Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 953: Shri Sharmada (ōṃ śarmadāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother gives out happiness.

Sharmada means "conferring happiness," "giver of peace and joy," or "making prosperous".

She gives happiness and comfort to Her devotees and all other universal beings, as and when required; The happiness given by the Divine Mother does not have suffering as result. Normal beings go through happiness and sufferings in cycles in their universal life. The Divine Mother’s granting of such happiness to Her devotees is very special.

She is giving happiness, which is untouched by afflictions or anxiety of danger.

The Divine Mother gives out happiness. 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 03 September 2022; updated 27 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.