श्रीसाम्बं शम्भुं शिवं त्रैलोक्यपूज्यं वन्देऽहं त्रैनेत्रं श्रीकण्ठमीशम् ॥ 1॥
- sarveśam: lord of all | parameśam: supreme lord | śrī pārvatī-īśam: lord of Śrī Pārvatī | viśveśam: lord of the universe | śrī pannaga-īśam: lord of the sacred serpents | sāmbam: the one with Ambā | śambhum: the auspicious one | śivam: the auspicious/Śiva | trailokya-nātham: lord of the three worlds | śūlam dhāriṇam: bearer of the trident | mahā-naṭarājam: the great lord of dance
जगदालयपरिशोभितदेवं परमात्मं वन्देऽहं शिवशङ्करमीशं देवेशम् ॥ 2॥
- bhasma-ambara-dhara: robed in sacred ash | sura-pārijāta: divine pārijāta tree for the gods | bilva-arcita-pāda-yugalam: feet worshipped with bilva leaves | somam: the moon-bearing Soma | soma-īśam: lord of the Moon | jagad-ālaya: dwelling/abode of the world | pariśobhita-devam: the divinely radiant deity | paramātmam: the supreme Ātman
प्रणवार्चितमात्मार्चितं संसेवितरूपं वन्देऽहं शिवशङ्करमीशं देवेशम् ॥ 3॥
- kailāsa-priya-vāsam: who loves to dwell on Kailāsa | karuṇākara-īśam: the compassionate lord | kātyāyanī: Pārvatī (daughter of Katyāyana or Himavān, also an epithet of the Goddess) | vilasita: sporting/shining | priya-vāma-bhāgam: at the beloved left side | praṇava-arcitam: embodiment of the Praṇava (Oṃ) | ātma-arcitam: worshipped by the Self | saṃsevita-rūpam: whose form is served with devotion
भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहमानन्दजैकं वन्देऽहं शिवशङ्करमीशं देवेशम् ॥ 4॥
- manmatha-nija-mada-dahana: burning Manmatha's (Kāma's) pride and intoxication | dākṣāyaṇī-īśam: lord of Dākṣāyaṇī (Satī, daughter of Dakṣa) | nirguṇa-guṇa-sambhāritam: filled with the attributeless [Absolute] and overflowing with qualities | kaivalya-puruṣam: the Kaivalya Puruṣa (the person of absolute liberation/aloneness) | bhakta-anugraha-vigraham: whose form is the grace bestowed on devotees | ānanda-jaika: singular source of bliss
निरतोज्ज्वलदावानलनयनफालभागं वन्देऽहं शिवशङ्करमीशं देवेशम् ॥ 5॥
- sura-gaṅgā-samplāvita-pāvana-nija-śikharaṃ: whose own peak is flooded and purified by the divine Gaṅgā | sama-bhūṣita-śaśi-bimba: equally adorned with the moon's orb | jaṭādhara: wearing matted locks | nirata-ujjvala-dāvānala-nayana-phāla-bhāgam: at whose forehead-portion the fire of the blazing eyes burns continuously
शरवणभवसम्पूजितनिजपादपद्मं वन्देऽहं शिवशङ्करमीशं देवेशम् ॥ 6॥
- śaśi-sūrya-netra-dvayam: whose two eyes are the Moon and Sun | āradhya-puruṣam: the person worthy of worship | sura-kinnara-pannaga-maya-īśam-saṅkāśam: who is manifest as the assembled gods, Kinnaras, and serpents | śaravaṇa-bhava-sampūjita-nija-pāda-padmaṃ: whose own lotus-feet are worshipped by the one born in Śaravaṇa (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
काञ्चीपुरमीशं श्रीकामाक्षीतेजं वन्देऽहं शिवशङ्करमीशं देवेशम् ॥ 7॥
- śrīśaila-pura-vāsam: dwelling at Śrīśaila | īśam mallīśam: the lord Mallīśa (Mallikārjuna at Śrīśaila) | śrī-kāḷahastī-īśam: lord at Śrī Kāḷahastī | svarṇamukhī-vāsam: dwelling at Svarṇamukhī | kāñcīpura-īśam: lord at Kāñcīpura | śrī kāmākṣī-tejam: brilliance of Śrī Kāmākṣī | mahādeva: the great god
चिदम्बरपुरवासं पञ्चलिङ्गमूर्तिं वन्देऽहं शिवशङ्करमीशं देवेशम् ॥ 8॥
- tripurāntaka: destroyer of Tripura | aruṇācala-īśam: lord of Aruṇācala | dakṣiṇāmūrtim: the south-facing form (teacher under the banyan tree) | gurum loka-pūjyam: Guru revered by all the world | cidambara-pura-vāsam: dwelling at Cidambara | pañca-liṅga-mūrtiṃ: the five-liṅga form | dvādaśa-jyotirlinga-rūpam: the twelve Jyotirlinga form
वेदाद्भुतगात्रं वेदार्णवजनितं वेदाग्रं विश्वाग्रं श्रीविश्वनाथम् ॥ 9॥
- jyotirmaya-śubha-liṅgam: the auspicious light-form liṅga | saṃkhyā-traya-nāṭyam: performing the three-count dance | trayī-vedyam: known through the three Vedas | ādyam: the primordial | pañcānana: five-faced | veda-adbhuta-gātram: wonderful form as the Vedas | veda-artham: the essence/meaning of the Vedas | loka-patim: lord of all the worlds | mahādeva: the great god
