Saturday, November 8, 2025

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 998: Shri Sri Shiva (ōṃ ōṃ śrīśivāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is auspicious and is Divine Shiva.

She functions without any difference with Shiva. Shiva is not different from Shakti. All the glories of Shiva are owned by the Divine Mother. One same thing is celebrated and worshipped as Shiva (male form) and Shakti (female form). Before the gender, the soul takes male or female body; and the devotee prays beyond gender to pray to one Divinity Shiva-Shakti unison in Brahman.

She is the spouse of Shiva and there is no difference between the two of them, Shivan and Shakti are one and the same. They share their bodies in ‘Arthanareswara’ form being as one. She is as auspicious as Shiva.

She is wealthy and auspicious of Shiva. Numerous meanings of the word ‘Sri’ have been given, such as Lakshmi, Sarasvati, good fortune, wealth, victory and auspiciousness. All these meanings can be taken together with Shiva to interpret this Namam.

The Divine Mother is auspicious and is Divine Shiva. 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 18 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 

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