Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 942: Shri Vyoma kesi (ōṃ vyōmakēśyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother has the sky as Her hair.

Shiva, with His hair not tied down, is called Vyomakesa; the Divine Mother as His spouse is Vyomakesi. In Brahman, Shakti and Shivan are one. The Divine Mother has the universal form. She is externally large in Virat form. Virat means giant, enormous, or mighty. Five elements support Her. Akhasa or sky is spread wider. Akhasa is considered as the hair of the Divine Mother, especially when we consider Her in cosmic Virat giant form. Earth will become Her feet. The Divine Mother is functioning as the total universe. Devoted to seeing everything in this universe as the Divine Mother is a best form of his worship to Her.

She has Akhasa as Her hair in Virat form. Thousands of legs and eyes belong to the Divine Mother in Virat form. We can see Virat form in humans. Directions are the ears, sun and moon are the eyes, outer Akhasa is the hair, fire is the face.

The Divine Mother wearing the crescent moon in Her hair is keeping with this Namam. This is applicable to the hair of Shiva, as Vyomakesa and the Divine Mother as His spouse, Vyomakesi. She is the one who protects even atoms (Vyomaka) causing them to manifest in many distinct forms and names.

This Namam also refers to Cosmic Virat form, in which one of the five elements Vyoma or Akhasa or sky becomes Her hair.

The Divine Mother has the sky as Her hair.  

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 23 August 2022; updated 22 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.