Om Namah Shivaya
Mantraॐ नमः शिवाय
Oṃ Namaḥ Śivāya
Meaning — I bow to Shiva, the auspicious and benevolent one. The five syllables are held to represent the five elements.
Recited for: Daily japa, inner purification, peace of mind
Mantras & Slokas
All Shiva chants →Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Mantraॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्। उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्॥
Oṃ Tryambakaṃ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭivardhanam, Urvārukamiva Bandhanān Mṛtyor Mukṣīya Māmṛtāt
Meaning — We worship the three-eyed one who is fragrant and nourishes all beings. As the cucumber is freed from its vine, may we be liberated from death and not from immortality.
Recited for: Health, recovery from illness, protection from untimely death
Karpura Gaura Dhyana Sloka
Slokaकर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारं भुजगेन्द्रहारम्। सदावसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानीसहितं नमामि॥
Karpūragauraṃ Karuṇāvatāraṃ Saṃsārasāraṃ Bhujagendrahāram, Sadāvasantaṃ Hṛdayāravinde Bhavaṃ Bhavānīsahitaṃ Namāmi
Meaning — I bow to Shiva, white as camphor, the embodiment of compassion, wearing the king of serpents as a garland, ever dwelling with Bhavani in the lotus of the heart.
Recited for: Dhyana before Shiva worship
Rudra Gayatri
Stotraॐ तत्पुरुषाय विद्महे महादेवाय धीमहि। तन्नो रुद्रः प्रचोदयात्॥
Oṃ Tatpuruṣāya Vidmahe Mahādevāya Dhīmahi, Tanno Rudraḥ Pracodayāt
Meaning — May we know the supreme person, may we meditate on Mahadeva. May Rudra illumine our minds.
Recited for: Gayatri japa, clarity and courage
Bilvashtakam (Opening Verse)
Pooja Slokaत्रिदलं त्रिगुणाकारं त्रिमूर्तिर्या त्रिदैवतम्। त्र्यक्षरं यत् स्मरेन्नित्यं स ब्रह्मा स शिवः स हरिः॥
Tridalaṃ Triguṇākāraṃ Trimūrtir Yā Tridaivatam, Tryakṣaraṃ Yat Smarennityaṃ Sa Brahmā Sa Śivaḥ Sa Hariḥ
Meaning — The three-leaf bilva stands for the three gunas, the three forms and the three deities. Whoever remembers it daily attains Brahma, Shiva and Hari.
Recited for: Bilva archana during pooja
Main Deity
Shiva
शिव
Shiva is the auspicious one, the destroyer and transformer within the Trimurti. He is worshipped as the cosmic dancer Nataraja and as the serene ascetic of Mount Kailash.
- Consort
- Parvati
- Vahana
- Nandi (bull)
- Abode
- Mount Kailash
History of Temple
Thiruvanchikulam Siva Temple at Kodungallur in Thrissur district is believed to have been built in the Chera period and is a classical example of Kerala temple architecture. Shiva is worshipped as Mahadeva and Parvati as Umadevi, with thirty-three sub-deities in the compound, the highest number in Kerala.
It is the only temple in Kerala included in the Tevaram canon of the Tamil Shaiva saints, and the Periyapuranam records that Sundara Murthi Nayanar ascended to heaven from this place. Cheraman Perumal, the legendary king of Kerala, is also said to have departed for Kailasa from here with the saint. The temple became the family deity of the Cochin royal family after the decline of the Chera empire.
Source: Wikipedia: Thiruvanchikulam Temple — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruvanchikulam_Temple
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