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Mantra · Lakshmi Maa

Arghya to the moon

चंद्र अर्घ्य

5 lines · about 1 min to say · Navagraha Stotram; the arghya verse from the Ganesha Purana

Lakshmi Maa

Lakshmi Maa

Prosperity, grace, the lit lamp

ॐ सोमाय नमः।

oṁ somāya namaḥ.

Salutations to Soma, the moon.

दधिशंखतुषाराभं क्षीरोदार्णवसम्भवम्।

dadhiśaṅkhatuṣārābhaṁ kṣīrodārṇavasambhavam.

White as curd, as conch, as frost; born of the ocean of milk —

नमामि शशिनं सोमं शम्भोर्मुकुटभूषणम्॥

namāmi śaśinaṁ somaṁ śambhormukuṭabhūṣaṇam.

I bow to the moon, Soma, the ornament of Shiva's crown.

क्षीरोदार्णवसम्भूत अत्रिगोत्रसमुद्भव।

kṣīrodārṇavasambhūta atrigotrasamudbhava.

Born of the ocean of milk, born in the line of Atri —

गृहाणार्घ्यं मया दत्तं रोहिण्या सहितः शशिन्॥

gr̥hāṇārghyaṁ mayā dattaṁ rohiṇyā sahitaḥ śaśin.

O Chandra Dev, with Rohini beside You, accept this arghya I offer.