Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 922: Shri Tarunaditya patala (ōṃ taruṇādityapāṭalalyai namaḥ)

 The Divine Mother is in rosy colour, like Sun at noon.

The is having light red and shades of colour as in Sun at noon. Nature shines in different colours in different universal places. The Divine Mother controls universal functioning. Depending on devotee’s worshipping form, the Divine Mother appears in different colours. “When She is granting Salvation, She is peaceful and in white colour; When She is controlling humans, She in rosy colour. When She is controlling wealth, She is in yellow colour. When She is eliminating evil asuras, She has black colour; When She handles enmity/ a state or feeling of acute opposition or hostility, She is in dark brown in colour; When She handles erotic issues (relating to arouse sexual desires or excitements), and giving out nectar bliss and attracting, She is in rose colour. It is ideal to meditate on the Divine Mother in our heart with these various colours, according to the Sruti. Thus, She is ever shining.

Generally, humans are in darkness due to their ignorance. They do not understand the things happening externally. The past life cannot come back. Only the present is continuing. So, the Divine Mother as Kali, the controller of time and eliminator of evil forces, is black in colour.

The widely spreading ocean without an end is seen in blue colour. So, the Divine Mother spreading all over universal places is blue in colour. When She is giving out Her grace to the devotees, She is in golden yellow colour. Those matured yogis merge in the Divine Mother’s Jothi light. For a soul having crossed all levels to reach the Brahman, the Divine Mother ‘s Jothi light is like the Sun’s colour at noon time.

Tarunaditya is young, rising sun colour. This is the Suddha (means purity) concept. Those who are eligible to get to Brahman have a Suddha aspect. In meditation, the devotees ought to consider that in their hearts, the Divine Mother is shining, white like a sun at noon time.

She is like a mature sun at noon. The young sun reaching noon time will have less red and whiter in colour. She is like rosy flower. The Divine Mother in certain forms is in white colour, mixed with yellow. When giving out nectar bliss and attracting, She is in rose colour. It is ideal to meditate on the Divine Mother in our heart with these various colours.

Flower Patala is rose in colour. This is also interpreted as the sun’s colour at midday. Bhaskar Acarya describes the Divine Mother as one who shines with a bright rosy colour same as sun at noon. The sun’s light contains seven colours; the red colour is evident at dawn and dusk. Red is always there in the sun’s light. The Divine Mother is described as having a combination of white and red colour as in the sun at noon.

The Divine Mother is rosy in colour, like Sun at noon.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 03 August 2022; updated 13 October 2025.

References: 

1.The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2, Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-bavandar.