Shambo Shankara

Mantra: shambho shaṅkara namah shivāya, girijā shaṅkara namah shivāya. shambho shaṅkara namah shivāya, aruṇāchala shiva namah shivāya. Meaning: shambho: A name for Shiva as Shambhu, the simple one, the ascetic.shaṅkara: A name for Shiva. One interpretation is Destroyer ("hara") of Doubt ("shaṅka"), while another is the Doer ("kara") of Good ("sam"). namah/namaha: (Same as "namo") To honor or solute. "All glory to..." shivāya: "to Shiva," as in "Om, all glory to Shiva." Shiva is "The Auspicious One," the Supreme God, the Destroyer and Transformer, the Lord of the cosmic dance of all creation and destruction. girijā: A name for Parvati, Shiva's consort, as the Mountain ("giri") dweller. aruṇāchala: A mountain in India called the "southern Kailash" (Kailash mountain being Shiva's northern Himalayan abode), also made famous by the saint Ramana Maharshi.