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Shiva Panchakshara Nakshatra Mala Stotram
शिवपञ्चाक्षरनक्षत्रमालास्तोत्रम्
ŚivapañcākṣaranaKṣatramālāstotram
Chant
ईहितक्षणप्रदानहेतवे नमः शिवाय आहिताग्निपालकोक्षकेतवे नमः शिवाय देहकान्तिधूतरौप्यधातवे नमः शिवाय गेहदुःखपुञ्जधूमकेतवे नमः शिवाय ॥१८॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- ईहितक्षणप्रदानहेतवे नमः शिवाय
- To the cause of granting desired objects in a moment - salutations to Shiva.
- आहिताग्निपालकोक्षकेतवे नमः शिवाय
- To the bull-bannered protector of the established fire - salutations to Shiva.
- देहकान्तिधूतरौप्यधातवे नमः शिवाय
- To one whose body-splendour scorns silver's metal - salutations to Shiva.
- गेहदुःखपुञ्जधूमकेतवे नमः शिवाय
- To the comet destroying heaps of household sorrow - salutations to Shiva.
Instant fulfilment, guardianship of sacred fire, splendour beyond silver, and burning household grief - Shiva answers the devotee's ihita in a kshana. Namaḥ śivāya turns the home itself into a shrine of light.
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