(Rishi Markandeya is supposed have composed this)rudraṁ paśupatiṁ sthāṇuṁ nīlakaṇṭhamumāpatim |namāmi śirasā dēvaṁ kiṁ nō mr̥tyuḥ kariṣyati || 1 ||nīlakaṇṭhaṁ kālamūrtiṁ kālajñaṁ kālanāśanam |namāmi śirasā dēvaṁ kiṁ nō mr̥tyuḥ kariṣyati || 2 ||nīlakaṇṭhaṁ virūpākṣaṁ nirmalaṁ nilayapradam |namāmi śirasā dēvaṁ kiṁ nō mr̥tyuḥ kariṣyati || 3 ||vāmadēvaṁ mahādēvaṁ lōkanāthaṁ jagadgurum |namāmi śirasā dēvaṁ...
