Need help with Shloka

[sadananda]

After posting I realize that there are four more letters in each of the
lines beyond the 16 letters.  Now I donot know if it folllows any
particular meter.
But there is some asymmetry in the two halves which generally not the case.
Hari Om!
Sadananda


>namaste Shree,
>  This is what I came up with:
>
> shivaM shiva-karam.h sanaathaM shivaatmaanaM
>shivottamam.h |
> shiva-maarga praNe-dharaM praNa-Dho.asmi
>sadaa-shivaM ||
>
>  As you can see, I had trouble with "saantham"
>and came up with "sanaathaM" (having the Lord as
>Protector). This is very beautiful. Thank you
>for sharing this shloka with us.
>
>OM shaantiH, shaantiH, shaantiH
>
>dhanyavaadaH,
>  Mantralaura


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