Mantra for success | Shiva Panchakshari Mantra | Shiva Panchakshar Stotra

Shiva Panchakshari Stotra is very effective in impressing Lord Shiva and acquiring his blessings. Lord Shiva’s worship and fast are also extremely important. People worshipping Lord Shiva and keeping his fasts are believed to go to heaven on completion of this life. Chanting this mantra on Chaturdashi is very effective. A person chanting this mantra receives results equivalent to all pilgrimages. People void of Lord Shiva’s worship are usually stuck in the circle of life and death.

Devotees worship Lord Shiva and keep his fasts so that Lord Shiva is impressed and all their desires are fulfilled. Bel leaves should be dedicated to a Shiva Linga. Datura flowers should also be used for Lord Shiva’s worship. Bel leaves and Datura flowers are Lord Shiva’s favorite. Therefore, these should be used in Lord Shiva’s worship. Om Namah Shivaya should be chanted 108 times on this day. Maha Mrityunjaya mantra should also be chanted. A person chanting this mantra is free from all kinds of obstacles.

A person blessed by Lord Shiva achieves success and lives a prosperous life. Many mantras and sadhanas have been written in order to impress Lord Shiva. One of the most important of these is Shiva Panchakshari mantra. Chanting this everyday impresses Lord Shiva and a person is blessed by him.

Shiv Panchakshar Stotra

Nagendraharaya Trilochanaya
Bhasmangaragaya Maheshvaraya
Nityaya Shuddhaya Digambaraya
Tasmai Nakaraya Namah Shivaya

Mandakini salila chandana charchitaya
Nandishvara pramathanatha Maheshvaraya
Mandarapushpa bahupushhpa supujitaya
Tasmai Makaraya Namah Shivaya

Shivaya Gauri vadanabjavrunda
Suryaya Dakshadhvara Nashakaya
Shrinilakanthaya Vrushhadhvajaya
Tasmai Shikaraya Namah Shivaya

Vasishhtha kumbhodbhava gautamarya
Munindra devarchita shekharaya .
Chandrarkavaishvanara lochanaya
Tasmai Vakaraya Namah Shivaya

Yakshasvarupaya Jatadharaya
Pinakahastaya Sanatanaya
Divyaya Devaya Digambaraya
Tasmai Yakaraya Namah Shivaya

Panchaksharamidam Punyam Yah Pathechchhivasannidhau.
Shivalokamavapnoti Shivena Saha Modate

Nagendraharaya Trilochanaya
Bhasmangaragaya Maheshvaraya
Nityaya Shuddhaya Digambaraya
Tasmai Nakaraya Namah Shivaya

The meaning of this Stotra can be explained as : I offer my humble salutations to Lord Mahesvara - who has a garland of serpents around the neck; who has three eyes, whose body is covered with ash, who is eternal, pure, who has the entire sky as his dress and who is embodied as the first letter Na. I bow to Lord Mahesvara, who is embodied as Makaara (letter Ma), whose body is anointed with holy waters from the river Ganges and sandal paste, who is the sovereign king of the Pramatha Ganas and who is adorned with innumerable divine flowers such as Mandaara.

I offer my salutations to Lord Shiva, who is the resplendent sun for mother Gauri’s lotus face, who is the destroyer of Daksha’s sacrifice ritual, who is the blue necked Lord, whose banner bears the emblem of a bull and who is embodied as the letter Shi. I prostrate before the God of Gods, who is worshipped and prayed to by great sages such as Vashishta, Agastya and Gautama, whose eyes are sun, moon and the fire and who is embodied as Vakaara, the letter Va. Prostrartions to the sacred Lord who is the Yaksa incarnate, whose hair are long and matted, who holds Pinaaka (trident) in his hand, who has the entire sky as his attire and who is embodied as the letter Ya.

In this way, a person chanting this stotra is blessed by Lord Shiva and goes to heaven.