Verse 1

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In plain words

To the one who wears the serpent-king as a necklace, whose eyes see, and whose body is anointed with ash—to Maheśvara, the great Lord, eternal and pure, Digambara, clothed in open space—to him as Nakāra, the syllable *na*: homage to Śiva.

Close to the Sanskrit

To him who has the lord of serpents for a necklace, to the seeing-eyed one, to him whose body-unguent is ash, to Maheśvara, the great Lord, to the eternal, to the pure, to Digambara, whose garment is the open directions—to that Nakāra, the syllable "na," salutation to Śiva.