of Shiva's abode.

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    Shiva Panchaakshara Stotra

    Shiv Panchaakshari

    (1)
    nagendraharaya trilocanaya bhasmangaragaya
    mahesvaraya |
    nityaya suddhaya digambaraya tasmai nakaraya
    namah sivaya || 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 first letter ’na’. (1)
    (2)
    mandakini-salilacandana-carcitaya
    nandisvara-pramathanatha- mahesvaraya |
    mandarapuspa-bahupuspa-supujitaya
    tasmai makaraya namah sivaya || 2||

    I bow to Shiva, who has been worshipped with water from the Ganga
    (Mandakini-River) 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’. (2)
    (3)
    sivaya gaurivadanabja-vrinda-
    suryaya daksadhvaranasakaya |
    srinilakanthaya vrisadhvajaya
    tasmai sikaraya namah sivaya || 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 ‘si’. (3)

    (4)
    vasistha-kumbhodbhava-gautamaryamunindra-
    devarcitasekharaya |
    candrarka-vaisvanaralocanaya tasmai vakaraya namah
    sivaya || 4||

    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’. (4)

    (5)
    yaksasvarupaya jatadharaya pinakahastaya sanatanaya |
    divyaya devaya digambaraya tasmai yakaraya namah
    sivaya || 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’.

    (5)
    pancaksaramidam punyam yah pathecchivasannidhau |
    sivalokamavapnoti sivena saha modate ||

    Anyone who recites this sacred five-syllabled mantra,


    (namah shivaya) - [om namo shivaya]

    attains the abode of Shiva and rejoices there with Shiva.

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