Shiv Quotes

“A prayer from Shri Vishwanatha Suprabhata

Morning Salutations to Shiva

त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव, त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव ।
त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव, त्वमेव सर्वं मम देव देव ॥

tvameva mata cha pita tvameva,
tvameva bandhush-cha sakha tvameva
tvameva vidya dravinam tvameva
tvameva sarvam mama deva deva

You my mother and father be,
You are kin and friend to me;
You my knowledge, wealth be,
God of gods! You my all do be.”
― Munindra Misra, Chants of Hindu Gods and Godesses in English Rhyme

“सत्यम् शिवम् सुन्दरम्
‘True is Shiv is beautiful’
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― Munindra Misra, Chants of Hindu Gods and Godesses in English Rhyme

“From Brahma Puran

ब्राह्मीं च वैष्णवीं भद्रां, षड्-भुजां च चतुर्मुखीम्।
त्रि-नेत्रां खड्ग-त्रिशूल-पद्म-चक्र-गदा-धराम्॥
पीताम्बर-धरां देवीं, नानाऽलंकार-भूषिताम्।
तेजः-पुञ्ज-धरीं श्रेष्ठां, ध्यायेद् बाल-कुमारिकाम्॥

Meditate on youthful Brahmi* and Vaishnavi* surely,
With six hands, four faces, three eyes gives safety,
With sword, trident, lotus, wheel, globe, mace be,
Greatest – yellow dressed, well decorated elegantly.”
― Munindra Misra, Chants of Hindu Gods and Godesses in English Rhyme

“Shiva will always be a true definition of love.”
― Kuldeep Gera

“जटाटवीगलज्जलप्रवाहपावितस्थले
गलेऽवलम्ब्य लम्बितां भुजङ्गतुङ्गमालिकाम्।
डमड्डमड्डमड्डमन्निनादवड्डमर्वयं चकार
चण्ड्ताण्डवं तनोतु नः शिवः शिवम्॥१॥

His neck, with thick forest-like locks of hair, holy by water flowing,
On his neck, as garland whom none pair, lofty snake is hanging,
His `Damaru’ drum with its Damat Damat Damat in air echoing,
Shiv - auspicious Tandava dances - may He prosperity be giving.
- 94 -”
― Munindra Misra, Chants of Hindu Gods and Godesses in English Rhyme

“Parvati has wrathful incarnations surely,
As Durga, Kali, Shitala Devi, Tara, Chandi,
She has benevolent forms like Katyayani,
Kamalatmika, Bhuvaneshwari, Lalita, Gauri.

Parvati as the Goddess of Power does be,
Who source of all forms and of all beings be,
In Her all the power but exists undoubtedly,
And She who the destroys all fear clearly be.

The apparent contradiction that Parvati be,
The fair one, Gauri, and the dark one, Kali,
Suggests the placid wife, can change fully,
To her primal chaotic nature as powerful Kali.”
― Munindra Misra, Lord Shiv & Family: In English Rhyme

“जटाटवीगलज्जलप्रवाहपावितस्थले
गलेऽवलम्ब्य लम्बितां भुजङ्गतुङ्गमालिकाम्।
डमड्डमड्डमड्डमन्निनादवड्डमर्वयं चकार
चण्ड्ताण्डवं तनोतु नः शिवः शिवम्॥ १॥

His neck, with thick forest-like locks of hair, holy by water flowing,
On his neck, as garland whom none pair, lofty snake is hanging,
His `Damaru’ drum with its Damat Damat Damat in air echoing,
Shiv - auspicious Tandava dances - may He prosperity be giving. ”
― Munindra Misra, Lord Shiv & Family: In English Rhyme

“That the goddess comes to town with her children, leaving her reluctant-householder husband behind on Mount Kailash, makes Pujo a singular celebration of family values and domesticity, unlike the Kill Bill independence of Kali.”
― Indrajit Hazra, Grand Delusions: A Short Biography Of Kolkata

“सत्य शिवसमान है| या मे कहू की सिर्फ शिव ही सत्य है”
― Gunjan Surendra Bugde

“भोले बाबा, सिर्फ भगवान नहीं, बल्कि जीवन का एहसास है | पता है, इनके पास मैं सब भूल कर बच्चा सा बन जाता हु | इनको निहारता हु मैं बच्चा सा, और सुरक्षित महसूस करू इनके होने से |

मुझे आज भी याद है खीरगंगा के उस मंदिर के द्रश्य | वहां पहुँच कर शिव जी के लिए चन्दन घिसने में जो ख़ुशी मिली वो शायद मैं बयां भी नहीं कर सकता |

सिर्फ इतना कह सकता हु की, इनके पास मैं सब भूल कर बच्चा सा बन जाता हु”
― Kuldeep Gera

“Oh god. It’s a shiv. He’s going to motherfucking shiv me. I’m not ready to be shivved, dammit. I’m meant to do the shivving, not the other way around”
― Ashlyn Hades, Broken Phoenix