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“A prayer from Shri Vishwanatha Suprabhata

Morning Salutations to Shiva

त्वमेव माता �� पिता त्वमेव, त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सख�� त्वमेव ��
त्वमेव विद्या द्रविण�� त्वमेव, त्वमेव सर्व�� मम दे�� दे�� ��

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 शिवम�� सुन्दरम्
‘True is Shiv is beautiful��
- 83 -”
― Munindra Misra, Chants of Hindu Gods and Godesses in English Rhyme

“From Brahma Puran

ब्राह्मी�� �� वैष्णवी�� भद्रां, षड��-भुजा�� �� चतुर्मुखीम्��
त्रि-नेत्रा�� खड्ग-त्रिशू��-पद्म-चक्र-गद��-धराम्॥
पीताम्बर-धरां देवी��, नानाऽलंकार-भूषिताम्��
तेजः-पुञ्��-धरी�� श्रेष्ठा��, ध्यायेद् बा��-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

&�����ܴ�;जटाटवीगलज्जलप्रवाहपावितस्थले
गलेऽवलम्ब्�� लम्बितां भुजङ्गतुङ्गमालिकाम्।
डमड्डमड्डमड्डमन्निनादवड्डमर्वय�� चकार
चण्ड्ताण्डवं तनोत�� 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

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

&�����ܴ�;जटाटवीगलज्जलप्रवाहपावितस्थले
गलेऽवलम्ब्�� लम्बितां भुजङ्गतुङ्गमालिकाम्।
डमड्डमड्डमड्डमन्निनादवड्डमर्वय�� चकार
चण्ड्ताण्डवं तनोत�� 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 शिवसमा�� है| या मे कह�� की सिर्�� शि�� ही सत्य है”
― Gunjan Surendra Bugde

“भोले बाबा, सिर्�� भगवा�� नही��, बल्क�� जीवन का एहसा�� है | पत�� है, इनके पा�� मै�� सब भू�� कर बच्च�� सा बन जाता हु | इनको निहारत�� हु मै�� बच्च�� सा, और सुरक्षित महसू�� कर�� इनके होने से |

मुझे आज भी या�� है खीरगंग�� के उस मंदि�� के द्रश्य | वहां पहुँ�� कर शि�� जी के लि�� चन्द�� घिसन�� मे�� जो ख़ुशी मिली वो शायद मै�� बयां भी नही�� कर सकता |

सिर्�� इतना कह सकता हु की, इनके पा�� मै�� सब भू�� कर बच्च�� 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