॥ ૐ નમઃ શિવાય ॥
Om Namah Shivaya
कर्पूरगौरं
Karpur Gauram Karunavataram
संस्कृत · Ancient · Shloka
~1 min readShaiva tradition
The camphor-white verse closing Shiva's aarti.
- Author
- Traditional (Shiva Dhyana)
- Language
- संस्कृत
- Literary form
- Shloka
- Century
- Ancient
- Tradition
- Shaiva tradition
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कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारं भुजगेन्द्रहारम्। सदा वसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानीसहितं नमामि॥
Meaning
I bow to Shiva — white as camphor, the very incarnation of compassion, the essence of existence, garlanded with the king of serpents — who ever dwells in the lotus of the heart, together with Bhavani. Sung at the close of Shiva aarti.
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The camphor-white verse closing Shiva's aarti.
Meaning
The camphor-white verse closing Shiva's aarti.
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I bow to Shiva — white as camphor, the very incarnation of compassion, the essence of existence, garlanded with the king of serpents — who ever dwells in the lotus of the heart, together with Bhavani. Sung at the close of Shiva aarti.
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ShivaDhyanaAartiBhavaniShlokaAarti Lamp
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Public domain
- Attribution
- Traditional — author not definitively known
- Language
- संस्कृत · Ancient
- Source
- Public domain — traditional Shiva dhyana shloka.
- Text edition
- Public domain — Shiva dhyana shloka.
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