November 7, 2017: Shiva Shiva Shiva Bho

|| śrījayacāmarājendra-viracita kṛtiḥ ||

rāga: nādanāmakriyā  tāla: miśrajhampa

śiva śiva śiva bho mahādeva śambho

śivāramaṇa mamāparādhaṃ kṣamasva     | pallavī |

śarva sarvānandakara akhilāṇḍaprabho 

bhavasāgaratāraka akṣayaliṅgaprabho      | anu pallavī |

namaste sthāṇo pralayakālajagadbhakṣaka

namakacamakaprakaṭitarudrasūktatoṣita

kāmāre tripurāre kumbhodbhavastutipātra

kāmeśvarīvallabha kuberamitra

kapālī kālabhairaveti vikhyāta

'śrīvidyāvinuta nādanāmakriyātoṣita     |caraṇa |

Re-ordered word-by-word meaning

śiva śiva śiva bho - Oh Lord Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, my obeisances!

mahādeva śambho - the Great God, who confers happiness on all, 

śivāramaṇa kṣamasva  mama aparādhaṃ - the Consort of Devi, kindly forgive my transgressions.

śarva - Oh the great Slayer with the arrow (and bow) of Tripura, 

sarva anandakara - to all, the giver of bliss, 

akhila aṇḍa prabho - Oh, the Lord of all worlds, 

tāraka sāgara  bhava - the One who transports us over the ocean of wordliness,  

akṣaya liṅga prabho -the Lord addressed as the imperishable Linga , 

namaste sthāṇo - Obeisances to you, Oh Immovable and Fixed God ( as the Mount Kailasa)

bhakṣaka jagat  pralaya kāla  - who devours the world at the time of dissolution, 

toṣita rudrasūkta prakaṭita namaka camaka - pleased with the recitation of the Rudra Sukta, manifested as Namaka and Chamaka chants, 

kāmāre tripurāre - the Enemy of the God of Temptation/Lust, the Enemy of the Tripura Demon, 

stuti pātra kumbha udbhava - who received the prayers of Sage Agastya, born in a pot, 

vallabha kāmeśvarī  - Consort of Devi, the Goddess who controls all desires, 

kubera mitra - the friend of Kubera, the god of wealth, 

vikhyāta  iti kapālī kālabhairava  - Well known as Kapaalin, wearing the garland of skulls, and the fierce Kala Bhairava who roams the cremation grounds, 

śrīvidyā vinuta - worshipped by Sri Vidya practices, 

nādanāmakriyā toṣita  - pleased by the raga Nadanamakriya! 

The picture is of the great Srikantheshwara temple in Nanjanagudu, near Mysore.

This song was sung by MSS in the UN Concert. It is one of the best compositions in Nadanamakriya. It is composed by the Mysore Maharaja.