Siva's Kirtan, like Krishna's Flute, is enrapturing. In it mingle melodiously the plaintive prayer of a meek devotee, the eager comradeship of a loving friend, the humble submission of a loyal servant, and the total surrender of a conquered beloved. In the sweetest nectar of his Nama-Sankirtan, Siva has mixed the Nava-Rasas; and in his mode of singing he beautifully expresses all the Bhavas.

Siva adores all gods, knowing that there is only One God. He sings the following invocatory Sankirtan-Dhvanis invariably at the commencement of every auspicious undertaking:
    Jaya Ganesha Jaya Ganesha Jay Ganesha Pahi Mam
    Sri Ganesha Sri Ganesha Sri Ganesha Raksha Mam
    Jaya Saraswati Jaya Saraswati Jaya Saraswati Pahi Mam
    Sri Saraswati Sri Saraswati Sri Saraswati Raksha Mam
    Saravanabhava Saravanabhava Saravanabhava Pahi Mam
    Subrmanya Subramanya Subramanya Raksha Mam
    Jaya Guru Siva Guru Hari Guru Ram Jagad Guru Param Guru Sat·Guru Shyam
    Adi Guru Adwaita Guru Ananta Guru Om
    Chit Guru Chidghana Guru Chinmaya Guru Om
    Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
    Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
    Namah Sivaya Namah Sivaya Namah Sivaya
    Namah Sivaya Namah Sivaya Namah Sivaya
    Dattatreya Dattatreya Dattatreya Pahl Mam
    Dattaquru Dattaguru Dattaquru Raksha Mam
    Anjneya Anjaneya Anjaneya Pahl Mam
    Hanumanta Hanumanta Hanumant Raksha Mam
    Ganga Rani Ganga Rani Ganga Rani Pahi Mam
    Bhagirathi Bhagirathi Bhagirathi Raksha mam
    Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om
    Om Shanti Om Shanti Om Shanti Om

DLS Australia's note to reader: The above article is part of a larger multi-part article "All About Sivananda" by Swami Venkateshananda reproduced from the Yoga-Vedanta Forest University Weekly Vol. VIII Pg 391  from sometime between the late 1950s to early 1960s. This is from a collection of periodicals in the possession of Sri and Smt Aravindji formerly from Johor, Malaysia and based currently residing in Parramatta, Australia. Sri Aravindji kindly loaned the periodical for reproduction in this manner.