Mangala stotras are normally recited at the end of reciting several stotras or the end of singing several songs or at the end of an auspicious function. The devotee wishes auspiciousness to the Lord. Mangalam may also mean good wishes or wishes for a happy ending.
Siva Mahima Ashtakam in Malayalam:
॥ ശ്രീശിവമങ്ഗലാഷ്ടകം ॥
ഭവായ ചന്ദ്രചൂഡായ നിര്‍ഗുണായ ഗുണാത്മനേ ।
കാലകാലായ രുദ്രായ നീലഗ്രീവായ മങ്ഗലം ॥ 1 ॥
വൃഷാരൂഢായ ഭീമായ വ്യാഘ്രചര്‍മാംബരായ ച ।
പശൂനാം പതയേ തുഭ്യം ഗൌരീകാന്തായ മങ്ഗലം ॥ 2 ॥
ഭസ്മോദ്ധൂലിതദേഹായ വ്യാലയജ്ഞോപവീതിനേ ।
രുദ്രാക്ഷമാലാഭൂഷായ വ്യോമകേശായ മങ്ഗലം ॥ 3 ॥
സൂര്യചന്ദ്രാഗ്നിനേത്രായ നമഃ കൈലാസവാസിനേ ।
സച്ചിദാനന്ദരൂപായ പ്രമഥേശായ മങ്ഗലം ॥ 4 ॥
മൃത്യുംജയായ സാംബായ സൃഷ്ടിസ്ഥിത്യന്തകാരിണേ ।
ത്ര്യംബകായ സുശാന്തായ ത്രിലോകേശായ മങ്ഗലം ॥ 5 ॥
ഗംഗാധരായ സോമായ നമോ ഹരിഹരാത്മനേ ।
ഉഗ്രായ ത്രിപുരഘ്നായ വാമദേവായ മങ്ഗലം ॥ 6 ॥
സദ്യോജാതായ ശര്‍വായ ദിവ്യജ്ഞാനപ്രദായിനേ ।
ഈശാനായ നമസ്തുഭ്യം പഞ്ചവക്ത്രായ മങ്ഗലം ॥ 7 ॥
സദാശിവസ്വരൂപായ നമസ്തത്പുരുഷായ ച ।
അഘോരായച ഘോരായ മഹാദേവായ മങ്ഗലം ॥ 8 ॥
മങ്ഗലാഷ്ടകമേതദ്വൈ ശംഭോര്യഃ കീര്‍തയേദ്ദിനേ ।
തസ്യ മൃത്യുഭയം നാസ്തി രോഗപീഡാഭയം തഥാ ॥ 9 ॥
Lord Shiva Mahima Ashtakam Meaning:
Mangalam to him who has a blue neck,
Who makes things happen,
Who wears the crescent of moon,
Who is without properties,
Who is the soul of good conduct,
Who is the death to god of death,
And who has a very angry form. || 1 ||
Mangalam to the consort of Gowri,
Who rides on a bull and is gross,
Who wears the skin of a tiger,
And who is the lord of all beings. || 2 ||
Mangalam to him who has the sky as hair,
Whose body is anointed with holy ash,
Who wears a holy thread of snake,
And who wears the garland of Rudraksha. || 3 ||
Mangalam to the god of the impassioned devotee,
Who has sun, moon and fire as his eyes,
Who lives on Mount Kailasa,
And has the form of real perennial joy. || 4 ||
Mangalam to the Lord of the three worlds,
Who helps us with victory over death,
Who is always with Goddess Amba,
Who does creation, upkeep and destruction,
Who is the lord of Trayambaka,
And who is extremely peaceful. || 5 ||
Mangalam to the god of the left,
Who carries river Ganga,
Who is the moon,
Who is the soul of Vishnu and Shiva,
Who is very powerful,
And who destroyed three cities. || 6 ||
Mangalam to him who has seven necks,
Who is instantly born and faces north,
Who passes on holy knowledge to people,
And who is Lord Shiva whom I salute. || 7 ||
Mangalam to the greatest of Gods,
Who has a mien which is ever peaceful,
Who is the true Purusha,
Who is fearful and not fearful. || 8 ||
He who sings the praise of Lord Shiva using Mangalashtakam daily,
Will not have fear of death and also fear of disease and bad times. || 9 ||
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