पञ्चब्रह्म पञ्चाक्षरस्तुतिः (Pañcabrahma Pañcākṣara Stuti)

#नकारं पश्चिममुखं सद्योजातं पृथ्वीतत्त्वं ब्रह्मारूपाय सृष्टिकर्त्रे नमः शिवाय ।

#मकारं उत्तरमुखं वामदेवं आपस्तत्त्वं विष्णुरूपाय स्थितिकर्त्रे नमः शिवाय ।

#शिकारं दक्षिणमुखं अघोरं अग्नितत्त्वं रुद्ररूपाय संहारकर्त्रे नमः शिवाय ।

#वकारं पूर्वमुखं तत्पुरुषं वायुतत्त्वं महेश्वररूपाय तिरोधानकर्त्रे नमः शिवाय ।

#यकारं ऊर्ध्वमुखं ईशानं आकाशतत्त्वं सदाशिवरूपाय अनुग्रहकर्त्रे नमः शिवाय ॥

Transliteration and meaning:

nakāraṃ paścima-mukhaṃ sadyojātaṃ pṛthvī-tattvaṃ brahmā-rūpāya sṛṣṭi-kartre namaḥ śivāya

Salutations to Śiva (namaḥ śivāya), the ‘na’ syllable — west-facing Sadyojāta, embodying the earth element, appearing as Brahmā, the creator.

makāraṃ uttara-mukhaṃ vāmadevaṃ āpas-tattvaṃ viṣṇu-rūpāya sthiti-kartre namaḥ śivāya

Salutations to Śiva (namaḥ śivāya), the ‘ma’ syllable — north-facing Vāmadeva, embodying the water element, appearing as Viṣṇu, the sustainer.

śikāraṃ dakṣiṇa-mukhaṃ aghoraṃ agni-tattvaṃ rudra-rūpāya saṃhāra-kartre namaḥ śivāya

Salutations to Śiva (namaḥ śivāya), the ‘śi’ syllable — south-facing Aghora, embodying the fire element, appearing as Rudra, the destroyer.

vakāraṃ pūrva-mukhaṃ tatpuruṣaṃ vāyu-tattvaṃ maheśvara-rūpāya tirodhāna-kartre namaḥ śivāya

Salutations to Śiva (namaḥ śivāya), the ‘va’ syllable — east-facing Tatpuruṣa, embodying the air element, appearing as Maheśvara, the concealer.

yakāraṃ ūrdhva-mukhaṃ īśānaṃ ākāśa-tattvaṃ sadāśiva-rūpāya anugraha-kartre namaḥ śivāya

Salutations to Śiva (namaḥ śivāya), the ‘ya’ syllable — upward-facing Īśāna, embodying the space element, appearing as Sadāśiva, the one who grants grace.