Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 407 of 1000: शिवमूर्तिःशिव-मूर्तिः · ŚivamūrtiḥŚiva-mūrtiḥ
The Very Form Of Śiva
Artha
What the name means
The shape in which Śiva becomes visible is no other than she.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शिवमूर्त्यै नमः
oṃ śivamūrtyai namaḥ
om shivamurtyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śivamūrtiḥ, 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
the embodied form of Śiva
vigraha śivasya mūrtiḥ
Śiva
embodied form, image
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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
- shivamurtihom shivamurtyai namah
- ITRANS
- shivamUrtiHOM shivamUrtyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zivamUrtiHOM zivamUrtyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శివమూర్తిఃఓం శివమూర్త్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶಿವಮೂರ್ತಿಃಓಂ ಶಿವಮೂರ್ತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശിവമൂര്തിഃഓം ശിവമൂര്ത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶிவமூர்திஃஓம் ஶிவமூர்த்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શિવમૂર્તિઃૐ શિવમૂર્ત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শিবমূর্তিঃওঁ শিবমূর্ত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶିବମୂର୍ତିଃଓଁ ଶିବମୂର୍ତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ