O king, listen to me as I recite to you that Shatarudriya which I repeat, with controlled senses, every morning after rising from bed.
प्रयतः प्रातरुत्थाय यदधीये विशाम्पते। प्राञ्जलिः शतरुद्रीयं तन्मे निगदतः शृणु॥