Salutations to Shiva and to that which is even more auspicious than Shiva. Salutations to the Destroyer and to that which is even more destructive. Salutations to the Beneficent and to that which is even more beneficent. Salutations to the Source of Happiness and to that which is even more blissful. Mantra 5: Namo haraaya cha harataraaya cha | Namo bhavaaya cha bhavataraaya cha | Namo rudraaya cha rudrataraaya cha | Namo mṛtyave cha mṛtyutaraaya cha |
Salutations to Time's cause and to the cause of time. Salutations to Strength and to Greater Strength. Salutations to the Messenger and to the Supreme Messenger. Salutations to the Supreme and to the non-supreme. Mantra 7: Namo yamāya cha yamatāya cha | Namo bhavāya cha bhavitavyaaya cha | Namaḥ śvetāya cha śveta tarāya cha | Namo bhūtāya cha bhavyāya cha | shivopasana mantra english pdf
Salutations to the Remover and to the Greater Remover. Salutations to Existence and to the Source of Existence. Salutations to the Roarer (Rudra) and to the One who roars more. Salutations to Death and to the One beyond death. Mantra 6: Namah kālakāya cha kalakāya cha | Namo balāya cha balatarāya cha | Namo aṅgirase cha aṅgirastarāya cha | Namaḥ parāya cha aparāya cha | Salutations to Shiva and to that which is
That (Supreme Brahman) is whole, this (manifested universe) is whole. From the whole, the whole becomes manifest. Taking away the whole from the whole, the whole remains. Mantra 3 (Beginning of Shivopasana proper): Om. Satyena rajasā vartamāno niyacchannamṛtaṁ mṛtyunā | Ghorāṁ tapo jaghanvāṁsaḥ śivena śivaṁ vadaṁścharāmyaham || Salutations to the Source of Happiness and to
Moving in the world of truth and passion, controlling the immortal by death, having overcome terrible austerity, I move speaking auspiciousness through the Auspicious One (Shiva). Mantra 4: Namaḥ śivāya cha śivatarāya cha | Namaḥ śarvāya cha śarvatarāya cha | Namaḥ śaṅkarāya cha śaṅkaratarāya cha | Namaḥ śambhave cha śambhavatarāya cha |