jaya jaya shankara hara hara shankara
bhaya hara shankara aruL puri shankara …1A
ayan ari nandiyum uyar amarEshanum
payan ena pOTriDum pani malai sundara …1B
bhayiravi nEshanE bhayiravar* eeshanE
kayilai iRangiya mayilai** mahEshanE …2A
naya ghana nAda lAsiya para tANDava
laya vaDivAnavA layam puri ANDavA …2B
valimai mihundinum kaluShamum kOpamum
uLam niRai dAnavar kalihaLai teertavA …3A
nilai ena undanai valam purivOrhaLin
nalamadai tandavar valihaL murittaVA …3B
ravi shashiyOruDan avaniyil vAzhum too-
yavarhaLai enRum kAttiDum bhuvanEshwarA …4A
avaravar pAva puNNiyangaLai kooTTiDum
ravi tanayan puhazh sakala kalEshwarA …4B
[*There are different versions of Bhairava story. Some hold that he is the creation of Shiva and others that he’s a manifestation of Shiva. The piece projects the former version.]
[**Reference to Chennai Mylapore Kapaleeshwara Temple]