Shiva Pratah Smaranam in Sanskrit, English with Meaning

Shiva Pratah Smaranam

प्रातः स्मरामि भवभीतिहरं सुरेशं गङ्गाधरं वृषभवाहनमम्बिकेशम् ।
खट्वाङ्गशूलवरदाभयहस्तमीशं संसाररोगहरमौषधमद्वितीयम् ॥

prātaḥ smarāmi bhava bhīti haraṃ sureśaṃ gaṅgā dharaṃ vṛṣabha vāhanam ambikeśam .
khaṭvāṅga śūla varada abhaya hastam īśaṃ saṃsāra roga haram auṣadham advitīyam ..

I meditate in the morning on the Self which shines in the heart, which is existence-consciousness-bliss, which is the goal to be attained by Paramahamsa sannyasis, which is called the ‘fourth’ because it is beyond the three states of waking, dream and deep sleep, and which always witnesses the states of waking, dream and deep sleep. I am that Brahman which is indivisible and not the aggregate of the five elements, ether, air, fire, water and earth.

प्रातर्नमामि गिरिशं गिरिजार्धदेहं सर्गस्थितिप्रलयकारणमादिदेवम् ।
विश्वेश्वरं विजितविश्वमनोभिरामं संसाररोगहरमौषधमद्वितीयम् ॥२॥

prātar namāmi giriśaṃ girijārdhadehaṃ sarga sthiti pralaya kāraṇam ādi devam .
viśveśvaraṃ vijita viśva manobhirāmaṃ saṃsāra roga haram auṣadham advitīyam ..2..

I worship in the morning that supremely effulgent Being who is spoken of (in the Vedas) as unborn, changeless, and the highest, who is inaccessible to the mind and whom words cannot directly describe, but by whose blessing the faculty of speech functions, and who is described in the Upanishads by the words ‘not this, not this’.

प्रातर्भजामि शिवमेकमनन्तमाद्यं वेदान्तवेद्यमनघं पुरुषं महान्तम् ।
नामादिभेदरहितं षड्भावशून्यं संसाररोगहरमौषधमद्वितीयम् ॥३॥

prātar bhajāmi śivam ekam anantam ādyaṃ vedānta vedyam anaghaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāntam .
nāmādibheda rahitaṃ ṣaḍbhāvaśūnyaṃ saṃsāra roga haram auṣadham advitīyam ..3..

I bow down in the morning to the infinite, eternal Being who is known as the supreme Purusha, who is beyond the darkness of ignorance, who is resplendent like the sun, who is everything and on whom this entire universe appears, just as a rope appears as a snake. One who reads every morning this sacred triad of verses which is an ornament for all the three worlds will attain to the supreme state of liberation.

प्रातः समुत्थाय शिवं विचिन्त्य श्लोकांस्त्रयं येऽनुदिनं पठन्ति ।
ते दुःखजातं बहुजन्मसञ्चितं हित्वा पदं यान्ति तदेव शम्भोः ॥ ४॥

prātaḥ samutthāya śivaṃ vicintya ślokāṃstrayaṃ ye’nudinaṃ paṭhanti .
te duḥkhajātaṃ bahujanmasañcitaṃ hitvā padaṃ yānti tadeva śambhoḥ .. 4..

A person who brings Shiva in his ‘dhyana’ daily in the morning and then recites these three Slokas, he becomes free of all the accumulated miseries of many births and attains the blissful stage of Shiva.

Description

This is a short and beautiful ‘Three Shloka Prayer’ that makes the start of the day full of energy and happiness. Composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya.

Other Shiva Shlokams

Shiva Pratah Smaranam – Shiva – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation and Meaning. Commentary for selected Shlokams.