shree paarvatee asht'ottarashatanaamaaval'ih'

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1. om paarvatyai namah'
2. om mahaadevyai namah'
3. om jaganmaatre namah'
4. om sarasvatyai namah'
5. om chand'ikaayai namah'
6. om lokajananyai namah'
7. om sarvadevaadhidevataayai namah'
8. om gauryai namah'
9. om paramaayai namah'
10. om eeshaayai namah'
11. om naagendratanayaayai namah'
12. om satyai namah'
13. om brahmachaarinyai namah'
14. om sharvaanyai namah'
15. om devamaatre namah'
16. om trilochanyai namah'
17. om brahmanyai namah'
18. om vaishnavyai namah'
19. om raudryai namah'
20. om kaal'araatryai namah'
21. om tapasvinyai namah'
22. om shivadootyai namah'
23. om vishaalaakshyai namah'
24. om chaamund'aayai namah'
25. om vishnusodaryai namah'
26. om chitkal'aayai namah'
27. om chinmayaakaaraayai namah'
28. om mahishaasuramardinyai namah'
29. om kaatyaayanyai namah'
30. om kaalaroopaayai namah'
31. om girijaayai namah'
32. om menakaatmajaayai namah'
33. om bhavaanyai namah'
34. om maatri'kaayai namah'
35. om shreemaatre namah'
36. om mahaagauryai namah'
37. om raamaayai namah'
38. om shuchismitaayai namah'
39. om brahmasvaroopinyai namah'
40. om raajyalakshmyai namah'
41. om shivapriyaayai namah'
42. om naaraayanyai namah'
43. om mahaashaktyai namah'
44. om navod'haayai namah'
45. om bhaagyadaayinyai namah'
46. om annapoornaayai namah'
47. om sadaanandaayai namah'
48. om yauvanaayai namah'
49. om mohinyai namah'
50. om ajnyaanashuddhyai namah'
51. om jnyaanagamyaayai namah'
52. om nityaayai namah'
53. om nityasvaroopinyai namah'
54. om kamalaayai namah'
55. om kamalaakaaraayai namah'
56. om raktavarnaayai namah'
57. om kal'aanidhaye namah'
58. om madhupriyaayai namah'
59. om kal'yaanyai namah'
60. om karunaayai namah'
61. om janasthaanaayai namah'
62. om veerapatnyai namah'
63. om viroopaakshyai namah'
64. om veeraadhitaayai namah'
65. om hemaabhaasaayai namah'
66. om sri'sht'iroopaayai namah'
67. om sri'sht'isam'haarakaarinyai namah'
68. om ranjanaayai namah'
69. om yauvanaakaaraayai namah'
70. om parameshapriyaayai namah'
71. om paraayai namah'
72. om pushpinyai namah'
73. om pushpaakaaraayai namah'
74. om purushaarthapradaayinyai namah'
75. om mahaaroopaayai namah'
76. om mahaaraudryai namah'
77. om kaamaakshyai namah'
78. om vaamadevyai namah'
79. om varadaayai namah'
80. om bhayanaashinyai namah'
81. om vaagdevyai namah'
82. om vachanyai namah'
83. om vaaraahyai namah'
84. om vishvatoshinyai namah'
85. om vardhaneeyaayai namah'
86. om vishaalaakshaayai namah'
87. om kulasampatpradaayinyai namah'
88. om aartaduh'khachchhedadakshaayai namah'
89. om ambaayai namah'
90. om nikhilayoginyai namah'
91. om sadaapurasthaayinyai namah'
92. om tarormoolatalangataayai namah'
93. om haravaahasamaayuktaayai namah'
94. om mokshaparaayanaayai namah'
95. om dharaadharabhavaayai namah'
96. om muktaayai namah'
97. om varamantraayai namah'
98. om karapradaayai namah'
99. om vaagbhavyai namah'
100. om devyai namah'
101. om kleenkaarinyai namah'
102. om sam'vide namah'
103. om eeshvaryai namah'
104. om hreenkaarabeejaayai namah'
105. om shaambhavyai namah'
106. om pranavaatmikaayai namah'
107. om shubhapradaayai namah'
108. om shree mahaagauryai namah'

|| iti shree paarvatee asht'ottarashatanaamaaval'ih' samaaptam' ||

Meaning

One hundred and eight numbered names of Parvati, opening om paarvatyai namah, om mahaadevyai namah, om jaganmaatre namah and closing with om shree mahaagauryai namah. Three names in, the list has moved from the mountain to the world: daughter of the peak, great goddess, mother of all that lives. It is used on Mondays, through Shravana, and above all at Gauri Habba, the day before Ganesha Chaturthi.

Significance

Where the list begins and where it ends is the whole story. It begins with Parvati, the daughter of the mountain — Himavan's child, the one who left her father's house to sit in the cold and win Shiva by tapas, so severe at the end that she gave up even fallen leaves and was called Aparna. It ends with Mahagauri, the fair one, the eighth of the Navadurgas, the name she carries after the austerity is over and Shiva has accepted her. Between the two, names that hold her as half of Shiva's body, as Ganesha's mother, and as the goddess who is approached for a household's continuance rather than for release from it. Tradition holds that the archana is for saubhagya and for the steadiness of a marriage, and in Karnataka that is enacted most visibly at Swarna Gauri Vrata, where married women call her to the house as a guest for a day and send her off the next morning with her son.

How and when to chant

Monday is her day, and Shravana Mondays most of all. Morning after a bath, before a lamp, facing east or north. Kumkuma at each name is the ordinary offering; some use flowers, and for Gauri the preference is for fragrant white and yellow — jasmine, sevanthige. On Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya, the day before Ganesha Chaturthi, Karnataka households install Swarna Gauri in clay or turmeric, do this archana, tie the sixteen-knotted gauridara on the wrist, and prepare the bagina in a winnowing basket for married women. Unmarried girls keep the same archana on Mondays through Shravana.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does the namavali end with Mahagauri?

Because that is where her story ends. Parvati undertakes tapas in the cold to win Shiva and grows dark with it; Mahagauri is the fair form she takes after he accepts her, and the eighth of the Navadurgas. Beginning at the mountain and closing at Mahagauri traces the whole arc in a hundred and eight steps.

Which day should the Parvati Ashtottara be recited?

Monday, Shiva's day, and Shravana Mondays above all. Fridays are also kept by some families. The two fixed occasions in Karnataka are Gauri Habba on Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya and the Navaratri day on which Mahagauri is worshipped, the eighth of the nine.

Is this the same as the Gauri Habba puja?

The archana is part of it, not the whole. Swarna Gauri Vrata has the clay or turmeric Gauri installed, the sixteen-knot gauridara tied on the wrist, the bagina given in a winnowing basket, and the send-off the next morning with Ganesha. The hundred and eight names are said during the archana portion.

Can unmarried women do this archana?

Yes, and they commonly do, keeping it on Shravana Mondays. In Karnataka the vrata with the thread and the bagina is kept by married women, but nothing bars anyone from the archana itself. Girls asking for a good marriage are told to keep it for a full Shravana.

What is the difference between Parvati, Gauri and Durga?

Aspects named for different moments rather than separate goddesses. Parvati is the mountain's daughter, Gauri the fair form after her tapas, Durga the one who fights. This list moves through several of them, which is why Mahadevi, Jaganmata and Mahagauri sit in the same hundred and eight.

What should be offered at each name?

Kumkuma is the usual offering, a pinch at each name. Flowers do as well, with the preference for fragrant white and yellow — jasmine and sevanthige. At Gauri Habba, turmeric is used freely, since the Gauri installed that day is often made of turmeric paste herself.

Is a priest needed for this?

No. Households have done the Monday archana and even the Gauri Habba puja themselves for generations. A priest is called by families who keep the full vrata with its sankalpa and udyapana, or when the vrata is being started for the first time in a new marriage.

shree paarvatee asht'ottarashatanaamaaval'ih'

Meaning

Significance

How and when to chant

Frequently Asked Questions

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