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Shiva Panchakshara Nakshatra Mala Stotram
शिवपञ्चाक्षरनक्षत्रमालास्तोत्रम्
ŚivapañcākṣaranaKṣatramālāstotram
Chant
अप्रमेयदिव्यसुप्रभाव ते नमः शिवाय सत्प्रपन्नरक्षणस्वभाव ते नमः शिवाय स्वप्रकाश निस्तुलानुभाव ते नमः शिवाय विप्रडिम्भदर्शितार्द्रभाव ते नमः शिवाय ॥२३॥
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Word breakdown
- अप्रमेयदिव्यसुप्रभाव ते नमः शिवाय
- To you of immeasurable divine supreme splendour - salutations to Shiva.
- सत्प्रपन्नरक्षणस्वभाव ते नमः शिवाय
- To you whose nature is protecting surrendered saints - salutations to Shiva.
- स्वप्रकाश निस्तुलानुभाव ते नमः शिवाय
- O self-luminous one of unequalled power - salutations to Shiva.
- विप्रडिम्भदर्शितार्द्रभाव ते नमः शिवाय
- To you showing tender feeling to the brahmin boy - salutations to Shiva.
Aprameya light, sat-prapanna-raksha, svaprakasha anubhava - Shiva is self-shining protection. The ārdrabhāva shown to a vipra's child reveals Brahman answering devotion with visible grace.
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