Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 970: Shri Suvasini (ōṃ suvāsinyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is ever auspiciously married.

Suvatha means the lady with Her husband; Vividha is widow, without her husband alive.

She never ever leaves Her spouse Shiva. In Arthanareswara form, Shiva and the Parvathi Devi share equally; The Divine Mother takes the left side. They both are as ever sharing their life equally. During Pralaya, even though they are together as always, there will be some differences in their appearances. It is customary to understand that in temples, during the night the Divine Mother is with Shiva.  They do not ever eat or sleep and yet we consider them at night to be loving together like any human couple. This is a wonderful concept to understand.

The Divine Mother, as ever auspicious, is in love with Shiva. In tattva basis, they are one in Brahman; yet they are considered as two. Heat and fire cannot be differentiated. The Divine Mother is ever functioning as Shiva Shakti form is the inner meaning of this Namam.

She is as ever living with Her spouse Shiva. For ladies it is a good life to be with their own spouses. The Divine Mother never leaves Shiva. She has Suvatham, meaning that She is living with Her spouse and is called Suvasini. Those ladies who live with their own husbands can only wear good dresses and ornaments to be a Sumangali. The Divine Mother is in Sumangali form.

Suvasini wears always auspicious attire and beautiful clothes. Such clothes are not allowed for a widow by tradition. Shri Paramesvara’s spouse will never become a widow. Parameswara here, signifies Brahman. The Divine Mother, therefore, does not become a widow even at the time of Great Dissolution or Pralaya, because Brahman is beyond time and never meets death.

The Divine Mother is ever auspiciously married.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 20 September 2022; updated 02 November 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.