Shiva Dhyana Mantra
Shiva
Shloka
Traditional
Sanskrit
dhyayennityam mahesam rajatagirinibham carucandravatamsam
ratnakalpojjcalangam parasumrgavarabhitihastam prasannam
padmasinam samantat stutamamaraganairvyaghrakrttim vasanam
visvadyam visvabijam nikhilabhayaharam pancavaktram trinetram
May we always worship Maheshwara (the god of gods) who shines like a silver mountain and is adorned with the beautiful arc of the new moon; he whose body is resplendent as if it has been smeared with the essence of the rarest of rare gems; he who is seated on deer skin and wields an axe-like weapon; he whose gestures bestow blessings and assure fearlessness to his devotees; he who is happy, is seated in a lotus posture and is praised by various devatas who surround him; he who is attired in tiger skin and is the originator of the universe; he who is worshiped by all and annihilates all fears and he who has five faces and three eyes.
dhyāyennityaṃ maheśaṃ rajatagirinibhaṃ cārucandrāvataṃsaṃ
ratnākalpojjcalāṅgaṃ paraśumṛgavarābhītihastaṃ prasannam ।
padmāsīnaṃ samantāt stutamamaragaṇairvyāghrakṛttiṃ vasānaṃ
viśvādyaṃ viśvabījaṃ nikhilabhayaharaṃ pañcavaktram trinetram ॥
Translations
- [ध्यायेन्नित्यं] dhyāyennityaṃ: should always meditate
- [महेशं] maheśaṃ: on Lord Shiva
- [रजतगिरिनिभं] rajatagirinibhaṃ: who resembles Mount Kailash
- [चारुचन्द्रावतंसं] cārucandrāvataṃsaṃ: with a beautiful moon ornament
- [रत्नाकल्पोज्ज्चलाङ्गं] ratnākalpojjcalāṅgaṃ: with limbs shining like jewels
- [परशुमृगवराभीतिहस्तं] paraśumṛgavarābhītihastaṃ: holding axe, deer, boon, and gesture of fearlessness
- [प्रसन्नम्] prasannam: gracious
- [पद्मासीनं] padmāsīnaṃ: seated on a lotus
- [समन्तात्] samantāt: all around
- [स्तुतममरगणैः] stutamamaragaṇaiḥ: praised by groups of immortals
- [व्याघ्रकृत्तिं] vyāghrakṛttiṃ: wearing tiger skin
- [वसानं] vasānaṃ: wearing
- [विश्वाद्यं] viśvādyam: origin of the universe
- [विश्वबीजं] viśvabījaṃ: seed of the universe
- [निखिलभयहरं] nikhilabhayaharaṃ: remover of all fears
- [पञ्चवक्त्रं] pañcavaktraṃ: five-faced
- [त्रिनेत्रम्] trinetram: three-eyed