ਤੇਵਾਰਮ੍ — ਤੋਟੁਟੈਯ ਸੇ̀ਵਿਯਨ੍
தேவாரம் — தோடுடைய செவியன் in Punjabi (Gurmukhi) · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ/ਲਿਪੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੜ੍ਹੋ
ਉਤਪਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਕਥਾ
Thevaram, Tirumurai 1 — first padhigam of Thirugnana Sambandar (Tamil, c. 7th century CE) · Thirugnana Sambandar (Nayanar saint) · Tamil Bhakti era (c. 7th century CE)
Tradition holds that as a small child at Sirkazhi, Sambandar was left by the temple tank by his father; crying for his parents, he was nursed by Goddess Uma (Parvati) with the milk of divine knowledge. Pointing to the Lord, the child sang his first hymn beginning 'Thodudaiya Seviyan Vidaiyeri' — and so this verse became the opening of the entire Thevaram. Sambandar went on to compose thousands of hymns and to perform many miracles in praise of Shiva.
✦ ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੱਸੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ
It is said that the divine milk of wisdom given by Goddess Parvati made the infant Sambandar an instant poet-saint, and that his very first words formed this perfect hymn 'Thodudaiya Seviyan' — his hymns thereafter healed the sick, opened locked temple doors and even restored life, by the grace of Lord Shiva.
ਮੰਤਰ
ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਪੰਗਤੀ ਜਾਂ ▶ ਬਟਨ ਨੂੰ ਛੂਹ ਕੇ ਸੁਣੋ
ਤੋਟੁਟੈਯ ਸੇ̀ਵਿਯਨ੍ ਵਿਟੈਏਰਿ ਓਰ੍ ਤੂਵੇ̀ਣ੍ਮਤਿ ਸੂਟਿ ਕਾਟੁਟੈਯ ਸੁਟਲੈਪ੍ ਪੋ̀ਟਿਪੂਸਿ ਏ̀ਨ੍ ਉਲ਼੍ਲ਼ਮ੍ ਕਵਰ੍ ਕਲ਼੍ਵਨ੍ ਏਟੁਟੈਯ ਮਲਰਾਨ੍ ਮੁਨੈਨਾਟ੍ ਪਣਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਏਤ੍ਤ ਅਰੁਲ਼੍ ਸੇ̀ਯ੍ਤ ਪੀਟੁਟੈਯ ਪਿਰਮਾਪੁਰਮ੍ ਮੇਵਿਯ ਪੇ̀ਮ੍ਮਾਨ੍ ਇਵਨ੍ ਅਨ੍ਰੇ।
thōḍuḍaiya seviyan viḍaiēṟi ōr thūveṇmadhi sūḍi kāḍuḍaiya suḍalaip poḍipūsi en uḷḷam kavar kaḷvan ēḍuḍaiya malarān munaināḷ paṇindhu ēththa aruḷ seydha pīḍuḍaiya biramāpuram mēviya pemmān ivan anṟē.
ਅਰਥ:यह तेवारम् का सर्वप्रथम पद है, जिसे बाल-संत तिरुग्ञान संबंधर ने सीर्काष़ि (ब्रह्मापुरम्) में गाया।
ਸ਼ਬਦ-ਸ਼ਬਦ ਅਰਥ
ਉਚਾਰਨ ਸੁਣਨ ਲਈ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਉੱਤੇ ਕਲਿੱਕ ਕਰੋ
தேவாரம் — தோடுடைய செவியன் ਪਾਠ ਦੇ ਲਾਭ
The first verse of the Thevaram — the foundational hymn-corpus of Tamil Saivism — held supremely auspicious to begin worship of Shiva.
Sung daily in Saiva temples across Tamil Nadu, especially as the first song of the Oduvar (temple singers).
Invokes Lord Shiva in His most beloved iconographic forms, deepening loving devotion (anbu) and surrender.
Believed to draw Shiva's grace and protection, as Sambandar's own hymns were said to perform miracles.
Cherished as the opening of the Tirumurai, the sacred Saiva scripture, and a treasure of Tamil bhakti.
தேவாரம் — தோடுடைய செவியன் ਪਾਠ ਵਿਧੀ
Bathe and sit before an image or lingam of Lord Shiva, light a lamp and apply sacred ash (vibhuti). Recite the verse in its traditional pann (melodic mode) if known, dwelling on the form of Shiva described line by line — His ear-ring, the bull, the crescent moon, the sacred ash. As the very first Thevaram verse, it is fittingly chanted at the beginning of Shiva worship.
ਅਕਸਰ ਪੁੱਛੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਸਵਾਲ
ਇਹ ਵੀ ਪੜ੍ਹੋ
ॐ
ਪੂਰਾ தேவாரம் — தோடுடைய செவியன் ਸ਼ਲੋਕ-ਦਰ-ਸ਼ਲੋਕ ਅਰਥ ਸਹਿਤ ਪੜ੍ਹੋ, ਜਾਂ ਹੋਰ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਪਾਠ ਵੇਖੋ