Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 996: Shri Sri Chakra raja nilaya (ōṃ śrīcakrarājanilayāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother abides in Sri Chakram, the king of Chakras.

The Divine Mother sits comfortably in Sri Chakram. The universe is Sri Chakram itself. Sages have drawn an equivalent to a Sri Chakram. We can know about a country with its map. Drawn out Sri Chakram represents the actual universal nature well. Each trikona in Sri Chakram is self-contained. Such trikona form part of bigger Trikona.

Each part of the universe functions well. Their functioning does not interfere with other parts of the universe. In Sri Chakram, circles are contained. Smaller circles are within a bigger circle, and they do not interfere with other parts of Sri Chakram. In a drawn-out Sri Chakram, we do pooja for the Divine Mother in proper way. In universal nature, She is living happily forever. So, there is no need to do proper pooja for nature. The whole universe and nature are the Divine Mother’s forms. The devotees ought to link their prayers towards nature which is happiness, and to avoid sorrows is the prayer towards the Divine Mother.

Nine trikonas are in there in Sri Chakram. Sri Chakram is the best among all Chakrams. The Divine Mother’s abode is Sri Chakram. Shiva-Shakti unified form is Brahman, which is also in Sri Chakra Bindu. Like the soul living in a body, Shivan and Shakti reside in Sri Chakram.

 Sri Chakra represents the union of Shiva and Shakti. With five Shakti Chakra triangles pointing downwards, and four Shiva Chakra triangles pointing upwards, the Sri Chakram is the body of Shiva-Shakti. The King of all Chakras is the abode of Supreme Empress, the Para Shakti.

The Shakti Chakras are namely, Trikona, Ashtakona, Antardasara, Bahirdasara and Caturdasara.

The Shiva Chakras are namely, Bindu, Astadala, Sadasadala and Caturasra.

Sri Chakra is known in many names as Chakraraja, Navayoni Chakra, Tricatvarimsa-t kona (containing forty-three triangles) Viyatchlkra and Matrka Chakram.

The Divine Mother abides in Sri Chakram, the king of Chakras.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 16 October 2022; updated 08 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.