Devanagari scriptअव्यक्ताय विशोकाय स्थिराय स्थिरधन्विने स्थाणवे कृत्तिवासाय नमः पञ्चार्थहेतवे
Transliterationavyaktāya viśokāya sthirāya sthiradhanvine sthāṇave kṛttivāsāya namaḥ pañcārthahetave
Translationਅਵ੍ਯਕਤ, ਵਿਸ਼ੋਕ; ਸਥਿਰ, ਅਡੋਲ ਧਨੁਸ਼ਧਾਰੀ; ਸਥਾਣੂ, ਕ੍ਰਿੱਤੀਵਾਸ—ਪੰਚਾਰਥ (ਪਾਸ਼ੁਪਤ ਤੱਤਵ) ਦੇ ਹੇਤੂ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ।
Word by Wordअव्यक्तायto the Unmanifest (beyond sense-perception) विशोकायto the Sorrowless (free from all duḥkha) स्थिरायto the Steadfast/Immovable स्थिरधन्विनेto the One whose bow is firm/unyielding (the resolute Lord) स्थाणवेto Sthāṇu, the Fixed Pillar/Immovable Shiva कृत्तिवासायto the One wearing skins (ascetic form of Mahādeva) पञ्चार्थहेतवेto the Cause of the five arthas/tattvas (the fivefold categories that structure manifested existence) SpeakerSuta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana)