नित्याय शुद्धाय दिगम्बराय तस्मै न काराय नमः शिवाय ॥१॥
Nagendraharaya Trilochanaya, Bhasmangaragaya Maheshvaraya
Nityaya Shuddhaya Digambaraya, Tasmai Nakaraya Namah Shivaya .
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 ”
मन्दाकिनीसलिलचन्दनचर्चिताय नन्दीश्वरप्रमथनाथमहेश्वराय ।
मन्दारपुष्पबहुपुष्पसुपूजिताय तस्मै म काराय नमः शिवाय ॥२॥
Mandakini salila chandana charchitaya, Nandishvara pramathanatha Maheshvaraya
Mandarapushpa bahupushhpa supujitaya, Tasmai Makaraya Namah Shivaya .
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. ”
शिवाय गौरीवदनाब्जवृन्दसूर्याय दक्षाध्वरनाशकाय ।
श्रीनीलकण्ठाय वृषध्जाय तस्मै शि काराय नमः शिवाय ॥३॥
Shivaya Gauri vadanabjavrunda, Suryaya Dakshadhvara Nashakaya
Shrinilakanthaya Vrushhadhvajaya, Tasmai Shikaraya Namah Shivaya
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”
वसिष्टकुम्भोद्भवगौतमार्यमुनीन्द्रदेवार्चितशेखराय ।
चन्द्रार्कवैश्वानरलोचनाय तस्मै व काराय नमः शिवाय ॥४॥
Vasishhtha kumbhodbhava gautamarya, Munindra devarchita shekharaya
Chandrarkavaishvanara lochanaya, Tasmai Vakaraya Namah Shivaya .
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”
यक्षस्वरुपाय जटाधराय पिनाकहस्ताय सनातनाय ।
दिव्याय देवाय दिगम्बराय तस्मै य काराय नमः शिवाय ॥५॥
Yakshasvarupaya Jatadharaya, Pinakahastaya Sanatanaya
Divyaya Devaya Digambaraya, Tasmai Yakaraya Namah Shivaya
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. ”
पञ्चाक्षरमिदं पुण्यं यः पठेच्छिवसन्निधौ ।
शिवलोकमवाप्नोति शिवेन सह मोदते ॥६॥
Panchaksharamidam Punyam Yah Pathechchhivasannidhau.
Shivalokamavapnoti Shivena 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.
श्रीमच्छङ्कराचार्यविरचितं शिबपञ्चाक्षरस्तोत्रम् शुभम् ॥