Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 406 of 1000: शिवाराध्या · Śivārādhyā
Worshipped By Śiva
Artha
What the name means
Śiva is himself her worshipper, offering her the adoration that others offer to him.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शिवाराध्यायै नमः
oṃ śivārādhyāyai namaḥ
om shivaradhyayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śivārādhyā, 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 who is to be worshipped by Śiva
vigraha śivenārādhyā
Śiva
to be worshipped, fit to be propitiated
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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
- shivaradhyaom shivaradhyayai namah
- ITRANS
- shivArAdhyAOM shivArAdhyAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zivArAdhyAOM zivArAdhyAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శివారాధ్యాఓం శివారాధ్యాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶಿವಾರಾಧ್ಯಾಓಂ ಶಿವಾರಾಧ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശിവാരാധ്യാഓം ശിവാരാധ്യായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶிவாராத்⁴யாஓம் ஶிவாராத்⁴யாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શિવારાધ્યાૐ શિવારાધ્યાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শিবারাধ্যাওঁ শিবারাধ্যায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶିବାରାଧ୍ୟାଓଁ ଶିବାରାଧ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ