Mantra
Devanagari:
शिवाय गौरी वदनाब्ज वृन्द
सूर्याय दक्षाध्वर नाशकाय
श्री नीलकण्ठाय वृषध्वजाय
तस्मै शिकाराय नमः शिवाय
Transliteration:
Shivaya Gauri Vadanabja Vrinda
Suryaya Dakshadhvara Nashakaya
Shri Nilakanthaya Vrishadhvajaya
Tasmai Shikaraya Namaha Shivaya
Translation:
To the auspicious One who is like the sun causing the lotus face of Gauri to bloom,
Destroyer of the arrogant sacrifice of Daksha,
The blue-throated Lord Nilakantha whose banner bears the sacred bull,
To that Lord Shiva represented by the syllable 'Shi', salutations to Shiva.