ශ්රී ශීතලා මාතා ආරතී
श्री शीतला माता आरती in Sinhala · සිංහල
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Traditional Hindi devotional aarti · Traditional · Devotional era
Sheetla Mata, 'the cool one,' is the Goddess (a form of Durga) who both wards off and heals fevers, pox and epidemic diseases — riding a donkey and bearing a broom, winnow, pot and neem leaves. On Sheetla Ashtami (Basoda), devotees offer her cooling, day-before food and worship her for the health and protection of their children and homes.
✦ As told in scripture
It is said that those stricken with fever, pox or skin disease who take Sheetla Mata's refuge are healed — even the leper made pure and the blind given sight. On Basoda, no fresh fire is lit; cool food prepared the day before is offered, and this aarti is sung for the family's health.
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මෛයා ජය ශීතලා මාතා . ආදි ජ්යෝති මහාරානී සබ ඵල කී දාතා ..
Maiya jaya shitala mata Adi jyoti maharani saba phala ki data
Meaning:हे माता, शीतला माता की जय; आदि ज्योति, महारानी, सब फलों की दात्री।
රතන සිංහාසන ශෝභිත ශ්වේත ඡත්ර භාතා . ඍද්ධි සිද්ධි චංවර ඪුලාවේං ජගමග ඡවි ඡාතා ..
Ratana simhasana shobhita shveta chhatra bhata Riddhi siddhi chanvara dhulavem jagamaga chhavi chhata
Meaning:रत्नजटित सिंहासन पर सुशोभित, श्वेत छत्र सुशोभित; ऋद्धि-सिद्धि चँवर ढुलातीं, आपकी छवि जगमगाती है।
විෂ්ණු සේවත ඨාඪ़ේ සේවේං ශිව ධාතා . වේද පුරාණ වරණත පාර නහීං පාතා ..
Vishnu sevata thadha़e sevem shiva dhata Veda purana varanata para nahim pata
Meaning:विष्णु खड़े होकर सेवा करते हैं, शिव और ब्रह्मा सेवा करते हैं; वेद-पुराण वर्णन करते हैं, पर आपकी महिमा का पार नहीं पाते।
ඉන්ද්ර මෘදංග බජාවත චන්ද්ර වීණා හාථා . සූරජ තාල බජාවෛ නාරද මුනි ගාතා ..
Indra mridamga bajavata chandra vina hatha Suraja tala bajavai narada muni gata
Meaning:इन्द्र मृदंग बजाते हैं, चन्द्रमा हाथ में वीणा; सूर्य ताल देते हैं और नारद मुनि गाते हैं।
ඝණ්ටා ශඞ්ඛ ශහනාඊ බාජෛ මන භාතා . කරෛං භක්තජන ආරතී ලඛි ලඛි හර්ෂාතා ..
Ghanta shankha shahanai bajai mana bhata Karaim bhaktajana arati lakhi lakhi harshata
Meaning:घण्टा, शंख और शहनाई बजती है, मन को भाती है; भक्तजन आरती करते हैं, आपको देख-देख हर्षित होते हैं।
බ්රහ්මරූප වරදානී තූ හී තීන කාල ජ්ඤාතා . භක්තන කෝ සුඛ දේතී මාතු පිතා භ්රාතා ..
Brahmarupa varadani tu hi tina kala jnata Bhaktana ko sukha deti matu pita bhrata
Meaning:ब्रह्मरूपा, वरदायिनी, आप तीनों कालों की ज्ञाता हैं; भक्तों को माता, पिता और भ्राता के समान सुख देती हैं।
ජෝ ජන ධ්යාන ලගාවේ ප්රේම ශක්ති පාතා . සකල මනෝරථ පාවේ භවනිධි තර ජාතා ..
Jo jana dhyana lagave prema shakti pata Sakala manoratha pave bhavanidhi tara jata
Meaning:जो प्रेम से आप में मन लगाता है वह शक्ति पाता है; वह समस्त मनोरथ पाता है और भवसागर तर जाता है।
රෝගෝං සේ ජෝ පීඩ़ිත කෝඊ ශරණ තේරී ආතා . කෝඪ़ී පාවේ නිර්මල කායා අන්ධ නේත්ර පාතා ..
Rogom se jo pida़ita koi sharana teri ata Kodha़i pave nirmala kaya andha netra pata
Meaning:जो रोग से पीड़ित आपकी शरण में आता है — कोढ़ी निर्मल काया पाता है और अन्धा नेत्र पाता है।
බාංඣ පුත්ර කෝ පාවේ දාරිද්ර කට ජාතා . තාකෝ භජෛ ජෝ නාහීං සිර ධුනි පඡතාතා ..
Banjha putra ko pave daridra kata jata Tako bhajai jo nahim sira dhuni pachhatata
Meaning:बाँझ स्त्री पुत्र पाती है और दरिद्रता कट जाती है; जो आपको नहीं भजता वह सिर धुन-धुनकर पछताता है।
ශීතල කරතී ජනනී තූ හී හෛ ජග ත්රාතා . උත්පත්ති ව්යාධි බිනාශන තූ සබ කී ඝාතා ..
Shitala karati janani tu hi hai jaga trata Utpatti vyadhi binashana tu saba ki ghata
Meaning:आप शीतल करती हैं, हे जननी, आप ही जगत् की त्राता हैं; आप उत्पन्न करती, व्याधि का नाश करती और सबकी अन्त हैं।
දාස විචිත්ර කර ජෝඩ़ේ සුන මේරී මාතා . භක්ති ආපනී දීජෛ ඖර න කුඡ භාතා ..
Dasa vichitra kara joda़e suna meri mata Bhakti apani dijai aura na kuchha bhata
Meaning:आपका दास विचित्र हाथ जोड़ता है — हे माता, मेरी सुनिए; अपनी भक्ति दीजिए, और कुछ नहीं भाता।
Benefits of Chanting श्री शीतला माता आरती
Sung to Sheetla Mata, the cooling Goddess (a form of Durga/Devi) who protects from and heals fevers, pox, measles and skin and epidemic diseases.
Chanted for health, recovery from illness, healthy children, and protection of the family from heat-borne and infectious diseases.
Especially worshipped on Sheetla Ashtami (Basoda), when cooling, day-old food is offered, and through the hot summer months.
How to Chant श्री शीतला माता आरती
Light a lamp (ghee or camphor) and, holding it, perform the aarti by circling it before the deity while singing, ideally with a bell. Offer flowers and prasad, and conclude by taking the aarti blessing (passing the hands over the flame and to the eyes). Sing with devotion and a steady heart.
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