Shambho Shankara namah Shivaya, Girija Shankara namah Shivaya.
Shambho Shankara namah Shivaya, Arunachala Shiva namah Shivaya.
Devanagari script:
शम्भो शंकर नमः शिवाय | गिरिजा शंकर नमः शिवाय ||
शम्भो शंकर नमः शिवाय | अरुणाचल शिव नमः शिवाय ||
Transliteration:
shambho shaṅkara namah shivāya, girijā shaṅkara namah shivāya.
shambho shaṅkara namah shivāya, aruṇāchala shiva namah shivāya.
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shambho: A name for Shiva as Shambhu, the simple one, the ascetic.
shaṅkara: A name for Shiva. One interpretation is Destroyer ("hara") of Doubt ("shaṅka"), while another is the Doer ("kara") of Good ("sam").
namah/namaha: (Same as "namo") To honor or solute. "All glory to..."
shivāya: "to Shiva," as in "Om, all glory to Shiva." Shiva is "The Auspicious One," the Supreme God, the Destroyer and Transformer, the Lord of the cosmic dance of all creation and destruction.
girijā: A name for Parvati, Shiva's consort, as the Mountain ("giri") dweller.
aruṇāchala: A mountain in India called the "southern Kailash" (Kailash mountain being Shiva's northern Himalayan abode), also made famous by the saint Ramana Maharshi.
"Shiva has many benevolent and fearsome forms. At the highest level Shiva is limitless, transcendent, unchanging and formless. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash, as well as a householder with wife Parvati and his two children, Ganesha and Kartikeya. And in fierce aspects, he is often depicted slaying demons. Shiva is also regarded as the patron god of Yoga and arts." ~ wikipedia
"The main iconographical attributes of Shiva are the third eye on his forehead, the snake Vasuki around his neck, the crescent moon adorning, the holy river Ganga flowing from his matted hair, the trishula as his weapon and the damaru drum as his instrument. Shiva is often worshiped in the iconic form of a Lingam, and temples of Lord Shiva are called shivalayam." ~ wikipedia
