VAIDHYANATHA ASHTAKAM Salutation to Shiva in the form of Sri Vaidhyanatha, to Nilakanta who is all-merciful and who was worshipped by Sri Ram, Lakshman, Jatayu, the Vedas, Shanmukha, Aditya and Kuja.
Salutation to Shiva in the form of Sri Vaidhyanatha, who wears the flow of the Ganga and the moon in his hair-look, who is three-eyed. Who had over powered Manmatha and Yama and who is worshipped by all devas and the sun.
Salutation to Shiva in the form of Sri Vaidhyanatha, who is the lover of his devotees, the destroyer of Tripura, the remover of the problems created by Pinakini and who is always the visible divine player in the mortal world.
Salutation to Shiva in the form of Sri Vaidhyanatha, who is the eradicator of all dreadful diseases, who is worshipped by rishis and who has the sun, the moon, and the fire as his eyes.
Salutation to Shiva in the form of Sri Vaidhyanatha, who gives relief to the dumb in the form of speech, the deaf in the form of auditory capacity, the blind in the form of auditory, the blind in the form of eyesight and the lame in the form of ability to move about, and who exterminates all dreadful diseases.
Salutation to Shiva in the form of Sri Vaidhyanatha, who is comprehensible through the Vedas and the Vedanta, who is manifest in the form of the universe, who is the object of meditation of supreme yogis, whose feet are like lotuses, who has the forms of all the three gods (Brahma, Vishnu and Siva) and who is extolled by a thousand names.
Salutation to Shiva in the form of Sri Vaidhyanatha, who prescribes the nectar of water consisting of the holy ash and the dust, blessed by him as medicine, who removes the fear of ghosts and spirits, who is all pervasive in the form of Atma of all and is in Salutation to Shiva in the form of Sri Vaidhyanatha, who is Nilakanta, who has the flag with the emblem of the bull, who is attractive even with the smell of garland and vibhuthi and who blesses with good wife and children.
SHIVA PANCHAKSHARAM
I bow down my head to that Shiva, who is Na, the first letter of Name Shivay, who wears as garland the lord of snakes, has three eyes, has the ashes as the cosmetic for the body, the great god, the eternal, pure and has the quarters of the universe as his dress.
I bow down my head to that Shiva, who is Ma, the second letter of Nama Shivay, who is anointed with the waters of the Ganga (Mandakini river), the lord of Nandi and the hordes of attendants, the great god, well-worshipped with the mandaara and other flowers.
I bow down my head to that Shiva, who is SI, the third letter of Nama Shivay, who is the sun at dawn, initiating the blossoming of the lotus face of goddess Gauri, the destroyer of the sacrifice of Daksha, Nilakanta and the one having the bull as his ensign in his flag.
I bow down my head to that Shiva, who is Va, the fourth letter of Nama Shivay, who is worshipped as the supreme of gods by the renowned rishis like, Vashishta, Agasthya and Gautama, and by gods also and he has as his three eyes the sun, the moon and the fire.
I bow down my head to that Shiva, who is Ya, the fifth letter of Name Shivay, who is the very personification of yagna (sacrifice), having matted hair-locks, the bow pinaka in his hand, who is eternal, the divine lord who has as his dress the quarters of the universe.
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