Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 8
पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva
जयाद्भुत जयाक्षुद्र जयाक्षत जयाव्यय । जयामेय जयामाय जयाभाव जयामल
jayādbhuta jayākṣudra jayākṣata jayāvyaya | jayāmeya jayāmāya jayābhāva jayāmala
জয় হোক, হে অদ্ভুত; জয় হোক, হে অক্ষুদ্র—কখনও তুচ্ছ নন। জয় হোক, হে অক্ষত—অঘাতিত। জয় হোক, হে অব্যয়—অবিনশ্বর। জয় হোক, হে অমেয়। জয় হোক, হে অমায়—মায়ার অতীত। জয় হোক, হে অভাবাতীত সৎ। জয় হোক, হে অমল—নির্মল।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Mantra: जयाद्भुत जयाक्षुद्र जयाक्षत जयाव्यय । जयामेय जयामाय जयाभाव जयामल
Type: stotra
Role: destructive
FAQs
It is a victory-acclamation (jaya) that contemplates Shiva as Pati—immeasurable, imperishable, and stainless—guiding the devotee from māyā-bound limitation toward purity and liberation.
Though Shiva is praised as transcendent (ameya, avyaya), devotees approach Him through Saguna worship such as the Shiva-Linga, where these names are recited as qualities realized in devotion and grace.
Practice nāma-japa by repeating these epithets as a stotra, ideally alongside Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), with a calm mind—optionally during Linga-pūjā with bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as Shaiva aids.