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
ಜಯ, ಹೇ ಅದ್ಭುತನೇ; ಜಯ, ಹೇ ಅಕ್ಷುದ್ರನೇ—ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಕ್ಷುದ್ರನಲ್ಲ. ಜಯ, ಹೇ ಅಕ್ಷತನೇ—ಅಘಾತಿತ. ಜಯ, ಹೇ ಅವ್ಯಯನೇ—ಅವಿನಾಶಿ. ಜಯ, ಹೇ ಅಮೇಯನೇ—ಅಳತೆಯಿಲ್ಲದವನೇ. ಜಯ, ಹೇ ಅಮಾಯನೇ—ಮಾಯಾತೀತ. ಜಯ, ಹೇ ಅಭಾವಾತೀತ ಸತ್. ಜಯ, ಹೇ ಅಮಲನೇ—ನಿರ್ಮಲ.
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.