Shiva Pratah Smaranam
ಶಿವ ಪ್ರಾತಃ ಸ್ಮರಣಮ್
The Sanskrit text in Kannada script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
ಪ್ರಾತಃ ಸ್ಮರಾಮಿ ಭವಭೀತಿಹರಂ ಸುರೇಶಂ ಗಙ್ಗಾಧರಂ ವೃಷಭವಾಹನಮಮ್ಬಿಕೇಶಮ್।
ಖಟ್ವಾಙ್ಗಶೂಲವರದಾಭಯಹಸ್ತಮೀಶಂ ಸಂಸಾರರೋಗಹರಮೌಷಧಮದ್ವಿತೀಯಮ್॥Pratah smarami bhavabhitiharam suresham gangadharam vrishabhavahanamambikesham, khatvangashulavaradabhayahastamisham samsararogaharamaushadhamadvitiyam.
At dawn I remember the lord of the gods, who takes away the fear of worldly life: Gangadhara, who holds the Ganga, who rides the bull, husband of Ambika, holding skull-staff and trident, his hands granting boons and fearlessness; the one unmatched medicine for the disease of worldly existence.
ಪ್ರಾತರ್ನಮಾಮಿ ಗಿರಿಶಂ ಗಿರಿಜಾರ್ಧದೇಹಂ ಸರ್ಗಸ್ಥಿತಿಪ್ರಲಯಕಾರಣಮಾದಿದೇವಮ್।
ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರಂ ವಿಜಿತವಿಶ್ವಮನೋಽಭಿರಾಮಂ ಸಂಸಾರರೋಗಹರಮೌಷಧಮದ್ವಿತೀಯಮ್॥Pratarnamami girisham girijardhadeham sargasthitipralayakaranamadidevam, vishveshvaram vijitavishvamanobhiramam samsararogaharamaushadhamadvitiyam.
At dawn I bow to Girisha, lord of the mountain, half of whose body is Parvati; the cause of creation, preservation and dissolution, the first god, lord of the universe, who conquers all and delights the mind; the one unmatched medicine for the disease of worldly existence.
ಪ್ರಾತರ್ಭಜಾಮಿ ಶಿವಮೇಕಮನನ್ತಮಾದ್ಯಂ ವೇದಾನ್ತವೇದ್ಯಮನಘಂ ಪುರುಷಂ ಮಹಾನ್ತಮ್।
ನಾಮಾದಿಭೇದರಹಿತಂ ಷಡಭಾವಶೂನ್ಯಂ ಸಂಸಾರರೋಗಹರಮೌಷಧಮದ್ವಿತೀಯಮ್॥Pratarbhajami shivamekamanantamadyam vedantavedyamanagham purusham mahantam, namadibhedarahitam shadabhavashunyam samsararogaharamaushadhamadvitiyam.
At dawn I worship Shiva: the one, infinite and first, known through Vedanta, sinless, the great Person, free of all distinctions like name, untouched by the six changes of birth to death; the one unmatched medicine for the disease of worldly existence.
ಪ್ರಾತಃ ಸಮುತ್ಥಾಯ ಶಿವಂ ವಿಚಿನ್ತ್ಯ ಶ್ಲೋಕತ್ರಯಂ ಯೇಽನುದಿನಂ ಪಠನ್ತಿ।
ತೇ ದುಃಖಜಾತಂ ಬಹುಜನ್ಮಸಞ್ಚಿತಂ ಹಿತ್ವಾ ಪದಂ ಯಾನ್ತಿ ತದೇವ ಶಮ್ಭೋಃ॥Pratah samutthaya shivam vichintya shlokatrayam yenudinam pathanti, te duhkhajatam bahujanmasanchitam hitva padam yanti tadeva shambhoh.
Those who rise at dawn, think of Shiva and read these three verses every day leave behind the sorrows gathered over many births and reach Shambhu’s own abode.