śrīśivapañcānanastotram pañcamukha śiva Lyrics in English:
Panchaanana, Panchavaktra or Panchamukhi Shiva is the combination of Shiva in all five of His aspects – aghora, Ishana, tatpuruSha, vAmadeva and saddyojata. The Panchamukha Shiva linga is found in rare temples. Four faces are in four directions and in some the fifth face is shown facing the sky and in some it is in the southeast direction. The jyotirlinga at Pashupatinath temple in Nepal is a panchamukha linga.
The Five Shiva forms, Directions, Elements and associated Shakti forms are:
सद्योजात – पश्चिम – पृथ्वी – सृष्टि शक्ति
वामदेव – उत्तर – जल – स्थिति शक्ति
तत्पुरुष – पूर्व – वायु – तिरोभाव शक्ति
अघोर – दक्षिण – अग्नि – संहार शक्ति
ईशान – ऊर्ध्व – आकाश – अनुग्रह शक्ति
Panchamukha Shiva Gayatri is:
ॐ पञ्चवक्त्राय विद्महे, महादेवाय धीमहि,
तन्नो रुद्र प्रचोदयात् ॥
The following five verses are considered prayers to Shiva facing each of the five different directions. These same verses with slight variations and change in order are used in
panchamukhanyasa as part of mahanyasam and in panchavaktrapuja.
All three versions are given below.
praleyacalamindukundadhavalam goksiraphenaprabham
bhasmabhyangamanangadehadahanajvalavalilocanam ।
visnubrahmamarudganarcitapadam rgvedanadodayam
vande’ham sakalam kalankarahitam sthanormukham pascimam ॥ 1॥
gauram kunkumapankilam sutilakam vyapandukanthasthalam
bhruviksepakataksaviksanalasatsamsaktakarnotpalam ।
snigdham bimbaphaladharam prahasitam nilalakalankrtam
vande yajusavedaghosajanakam vaktram harasyottaram ॥ 2॥
samvartagnitatitprataptakanakaprasparddhitejomayam
gambhiradhvani samavedajanakam tamradharam sundaram ।
ardhendudyutibhalapingalajatabharaprabaddhoragam
vande siddhasurasurendranamitam purvam mukham sulinah ॥ 3॥
kalabhrabhramaranjanadyutinibham vyavrttapingeksanam
karnodbhasitabhogimastakamani protphulladamstrankuram ।
sarpaprotakapalasuktisakalavyakirnasacchekharam
vande daksinamisvarasya vadanam catharvavedodayam ॥ 4॥
vyaktavyaktanirupitam ca paramam sattrimsatattvadhikam
tasmaduttaratatvamaksaramiti dhyeyam sada yogibhih ।
onkaradi samastamantrajanakam suksmatisuksmam param
vande pancamamisvarasya vadanam khavyapitejomayam ॥ 5॥
etani panca vadanani mahesvarasya
ye kirtayanti purusah satatam pradose ।
gacchanti te sivapurim rucirairvimanaih
kridanti nandanavane saha lokapalaih ॥
iti sivapancananastotram sampurnam ॥
॥ pancavaktrapujantargatam ॥
Om praleyamalabindukundadhavalam goksiraphenaprabham
bhasmabhyangamanangadehadahanajvalavalilocanam ।
brahmendragnimarudganaih stutiparairabhyarcitam yogibhi-
rvande’ham sakalam kalankarahitam sthanormukham pascimam ॥
Om pascimavaktraya namah ॥ 1॥
Om gauram kunkumapingalam sutilakam vyapandugandasthalam
bhruviksepakataksaviksanalasatsamsaktakarnotpalam ।
snigdham bimbaphaladharam prahasitam nilalakalankrtam
vande purnasasankamandalanibham vaktram harasyottaram ॥
Om uttaravaktraya namah ॥ 2॥
Om kalabhrabhramaranjanacalanibham vyadiptapingeksanam
khandendudyutimisritogradasanaprodbhinnadamstrankuram ।
sarvaprotakapalasuktisakalam vyakirnasacchekharam
vande daksinamisvarasya jatilam bhrubhangaraudram mukham ॥
Om daksinavaktraya namah ॥ 3॥
Om samvarttagnitaditprataptakanakapraspardhitejomayam
gambhirasmitanihsrtogradasanam prodbhasitamradharam ।
balendudyutilolapingalajatabharaprabaddhoragam
vande siddhasurasurendranamitam purvam mukham sulinah ॥
Om purvavaktraya namah ॥ 4॥
Om vyaktavyaktagunottaram suvadanam sadvimsatattvadhikam
tasmaduttaratattvamaksayamiti dhyeyam sada yogibhih ।
vande tamasavarjitena manasa suksmatisuksmam param
santam pancamamisvarasya vadanam khavyapitejomayam ॥
Om urdhvavaktraya namah ॥ 5॥
॥ pancamukhanyasantargatam ॥
tatpurusaya vidmahe mahadevaya dhimahi । tanno rudrah pracodaya᳚t ॥
samvartagni-tatitpradipta-kanakaprasparddhi-tejo’runam
gambhiradhvani-samavedajanakam tamradharam sundaram ।
arddhendudyuti-lola-pimgala jata bhara-praboddhodakam
vande siddhasurasurendra-namitam purvam mukham sulinah ॥
Om namo bhagavate rudraya । purvanga mukhaya namah ॥ 1 ॥
aghore᳚bhyo’tha ghore᳚bhyo ghoraghoratarebhyah ।
sarve᳚bhyah sarvasarve᳚bhyo namaste astu rudrarupebhyah ॥
kalabhra-bhramaranjana-dyutinibham vyavrttapingeksanam
karnodbhasita-bhogimastakamani-prodbhinnadamstrankuram ।
sarpaprotakapala-suktisakala-vyakirnatasekharam
vande daksinamisvarasya vadanam catharvanadodayam ॥
Om namo bhagavate rudraya । daksinanga mukhaya namah ॥ 2 ॥
sadyojatam prapadyami sadyo jataya vai namo namah ।
bhave bhave natibhave bhavasva mam । bhavodbhavaya namah ॥
praleyamalamindukunda-dhavalam goksiraphenaprabham
bhasmabhyangamanangadehadahana-jvalavalilocanam ।
visnubrahmamarudganarcitapadam rgavedanadodayam
vande’ham sakalam kalankarahitam sthanormukham pascimam ॥
Om namo bhagavate rudraya । pascimanga mukhaya namah ॥ 3 ॥
vamadevaya namo jyesthaya namah sresthaya namo rudraya namah
kalaya namah kalavikaranaya namo balavikaranaya namo balaya namo
balapramathanaya namassarvabhutadamanaya namo manonmanaya namah ॥
gauram kunkuma pankilam sutilakam vyapandumandasthalam
bhruviksepa-kataksaviksanalasatsamsaktakarnotpalam ।
snigdham bimbaphaladharam prahasitam nilalakalankrtam
vande yajusa-vedaghosajanakam vaktram harasyottaram ॥
Om namo bhagavate rudraya । uttaranga mukhaya namah ॥ 4 ॥
isanassarvavidyanamisvarah sarva bhutanam
brahmadhipatirbrahmano’dhipatirbrahma sivo me astu sadasivom ॥
vyaktavyaktanirupitanca paramam sattrimsatatvadhikam
tasmaduttara-tatvamaksaramiti dhyeyam sada yogibhih ।
omkaradi-samastamantrajanakam suksmatisuksmam param
vande pancamamisvarasya vadanam kha-vyapi tejomayam ॥
Om namo bhagavate rudraya । urddhvanga mukhaya namah ॥ 5 ॥
