Shiva · Aarti
Shiv Aarti (Om Jai Shiv Omkara)
The best known Shiva aarti in the Hindi-speaking world, attributed to Shivananda Swami. It is sung before the Shiva lingam, especially on Mondays and during the month of Sawan and on Mahashivratri.
The text
ॐ जय शिव ओंकारा, स्वामी जय शिव ओंकारा । ब्रह्मा विष्णु सदाशिव, अर्द्धांगी धारा ॥ ॐ जय शिव ओंकारा ॥ एकानन चतुरानन पंचानन राजे । हंसासन गरुड़ासन वृषवाहन साजे ॥ ॐ जय शिव ओंकारा ॥ दो भुज चार चतुर्भुज दसभुज अति सोहे । त्रिगुण रूप निरखता त्रिभुवन जन मोहे ॥ ॐ जय शिव ओंकारा ॥ अक्षमाला वनमाला मुण्डमाला धारी । त्रिपुरारी कंसारी कर माला धारी ॥ ॐ जय शिव ओंकारा ॥ श्वेताम्बर पीताम्बर बाघम्बर अंगे । सनकादिक गरुणादिक भूतादिक संगे ॥ ॐ जय शिव ओंकारा ॥ कर के मध्य कमण्डलु चक्र त्रिशूल धर्ता । जगकर्ता जगहर्ता जगपालनकर्ता ॥ ॐ जय शिव ओंकारा ॥ ब्रह्मा विष्णु सदाशिव जानत अविवेका । प्रणवाक्षर के मध्ये ये तीनों एका ॥ ॐ जय शिव ओंकारा ॥ त्रिगुण स्वामी जी की आरती जो कोई नर गावे । कहत शिवानंद स्वामी सुख संपति पावे ॥ ॐ जय शिव ओंकारा ॥
Meaning in English
This aarti hails Shiva as Omkara, the primal sound, joined with Parvati as half of his form, and one with Brahma and Vishnu. It contemplates his many faces and arms, his garlands of beads and skulls, the tiger-skin and the ash, the trident and the water-pot, and names him maker, sustainer and dissolver of the world. It ends with the promise that whoever sings the aarti of the lord of the three qualities gains peace and well-being.
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The best known Shiva aarti in the Hindi-speaking world, attributed to Shivananda Swami. It is sung before the Shiva lingam, especially on Mondays and during the month of Sawan and on Mahashivratri.
