Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 405 of 1000: शिवदूतीशिव-दूती · ŚivadūtīŚiva-dūtī
She Whose Envoy Is Śiva
Artha
What the name means
She is the one who sent Śiva himself on her errand, taking the supreme god as her ambassador.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शिवदूत्यै नमः
oṃ śivadūtyai namaḥ
om shivadutyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śivadūtī, as part of Shloka 88. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she of whom Śiva is the messenger
vigraha śivo dūto yasyāḥ sā
Śiva
messenger, envoy
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 88Names 404–408
भक्तहार्दतमोभेदभानुमद्भानुसन्ततिः ।
शिवदूती शिवाराध्या शिवमूर्तिः शिवङ्करी ॥ ८८ ॥
bhaktahārdatamobhedabhānumadbhānusantatiḥ
śivadūtī śivārādhyā śivamūrtiḥ śivaṅkarī
Study the whole shloka: Sunlight into the heart, and four ways of standing next to Śiva
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shivadutiom shivadutyai namah
- ITRANS
- shivadUtIOM shivadUtyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zivadUtIOM zivadUtyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శివదూతీఓం శివదూత్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶಿವದೂತೀಓಂ ಶಿವದೂತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശിവദൂതീഓം ശിവദൂത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶிவதூ³தீஓம் ஶிவதூ³த்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શિવદૂતીૐ શિવદૂત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শিবদূতীওঁ শিবদূত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶିବଦୂତୀଓଁ ଶିବଦୂତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ