Shiva Purana

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॥ देवा ऊचुः ॥ नमो रुद्राय देवाय मदनांतकराय च ॥ स्तुत्याय भूरिभासाय त्रिनेत्राय नमोनमः ॥ १॥

The gods said: Obeisance to lord Śiva, obeisance to the destroyer of Kāma; obeisance, obeisance to one worthy of eulogy; to one of profuse splendour, to the three-eyed lord.

english translation

॥ devA UcuH ॥ namo rudrAya devAya madanAMtakarAya ca ॥ stutyAya bhUribhAsAya trinetrAya namonamaH ॥ 1॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

शिपिविष्टाय भीमाय भीमाक्षाय नमोनमः॥ महादेवाय प्रभवे त्रिविष्टपतये नमः ॥२॥

Obeisance to Śiva clad in skin; obeisance to the terrible, to the terrible-eyed, to great lord and to the lord of the three worlds.

english translation

zipiviSTAya bhImAya bhImAkSAya namonamaH॥ mahAdevAya prabhave triviSTapataye namaH ॥2॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

त्वं नाथः सर्वलोकानां पिता माता त्वमीश्वरः ॥ शंभुरीशश्शंकरोसि दयालुस्त्वं विशेषतः ॥ ३ ॥

You are the lord of worlds; you are the father, the mother and the lord; you are Śiva the benefactor. You are particularly compassionate.

english translation

tvaM nAthaH sarvalokAnAM pitA mAtA tvamIzvaraH ॥ zaMbhurIzazzaMkarosi dayAlustvaM vizeSataH ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

त्वं धाता सर्वजगतां त्रातुमर्हसि नः प्रभो ॥ त्वां विना कस्समर्थोस्ति दुःखनाशे महेश्वर ॥ ४ ॥

You are the creator of all the worlds; O lord, you shall save us. O great God, except you who else is competent to destroy misery?

english translation

tvaM dhAtA sarvajagatAM trAtumarhasi naH prabho ॥ tvAM vinA kassamarthosti duHkhanAze mahezvara ॥ 4 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तेषां सुराणां नन्दिकेश्वरः ॥ कृपया परया युक्तो विज्ञप्तुं शंभुमारभत् ॥ ५ ॥

Brahmā said: On hearing these words of the gods, Nandikeśvara who was endowed with great sympathy began to inform Śiva.

english translation

brahmovAca ॥ ityAkarNya vacasteSAM surANAM nandikezvaraH ॥ kRpayA parayA yukto vijJaptuM zaMbhumArabhat ॥ 5 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript