SRI SUBRAMANYA NAMAVALI
INTRODUCTION
Lord Muruga is considered as a popular deity in Hinduism, though he is mostly worshipped by the Tamil devotees, and by the Tamil people living in abroad. Lord Muruga contains attractive features like holding the divine spear on his hand, his handsome face and his attractive outlook, and his beautiful vehicle peacock. Lord Krishna in his Bhagavat Gita discourse tells, among the gods, I am Lord Muruga. While peacock feathers, decorates the head of Lord Krishna, Lord Muruga is having the peacock as his own vehicle.
Lord Muruga is praised in the ancient Tamil Texts, and he is considered as the god of war. Ancient Hindu women used to worship him sincerely, whenever their consorts were on the battle field. Whenever we see a beautiful child, we used to tell, this child looks like the handsome Balamuruga. Similar to Lord Krishna, Lord Muruga proved his bravery during his childhood itself. He is fondly called as “THAGAPAN SWAMY”, since the great Lord Muruga taught about the meaning of the Pranava Mantra to his father, Lord Shiva, at the present place of Swami Malai temple, which is situated near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. Famous saints like Arunagiri Nathar, Sachidananda Swamigal and Pamban Swamigal have got the great opportunity of seeing Lord Muruga in their naked eyes itself. We can also have the divine darshan of Lord Muruga, if we keep sincere faith and bhakti on him, and also if we sanctify him by the way of reciting his wonderful Namavalis.
The beautiful names of Lord Muruga are as follows:
- Om skandaya namah
- Om guhaya namah
- Om sanmukhaya namah
- Om phalanetrasutaya namah
- Om prabhave namah
- Om pingalaya namah
- Om krttikasunave namah
- Om sikhivahanaya namah
- Om dvisadbhujaya namah
- Om dvisannetraya namah
- Om saktidharaya namah
- Om pisitasaprabhanjanaya namah
- Om tarakasurasamhartre namah
- Om raksobalavimardanaya namah
- Om mattaya namah
- Om pramattaya namah
- Om unmattaya namah
- Om surasainyasuraksakaya namah
- Om devasenapataye namah
- Om prajnaya namah
- Om krpalave namah
- Om bhaktavatsalaya namah
- Om umasutaya namah
- Om saktidharaya namah
- Om kumaraya namah ।
- Om krauncadaranaya namah
- Om senaniye namah
- Om agnijanmane namah
- Om visakhaya namah
- Om sankaratmajaya namah
- Om sivasvamine namah
- Om ganasvamine namah
- Om sarvasvamine namah
- Om sanatanaya namah
- Om anantasaktaye namah
- Om aksobhyaya namah
- Om parvatipriyanandanaya namah
- Om gangasutaya namah
- Om sarodbhutaya namah
- Om ahutaya namah
- Om pavakatmajaya namah
- Om jrmbhaya namah
- Om prajrmbhaya namah
- Om ujjrmbhaya namah
- Om kamalasanasamstutaya namah
- Om ekavarnaya namah
- Om dvivarnaya namah
- Om trivarnaya namah
- Om sumanoharaya namah
- Om cuturvarnaya namah
- Om pancavarnaya namah
- Om prajapataye namah
- Om ahaspataye namah
- Om agnigarbhaya namah
- Om samigarbhaya namah
- Om visvaretase namah
- Om surarighne namah
- Om haridvarnaya namah
- Om subhakaraya namah
- Om vasumate namah
- Om vatuvesabhrte namah
- Om pusne namah
- Om gabhastaye namah
- Om gahanaya namah
- Om candravarnaya namah
- Om kaladharaya namah
- Om mayadharaya namah
- Om mahamayine namah
- Om kaivalyaya namah
- Om sankaratmajaya namah
- Om visvayonaye namah
- Om ameyatmane namah
- Om tejonidhaye namah
- Om anamayaya namah
- Om paramesthine namah
- Om parabrahmane namah
- Om vedagarbhaya namah
- Om viratsutaya namah
- Om pulindakanyabhartre namah
- Om mahasarasvatavrataya namah
- Om asritakhiladatre namah
- Om coraghnaya namah
- Om roganasanaya namah
- Om anantamurtaye namah
- Om anandaya namah
- Om sikhandikrtaketanaya namah
- Om dambhaya namah
- Om paramadambhaya namah
- Om mahadambhaya namah
- Om vrsakapaye namah
- Om karanopattadehaya namah
- Om karanatitavigrahaya namah
- Om anisvaraya namah
- Om amrtaya namah
- Om pranaya namah
- Om pranayamaparayanaya namah
- Om viruddhahantre namah
- Om viraghnaya namah
- Om raktasyamagalaya namah
- Om syamakandharaya namah
- Om mahate namah
- Om subrahmanyaya namah
- Om guhapritaya namah
- Om brahmanyaya namah
- Om brahmanapriyaya namah
- Om vedavedyaya namah
- Om aksayaphalapradaya namah
- Om valli devasana Pathiye namah
“OM MURUGA VADIVEL MURUGA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR