jaya śiva oḿkārā svāmī hara śiva oḿkārā
brahmā viṣṇu sadāśiva ardhāńgī dhārā
jaya śiva oḿkārā||1
ekānana caturānana pañcānana rāje
haḿsāsana garuḍāsana vṛṣavāhana sāje
jaya śiva oḿkārā||2
dvaubhuja cāru caturbhuja daśabhuja ati sohe
tīnoḿ rūpa nirakhate tribhuvanajana mohe
jaya śiva oḿkārā||3
akṣamālā vanamālā muṇḍamālā dhārī
candana mṛgamada sohe bhālaśaśidhārī
jaya śiva oḿkārā||4
śvetāmbara pītāmbara bāghāmbara ańge
sanakādika brahmādika bhūtādika sańge
jaya śiva oḿkārā||5
kara meḿ śreṣṭha kamaṇḍalu cakraśūladhartā
jagakartā jagahartā jagapālanakartā
jaya śiva oḿkārā||6
brahmā viṣṇu sadāśiva jānata avivekā
praṇavākṣara meḿ śobhita yaha tīnoḿ ekā
jaya śiva oḿkārā||7
nirguṇa śiva kī āratī jo ko-ī nara gāve
kahata śivānandasvāmī vāñchitaphala pāve
jaya śiva oḿkārā||8
Victory to Śiva, Who is the Lord, Who is Hara (absolver), and Who is Oṃkāra. Brahma and Viṣṇu are always Sadāśiva and He has Gańgā as a consort. Victory to Śiva, Who is Oṃkāra.||1||
Victory to Śiva — Who is adorned with one, four and five heads, and with a seat of Swan, Garuḍa and Bull as Brahma, Viṣṇu and Śiva — and Who is Oṃkāra.||2||
Victory to Śiva — Who is looking nice with two, four and ten arms, and Who is enticing the world in all the three forms as Brahma, Viṣṇu and Śiva — Who is Oṃkāra.||3||
Victory to Śiva — Who has garlands of Akṣa (beads), flowers and skulls, and Who has sandalwood-tilaka, musk-tilaka and the Moon at the forehead as Brahma, Viṣṇu and Śiva — Who is Oṃkāra.||4||
Victory to Śiva — Who has white, yellow and tiger-skin apparel, and Who is attended by Brahmādika, Sanakādika and Bhūtādika as Brahma, Viṣṇu and Śiva — Who is Oṃkāra.||5||
Victory to Śiva — Who holds Kamaṇḍalu, Cakra and Śūla, Who creates, nourishes and destroys the world as Brahma, Viṣṇu and Śiva — Who is Oṃkāra.||6||
Only the unwise think Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva as different. Actually they all are adorned inside the Praṇava-Akṣara (ॐ). Victory to Śiva, Who is Oṃkāra.||7||
‘‘Śivānandasvāmī’’ says — Those men who sing this Āratī of formless Śiva achieve their desires. Victory to Śiva, Who is Oṃkāra.||8||
Poet: Śivānandasvāmī
Source:
Translator: Animesh Kumar
© Stutimandal 2006, 21 Oct
