નાગેન્દ્રહારાય ત્રિલોચનાય ભસ્માઙ્ગરાગાય મહેશ્વરાય ।
નિત્યાય શુદ્ધાય દિગમ્બરાય તસ્મૈ નકારાય નમઃ શિવાય ॥ ૧॥
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 'na' kAra (term).
મન્દાકિનિ-સલિલચન્દન-ચર્ચિતાય નન્દીશ્વર-પ્રમથનાથ- મહેશ્વરાય ।
મન્દારપુષ્પ-બહુપુષ્પ-સુપૂજિતાય તસ્મૈ મકારાય નમઃ શિવાય ॥ ૨॥
I bow to Shiva, who has been worshipped with water from the gangA (mandAkini) and annointed 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'.
શિવાય ગૌરીવદનાબ્જ-વૃન્દ-સૂર્યાય દક્ષાધ્વરનાશકાય ।
શ્રીનીલકણ્ઠાય વૃષધ્વજાય તસ્મૈ શિકારાય નમઃ શિવાય ॥ ૩॥
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'.
વસિષ્ઠ-કુમ્ભોદ્ભવ-ગૌતમાર્યમુનીન્દ્ર-દેવાર્ચિતશેખરાય ।
ચન્દ્રાર્ક-વૈશ્વાનરલોચનાય તસ્મૈ વકારાય નમઃ શિવાય ॥ ૪॥
VasiShTha, 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'.
યક્ષસ્વરૂપાય જટાધરાય પિનાકહસ્તાય સનાતનાય ।
દિવ્યાય દેવાય દિગમ્બરાય તસ્મૈ યકારાય નમઃ શિવાય ॥ ૫॥
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'.
પંચાક્ષરમિદં પુણ્યં યઃ પઠેચ્છિવસન્નિધૌ ।
શિવલોકમવાપ્નોતિ શિવેન સહ મોદતે ॥
Anyone who recites this sacred five-syllabled mantra, (namaH shivAya) near the Shiva (linga), attains the abode of Shiva and rejoices there with Shiva.
॥ ઇતિ શ્રીમચ્છંકરાચાર્યવિરચિતં શિવપઞ્ચાક્ષરસ્તોત્રં સમાપ્તમ્ ॥
