Shiva Chalisa
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The Shiva Chalisa (Hindi: शिव चालीसा, literally Forty chaupais on Shiva) is a Hindi stotra dedicated to Hindu deity Shiva.[1] Adapted from the Shiva Purana, it consists of 40 (chalis) chaupais (verses) and recited daily or on special festivals like Maha Shivaratri by Shaivas, the worshippers of Shiva.[2][3]
Hymn
[edit | edit source]The Shiva Chalisa's first stanza extols the attributes of Shiva:
jaya girijāpati dīnadayālā
sadā karata santana pratipālā
bhāla candramā sohata nīke
kānana kuṇḍala nāga phanī ke Glory to Girija’s consort Shiva, who is compassionate to the destitute, who always protects the saintly, the moon on whose forehead sheds its beautiful lustre, and in whose ears are the pendants of the cobra hood.
See also
[edit | edit source]- Hanuman Chalisa, Hindu devotional hymn
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Sri Shiv Chalisa (Dicritical), by Manoj Pub. Ed. Board. Manoj Publications, 2009. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
References
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