Shiva Pratah Smaranam
ஶிவ ப்ராத꞉ ஸ்மரணம்
The Sanskrit text in Tamil script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
ப்ராத꞉ ஸ்மராமி ப⁴வபீ⁴திஹரம்ʼ ஸுரேஶம்ʼ க³ங்கா³தர⁴ம்ʼ வ்ருʼஷப⁴வாஹநமம்பி³கேஶம்।
க²ட்வாங்க³ஶூலவரதா³ப⁴யஹஸ்தமீஶம்ʼ ஸம்ʼஸாரரோக³ஹரமௌஷத⁴மத்³விதீயம்॥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.
ப்ராதர்நமாமி கிரி³ஶம்ʼ கிரி³ஜார்த⁴தே³ஹம்ʼ ஸர்க³ஸ்தி²திப்ரலயகாரணமாதி³தே³வம்।
விஶ்வேஶ்வரம்ʼ விஜிதவிஶ்வமநோ(அ)பிரா⁴மம்ʼ ஸம்ʼஸாரரோக³ஹரமௌஷத⁴மத்³விதீயம்॥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.
ப்ராதர்ப⁴ஜாமி ஶிவமேகமநந்தமாத்³யம்ʼ வேதா³ந்தவேத்³யமநக⁴ம்ʼ புருஷம்ʼ மஹாந்தம்।
நாமாதி³பே⁴தர³ஹிதம்ʼ ஷட³பா⁴வஶூந்யம்ʼ ஸம்ʼஸாரரோக³ஹரமௌஷத⁴மத்³விதீயம்॥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.
ப்ராத꞉ ஸமுத்தா²ய ஶிவம்ʼ விசிந்த்ய ஶ்லோகத்ரயம்ʼ யே(அ)நுதி³நம்ʼ பட²ந்தி।
தே து³꞉க²ஜாதம்ʼ ப³ஹுஜந்மஸஞ்சிதம்ʼ ஹித்வா பத³ம்ʼ யாந்தி ததே³வ ஶம்போ⁴꞉॥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.