Verse 1
ശിവ, ശങ്കര, ശർവ, ശരണ്യ, വിഭോ,
ഭവസങ്കടനാശന, പാഹി ശിവ,
കവിസന്തതിസന്തതവും തൊഴുമെൻ-
ഭാവനാടകമാടുമരുമ്പൊരുളേ!

Transliteration
Śiva, śaṅkara, śarva, śaraṇya, vibhō,
Bhavasaṅkaṭanāśana, pāhi śiva,
Kavisantatisantatavuṃ toḻumen-
Bhāvanāṭakamāṭumarumporuḷē!

Meaning
O Śiva, the profferer of auspiciousness,
O the destroyer,
O the sole refuge,
O the all-pervading,
O the annihilator of afflictions
Associated with phenomenal becoming,
O the source of goodness,
Please protect us.
O the one ceaselessly paid
Obeisance to by long lines
Of enlightened poets,
O, the priceless reality in me plays the drama of worldly becoming.