Morning Prayer of Lord Shiva | शिवप्रातःस्मरणस्तोत्रम् | Shiv Pratah Strotam

 Morning Prayer for Lord Shiva :

Start your Day with the Daily prayer of Lord Shiva to feel the essence of the earth

प्रातः स्मरामि भवभीतिहरं सुरेशं गङ्गाधरं वृषभवाहनमम्बिकेशम् ।
खट्वाङ्गशूलवरदाभयहस्तमीशं संसाररोगहरमौषधमद्वितीयम् |1|  

Praatah Smaraami Bhava-Bhiiti-Haram SurEsham 

Ganga-Dharam Vrishabha-Vaahanam-AmbikEsham ।

Khattvaangga-Shuula-Varada-Abhaya-Hastam-Iisham

Samsaara-Roga-Haram-Aussadham-Advitiiyam ॥

Meaning:
In the Early Morning, I Remember Sri Shiva, Who Destroys the Fear of Worldly Existence and Who is the Lord of the Lords and Who Holds River Ganga on His Head, Who has a Bull as His Vehicle and Who is the Lord of Devi Ambika,Who has a Club and Trident in His two Hands, other two hands have the power to remove the sorrows of the world.

प्रातर्नमामि गिरिशं गिरिजार्धदेहं सर्गस्तिथिप्रलयकारणमादिदेवम्।

विश्वेश्वरं विजितविश्वमनोभिरामं संसाररोगहरमौषधद्वितीयम्॥२॥

prātarnamāmi giriśaṁ girijārdhadehaṁ sargastithipralayakāraṇamādidevam |

viśveśvaraṁ vijitaviśvamanobhirāmaṁ saṁsārarogaharamauṣadhadvitīyam ||2||

In the Early Morning, I Salute Sri Girisha (Shiva), Who has Devi Girija (Parvati) as Half of His Body, Who is the Primordial Cause behind the Creation, Maintenance and Dissolution of the Universe, Who is the Lord of the Universe and Who Conquers the World by His Charm, Who is the Medicine to Destroy the Disease (of Delusion) of Worldly Existence and Who is the One without a second.

प्रातर्भजामि शिवमेकमनन्तमाद्यं वेदान्तवेद्यमनघं पुरुषं महान्तम्।

नामादिभेदरहितं षड्भावशून्यं संसाररोगहरमौषधद्वितीयम्॥३॥

prātarbhajāmi śivamekamanantamādyaṁ vedāntavedyamanaghaṁ puruṣaṁ mahāntam|

nāmādibhedarahitaṁ ṣaḍbhāvaśūnyaṁ saṁsārarogaharamauṣadhadvitīyam ||3||

In the Early Morning, I Worship Sri Shiva Who is the One without a second, Who is Boundless and Infinite and Who is Primordial,
Who is Known only by Understanding the Vedanta, Who is Sinless and Faultless, Who is the Primeval Original Source of the Universe and Who is the Great One,
Who is Free from the Differences of Names etc and Who is Without the Six Modifications (of Birth, Existence, Growth, Maturity and Death),Who is the Medicine to Destroy the Disease (of Delusion) of Worldly Existence and Who is the One without a second.