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TheShiva Chalisa (Hindi: शिव चालीसा, literally Fortychaupais onShiva) is a Hindistotra dedicated toHindudeityShiva.[1] Adapted from theShiva Purana, it consists of 40 (chalis)chaupais (verses) and recited daily or on special festivals likeMaha Shivaratri byShaivas, the worshippers of Shiva.[2][3]
TheShiva Chalisa's first stanza extols the attributes of Shiva:
jaya girijāpati dīnadayālā
sadā karata santana pratipālā
bhāla candramā sohata nīke
kānana kuṇḍala nāga phanī ke
Glory to Girija’s consort Shiva, who is compassionate to the destitute, who always protects the saintly, the moon on whose forehead sheds its beautiful lustre, and in whose ears are the pendants of the cobra hood.
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