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Shiva Panchakshara Nakshatra Mala Stotram
शिवपञ्चाक्षरनक्षत्रमालास्तोत्रम्
ŚivapañcākṣaranaKṣatramālāstotram
Chant
आपदद्रिभेदटङ्कहस्त ते नमः शिवाय पापहारिदिव्यसिन्धुमस्त ते नमः शिवाय पापदारिणे लसन्नमस्तते नमः शिवाय शापदोषखण्डनप्रशस्त ते नमः शिवाय ॥४॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- आपदद्रिभेदटङ्कहस्त ते नमः शिवाय
- To you with axe in hand splitting mountains of calamity - salutations to Shiva.
- पापहारिदिव्यसिन्धुमस्त ते नमः शिवाय
- To you bearing divine Ganga on the head, remover of sin - salutations to Shiva.
- पापदारिणे लसन्नमस्तते नमः शिवाय
- To the sin-destroyer, radiant with bowed Namah - salutations to Shiva.
- शापदोषखण्डनप्रशस्त ते नमः शिवाय
- To you praised for shattering curse and fault - salutations to Shiva.
The axe that splits mountains of āpad and the Ganga on his head symbolize consciousness that cuts suffering and purifies. Namah itself becomes the bow that shatters curse and accumulated fault.
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