Shiva Panchakshara Stotram — The Hidden Ocean in Five Letters

Panchakshara Stotram

शिव पञ्चाक्षर स्तोत्रम् “Namaḥ Śivāya” — Salutation to Śiva, the Auspicious One There is a prayer so ancient, so condensed, so luminous that the great Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — the philosopher who unified the four corners of India with his feet and the entire cosmos with his pen — chose to compose an entire stotram around