Lord Shiva Prayer

Lord Shiva Prayer
This mantra is a prayer to Lord
Shiva who is addressed as Sankara
and Trayambaka. Sankara means
giver of blessings: (sana =
blessings,Kara = the Giver).
Trayambaka is the three eyed one,
where the third eye signifies the
giver of knowledge, which
destroys ignorance and releases us
from the cycle of death and re-
birth.

Om Namastestu Bhagavan
Visvesaraya Mahadevaya
Trayambakaya Tripurantakaya
Trikagni - Kalaya
Kalagni - Rudraya Nil - Kanthaya
Mrityunjaya
Sarvesvaraya Sadadhivaya
Sriman Mahadevaya Namah.

Meaning:
Om. I bow down to Lord Shiva,
who is the creator and protector
of the universe, who is the
greatest among Gods, who has
three eyes, who is the annihilator
of all the three worlds, one whose
throat is blue, who is the
conqueror of death, who is the
Lord of all, who is propitious who
is possessed of all marks of
greatness and who is the greatest
among Gods. To him my
prostration.