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Parvati Chalisa

The Parvati Chalisa - the forty-verse hymn to Maa Parvati (Gauri, Shakti), consort of Shiva, recited for marital happiness and family welfare.

जय गिरिराज किशोरी माँ, गौरी उमा भवानी।
शिव अर्धांगिनी शैल सुता, करहु कृपा कल्याणी॥

जय जय जय पार्वती महारानी। शैलपुत्री जग में तुम जानी॥
हिमगिरि की तुम प्यारी बेटी। मैना मातु गोद की लेटी॥

शिव को पति रूप में पाया। कठिन तपस्या कर मन भाया॥
गौरी रूप सकल जग जाने। उमा अम्बिका सब पहचाने॥

रूप अनेक तुम्हारे माता। दुर्गा काली सब विख्याता॥
गणपति कार्तिक के तुम माता। शिव संग जग की भाग्य विधाता॥

कैलाशे तुम संग विराजो। भक्तन के सब संकट भाजो॥
जो जन तुमको शीश नवावे। सुख सौभाग्य सो जन पावे॥

हरतालिका व्रत जो धारे। पति सुख पावे नारी प्यारे॥
मंगल गौरी व्रत जो कीजे। मन इच्छित वरदान सो लीजे॥

कुमकुम हल्दी भोग लगावे। श्रद्धा से जो ध्यान लगावे॥
सौभाग्यवती सो नारी होवे। दुख दारिद्र सब दूर सो खोवे॥

शक्ति रूप तुम जग में जानी। आदि शक्ति तुम परम कल्याणी॥
ब्रह्मा विष्णु शिव तुम्हें ध्यावैं। नित नव मंगल यश सब गावैं॥

तुम बिन शिव भी अधूरे माने। शक्ति बिना शिव सब जग जाने॥
तुम ही जग की पालनहारी। तुम ही हो सब की रखवारी॥

करो कृपा हे मातु भवानी। दुखित दीन निज दासहि जानी॥
सकल मनोरथ पूरण कीजे। सुख सौभाग्य का वरदान दीजे॥

जो यह पाठ करे चालीसा। पूरण आस करे जगदीशा॥
पार्वती की कृपा जो पावे। सो नर सकल मंगल पावे॥

पार्वती चालीसा पढ़े, श्रद्धा भक्ति समेत।
सुख सौभाग्य सब पाइये, गौरी माँ के हेत॥

Jai Giriraaj kishori maa, Gauri Uma Bhavaani.
Shiv ardhaangini shail suta, karahu kripa kalyaani.

Jai jai jai Paarvati Maharaani. Shailputri jag me tum jaani.
Himgiri ki tum pyaari beti. Maina maatu god ki leti.

Shiv ko pati roop me paaya. Kathin tapasya kar man bhaaya.
Gauri roop sakal jag jaane. Uma Ambika sab pehchaane.

Roop anek tumhaare maata. Durga Kaali sab vikhyaata.
Ganpati Kaartik ke tum maata. Shiv sang jag ki bhaagya vidhaata.

Kailaashe tum sang viraajo. Bhaktan ke sab sankat bhaajo.
Jo jan tumko sheesh navaave. Sukh saubhaagya so jan paave.

Hartaalika vrat jo dhaare. Pati sukh paave naari pyaare.
Mangal Gauri vrat jo keeje. Man ichchhit vardaan so leeje.

Kumkum haldi bhog lagaave. Shraddha se jo dhyaan lagaave.
Saubhaagyavati so naari hove. Dukh daaridra sab door so khove.

Shakti roop tum jag me jaani. Aadi shakti tum param kalyaani.
Brahma Vishnu Shiv tumhe dhyaavai. Nit nav mangal yash sab gaavai.

Tum bin Shiv bhi adhoore maane. Shakti bina Shiv sab jag jaane.
Tum hi jag ki paalanhaari. Tum hi ho sab ki rakhvaari.

Karo kripa he maatu Bhavaani. Dukhit deen nij daasahi jaani.
Sakal manorath pooran keeje. Sukh saubhaagya ka vardaan deeje.

Jo yah paath kare Chalisa. Pooran aas kare jagdeesha.
Paarvati ki kripa jo paave. So nar sakal mangal paave.

Paarvati Chalisa padhe, shraddha bhakti samet.
Sukh saubhaagya sab paaiye, Gauri maa ke het.

Frequently asked questions about Parvati Chalisa

When is the Parvati Chalisa recited?

On Mondays with Shiva, at Hartalika Teej and Gauri puja, during Navratri, and at Karwa Chauth, where Gauri Mata is worshipped before moonrise. Unmarried girls and newly married women read it for a good and lasting marriage.

Why is she worshipped with Shiva?

Because the tradition treats them as one - Ardhanarishwar, half of a single form. Parvati worship is therefore about the union rather than the goddess alone, which is why marriage and household harmony are what devotees bring to her.

What is the story behind her worship?

Her tapasya to win Shiva, kept through austerity so severe that she became Aparna, taking not even a leaf. That is the source of the Teej and Somvar vrats: what is honoured is her constancy, not a favour she granted.

What is offered to Maa Parvati?

Suhag items - bangles, sindoor, bindi, a red or green cloth - with flowers, haldi, fruit and a ghee lamp. Suhag samagri is given to a married woman or the temple afterwards rather than kept.

Which vrat goes with it?

Hartalika Teej and Karwa Chauth chiefly; the procedure for the latter is on the Karwa Chauth vrat vidhi page, and the katha on the Karwa Chauth Vrat Katha page.

About the Parvati Chalisa

The Parvati Chalisa - the forty-verse hymn to Maa Parvati (Gauri, Shakti), consort of Shiva, recited for marital happiness and family welfare.

A chalisa is a devotional hymn of forty (chalis) verses (chaupais), framed by opening and closing dohas (couplets). The Parvati Chalisa above is given in both Hindi (Devanagari) and English (Hinglish, Roman script) so you can read it in whichever script you are most comfortable with - switch between the two using the buttons above. It is traditionally recited with devotion, often after a bath and before the deity, especially on the day associated with the deity.

A chalisa is forty verses. It is not the short lamp-song (that is an aarti) and not a longer Sanskrit stotram. Other forty-verse hymns are on the Chalisa index. For japa of a compact formula use a mantra. If you are keeping a fast, the story is under Vrat Katha.