Karpuragauram Karunavataram

Karpura Gauram Karunavataram is an ancient Sanskrit Shloka related to Shiva, and a popular aarti in Shaivism.[1][2][3]

Part of a series on
Hinduism

Text
Sanskrit textIAST transliterationTranslation
शिवयजुर्मन्त्रŚivayajurmantraThe mantra to Shiva ...
कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारम्karpūragauraṁ karuṇāvatāraṁThe one who is as pure as camphor, the embodiment of compassion.[2][4]
संसारसारं भुजगेन्द्रहारम् |sansārasāram bhujagendrahāram |The one who is the essence of the world, with the serpent king as his garland
सदा वसन्तं हृदयारविन्देsadāvasantaṁ hṛdayāravindeAlways residing in the lotus-like heart
भवं भवानीसहितं नमामि ||bhavaṁ bhavānīsahitaṁ namāmi ||Accompanied by the Goddess Bhavani (Parvati, Shiva's consort), I bow

The Shloka has been used on multiple times on the popular show Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev which was aired on channel Life OK in India.[1]

gollark: I'm entirely accepting of moral standards which are reasonably reciprocal toward my own set and which don't do anything horrible.
gollark: Nihilism would be "nothing matters" or something.
gollark: We *will* destroy all plants.
gollark: Orbital nature lasers are already warming up.
gollark: And this seems too vaguely defined to be useful if you can just handwave any issue which does not in fact run on something like "balance" as being caused by some other imbalance.

See also
  • Shri Rudram Chamakam
  • Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
  • Om Namah Shivaya
  • mahakalbhairava ashtakam

References
  1. "Shiva Yajur Mantra (Karpur Gauram Karunavataram) with meaning". First Post India. p. 2. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  2. Subodh Kapoor (2002). Indian Encyclopaedia. Cosmo Publications. p. 3. ISBN 978-81-7755-257-7.
  3. Devi Chand (1998). The Yajurveda: Sanskrit Text with English Translation. Munshiram Manoharlal. ISBN 978-81-215-0294-8.
  4. "Siva: Karpur gauram karunaa avataaram meaning". Retrieved 2014-02-28.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.