Nagindra haraya trilogchanaya
Bhasmangaragaya maheshwaraye
Divyaya devaya digambaraye
Tasmahe na-karaya nama shivaye .

Salutation to the Lord, embodied as the first letter "Na", of the"Nama Shivaya" Mantra. He who wears a garland of snakes, who has three eyes. He who is decorated with ashes, His body, the great God, the eternal pure-One, who has the directions of the universe as His dress.

Ma tanga charmambara bhushanaya
Samasta Giriva ghanachitaya
trilokyanathaya tripuranta kaya
tasme makaraya nama shivaye

I bow down to Him in the form of the 2nd letter "Ma", who is dressed in a lion skin. The mountain King to whom all wealth belongs, being the Swami of all the three worlds, holding the name of Tripurant kaya.

Shiva mukhumbho javikashanaya
Dakshya yagyasya vidhvansanaya
Chandrarka veshvanar lochanaya
Tasme shikaraya nama shivaye

Prostrations to Shiva in the form of the 3rd letter "Shi", who eliminated poison by keeping it in his throat, the destroyer of Daksha´s sacrifice and whose eyes are sun, moon, and the fire.

Vashishta kumbho dabhava gautamaya
munindre vedaya girishvaraye
Sri nilakantaya vrshdhvajaya
tasme vakaraye nama shivaye.

To whom the Gods and the great sages like Vasishtha, Agastya and Gautama always pray and worship. I bow down to the blue necked Lord, embodied as the letter "Va" the 4th letter of Namo Shivaye.

Yakscha swarupaya jathadharaya
Pinaka hastaya sanatanaye
Nityaya shuddhaye niranjanaye
tasme yakaraye nama shivaya

Prostration to that ancient naked God, embodied as letter "Ya",the Yaksha incarnate, who is pure, nude & eternal, whose hair is long and matted and who holds Pinaka in his hand.