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Shankar Aarti (Lavathavati Vikrala)

शंकर · Shiva Marathi Aarti ✍ Samarth Ramdas

लवथवती विक्राळा ब्रह्माण्डी माळा ।वीषे कण्ठ काळा त्रिनेत्री ज्वाळा ।लावण्य सुन्दर मस्तकी बाळा ।तेथुनिया जळ निर्मळ वाहे झुळझुळा ॥१॥

Lavathavati Vikrala Brahmandi MalaVishe Kantha Kala Trinetri JwalaLavanya Sundara Mastaki BalaTethuniya Jala Nirmala Vahe Jhulajhula

जय देव जय देव जय श्रीशंकरा ।आरती ओवाळू तुज कर्पुरगौरा ॥

Jai Deva Jai Deva Jai Shri ShankaraAarti Ovalu Tuja Karpuragaura

कर्पुरगौरा भोळा नयनी विशाळा ।अर्धांगी पार्वती सुमनांच्या माळा ।विभुतीचे उधळण शितिकण्ठ नीळा ।ऐसा शंकर शोभे उमावेल्हाळा ॥२॥

Karpuragaura Bhola Nayani VishalaArdhangi Parvati Sumananchya MalaVibhutiche Udhalana Shitikantha NilaAisa Shankar Shobhe Umavelhala

जय देव जय देव जय श्रीशंकरा ।आरती ओवाळू तुज कर्पुरगौरा ॥

Jai Deva Jai Deva Jai Shri ShankaraAarti Ovalu Tuja Karpuragaura

देवी दैत्यी सागरमन्थन पै केलें ।त्यामाजी अवचित हळाहळ जें उठिले ।ते त्वां असुरपणे प्राशन केलें ।नीलकण्ठ नाम प्रसिद्ध झालें ॥३॥

Devi Daityi Sagaramanthana Pai KeleTyamaji Avachita Halahala Je UthileTe Tva Asurapane Prashana KeleNilakantha Nama Prasiddha Jhale

जय देव जय देव जय श्रीशंकरा ।आरती ओवाळू तुज कर्पुरगौरा ॥

Jai Deva Jai Deva Jai Shri ShankaraAarti Ovalu Tuja Karpuragaura

व्याघ्राम्बर फणिवरधर सुन्दर मदनारी ।पंचानन मनमोहन मुनिजन सुखकारी ।शतकोटीचें बीज वाचे उच्चारी ।रघुकुळटिळक रामदासा अन्तरी ॥४॥

Vyaghrambara Phanivardhara Sundara MadanariPanchanana Manamohana Munijana SukhakariShatakotiche Beej Vache UchchariRaghukulatilaka Ramadasa Antari

जय देव जय देव जय श्रीशंकरा ।आरती ओवाळू तुज कर्पुरगौरा ॥

Jai Deva Jai Deva Jai Shri ShankaraAarti Ovalu Tuja Karpuragaura

About Shankar Aarti (Lavathavati Vikrala). This Marathi aarti to Lord Shankar (Shiva) opens with the well-known line "Lavathavati Vikrala," describing his matted locks strewn with a garland of skulls, the crescent moon on his brow, and the Ganga flowing from his hair. Its closing verse signs off with "Raghukulatilaka Ramadasa," the traditional signature of the seventeenth-century saint-poet Samarth Ramdas, to whom it is attributed. The aarti also recalls Shiva swallowing the poison Halahala during the churning of the ocean, earning him the name Nilakantha, and is sung with a lit lamp during evening worship, especially on Mondays and Mahashivratri.