What is Ganapati Nitya Puja Vidhanam in English (IAST)?

Read Ganapati Nitya Puja Vidhanam in English (IAST) script — full lyrics with English meaning and transliteration. Ganapati Nitya Puja Vidhanam is a structured liturgical manual detailing the daily worship of Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles and the god of auspicious beginnings. Rooted in ancient Vedic and Tantric traditions, this text provides a step-by-step guide for performing the Shodashopachara puja, including invocation, offerings, and meditative prayers. Regular recitation and adherence to this vidhi instill spiritual discipline, purify the practitioner's consciousness, and invoke divine grace. By dedicating daily worship to Ganapati, devotees seek to clear path-blocking hurdles, attain intellectual clarity, and secure prosperity, peace, and harmony in their professional and domestic lives.

Which deity is Ganapati Nitya Puja Vidhanam in English (IAST) dedicated to?

Ganapati Nitya Puja Vidhanam in English (IAST) is a Sanskrit hymn dedicated to Lord Ganesha.

Ganapati Nitya Puja Vidhanam in English (IAST) - Sanskrit Text & Transliteration

āvaśyakāni vastūni

- āsanaṃ

- dīpaḥ

- gandhaḥ

- kuṅkumaṃ

- akṣatāḥ

- puṣpāṇi

- dhūpaḥ

- naivedyaṃ

- tāmbūlaṃ

- ācamanīyaṃ

- pūjā pātraṃ

- kalaśaḥ

- śaṅkhaḥ [optional]

- gaṇapati pratimā vā citrapaṭaḥ vā
pūrvāṅga pūjā

śrīmahāgaṇādhipataye namaḥ |

śrī gurubhyo namaḥ |

hariḥ om |
śuciḥ

apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṃ gato'pi vā |

yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ sa bāhyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ ||

puṇḍarīkākṣa puṇḍarīkākṣa puṇḍarīkākṣāya namaḥ ||
prārthanā

śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam |

prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye ||
agajānana padmārkaṃ gajānanamaharniśam |

anekadaṃ taṃ bhaktānāṃ ekadantamupāsmahe ||
tadeva lagnaṃ sudinaṃ tadeva

tārābalaṃ candrabalaṃ tadeva |

vidyābalaṃ daivabalaṃ tadeva

lakṣmīpate te'ṅghriyugaṃ smarāmi ||
gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ |

guruḥ sākṣāt parabrahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||
sarvamaṅgala māṅgalye śive sarvārthasādhike |

śaraṇye tryambake gaurī nārāyaṇi namo'stu te ||
śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇābhyāṃ namaḥ |

umāmaheśvarābhyāṃ namaḥ |

vāṇīhiraṇyagarbhābhyāṃ namaḥ |

śacīpurandarābhyāṃ namaḥ |

arundhatīvasiṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |

śrīsītārāmābhyāṃ namaḥ |

mātāpitṛbhyo namaḥ |

sarvebhyo mahājanebhyo namaḥ |
ācamanaṃ

oṃ keśavāya svāhā |

oṃ nārāyaṇāya svāhā |

oṃ mādhavāya svāhā |

oṃ govindāya namaḥ |

oṃ viṣṇave namaḥ |

oṃ madhusūdanāya namaḥ |

oṃ trivikramāya namaḥ |

oṃ vāmanāya namaḥ |

oṃ śrīdharāya namaḥ |

oṃ hṛṣīkeśāya namaḥ |

oṃ padmanābhāya namaḥ |

oṃ dāmodarāya namaḥ |

oṃ saṅkarṣaṇāya namaḥ |

oṃ vāsudevāya namaḥ |

oṃ pradyumnāya namaḥ |

oṃ aniruddhāya namaḥ |

oṃ puruṣottamāya namaḥ |

oṃ adhokṣajāya namaḥ |

oṃ nārasiṃhāya namaḥ |

oṃ acyutāya namaḥ |

oṃ janārdanāya namaḥ |

oṃ upendrāya namaḥ |

oṃ haraye namaḥ |

oṃ śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ |
dīpārādhanam

dīpastvaṃ brahmarūpo'si jyotiṣāṃ prabhuravyayaḥ |

saubhāgyaṃ dehi putrāṃśca sarvānkāmāṃśca dehi me ||

bho dīpa devi rūpastvaṃ karmasākṣī hyavighnakṛt |

yāvatpūjāṃ kariṣyāmi tāvattvaṃ susthiro bhava ||

dīpārādhana muhūrtaḥ sumuhūrto'stu ||
bhūtoccāṭanam

uttiṣṭhantu bhūtapiśācāḥ ya ete bhūmibhārakāḥ |

eteṣāmavirodhena brahmakarma samārabhe ||

apasarpantu te bhūtā ye bhūtā bhūmisaṃsthitāḥ |

ye bhūtā vighnakartāraste gacchantu śivā'jñayā ||
prāṇāyāmaḥ

o-ntatsa̭vi॒turvare᳚ṇya॒-mbhargo̭ de॒vasya̭ dhīmahi |

dhiyo॒ yo naḥ̭ praco॒dayā᳚t ||

omāpo॒ jyotī॒ raso॒-'mṛta॒-mbrahma॒ bhūrbhuva॒ssuva॒rom ||

saṅkalpaḥ

mama upātta samasta duritakṣaya dvārā śrīparameśvara prītyarthaṃ, mama/asmākaṃ sahakuṭumbasya kṣema-sthairya-dhairya-vīrya-vijaya-abhaya-āyuḥ-ārogya-aiśvarya-abhivṛddhyarthaṃ, dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣa-caturvidha-puruṣārtha-phala-siddhyarthaṃ, sarvābhīṣṭa-siddhyarthaṃ, śrīmahāgaṇapati-prītyarthaṃ, yāvacchakti dhyāna-āvāhanādi-ṣoḍaśopacāra-pūjāṃ kariṣye ||
tadaṅga kalaśārādhanaṃ kariṣye ||
kalaśārādhanam

kalaśe gandha puṣpākṣatairabhyarcya |

kalaśe udakaṃ pūrayitvā |

kalaśasyopari hastaṃ nidhāya |
kalaśasya mukhe viṣṇuḥ kaṇṭhe rudraḥ samāśritaḥ |

mūle tvasya sthito brahmā madhye mātṛgaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ ||

kukṣau tu sāgarāḥ sarve saptadvīpā vasundharā |

ṛgvedo'tha yajurvedo sāmavedo hyatharvaṇaḥ ||

aṅgaiśca sahitāḥ sarve kalaśāmbu samāśritāḥ ||
gaṅge ca yamune caiva godāvarī sarasvatī |

narmade sindhu kāverī jale'smin sannidhiṃ kuru ||

kāverī tuṅgabhadrā ca kṛṣṇaveṇī ca gautamī |

bhāgīrathīti vikhyātāḥ pañcagaṅgāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ||
āyāntu devapūjārthaṃ mama duritakṣayakārakāḥ |

kalaśodakena pūjā dravyāṇi samprokṣya, devaṃ samprokṣya, ātmānaṃ ca samprokṣya ||
śaṅkhapūjā

śaṅkhaṃ candrārka daivataṃ madhye varuṇa devatām |

pṛṣṭhe prajāpatiṃ vindyādagre gaṅgā sarasvatīm ||

trailokye yāni tīrthāni vāsudevasya ājñayā |

śaṅkhe tiṣṭhantu viprendrāḥ tasmāt śaṅkhaṃ prapūjayet ||
oṃ śaṅkhāya namaḥ |

oṃ dhavalāya namaḥ |

oṃ pāñcajanyāya namaḥ |

oṃ śaṅkhadevatābhyo namaḥ |

sakalapūjārthe akṣatān samarpayāmi ||
ghaṇṭānādaḥ

āgamārthaṃ tu devānāṃ gamanārthaṃ tu rākṣasām |

ghaṇṭāravaṃ karomyādau devatāhvāna lāñchanam ||

oṃ ghaṇṭādevatābhyo namaḥ |

sakalopacāra pūjārthe akṣatān samarpayāmi ||
śrī mahāgaṇapati pūjā

o-ṅga॒ṇānā᳚-ntvā ga॒ṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe ka॒vi-ṅka̭vī॒nāṃ upa॒maśra̭vastavam |

jye॒ṣṭha॒rāja॒-mbrahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇaspata॒ ā naḥ̭ śṛ॒ṇvannū॒tibhi̭ssīda॒ sāda̭nam ||

sumukhaścaikadantaśca kapilo gajakarṇakaḥ |

lambodaraśca vikaṭo vighnarājo gaṇādhipaḥ ||

dhūmaketurgaṇādhyakṣaḥ phālacandro gajānanaḥ |

vakratuṇḍaḥ śūrpakarṇo herambaḥ skandapūrvajaḥ ||
oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

dhyāyāmi | āvāhayāmi | āsanaṃ samarpayāmi |

pādyaṃ samarpayāmi | arghyaṃ samarpayāmi | ācamanīyaṃ samarpayāmi |

snānaṃ samarpayāmi | vastraṃ samarpayāmi | yajñopavītaṃ samarpayāmi |

gandhaṃ samarpayāmi | puṣpāṇi samarpayāmi |

dhūpamāghrāpayāmi | dīpaṃ darśayāmi |

naivedyaṃ samarpayāmi | tāmbūlaṃ samarpayāmi |

nīrājanaṃ samarpayāmi | mantrapuṣpaṃ samarpayāmi |

pradakṣiṇa namaskārān samarpayāmi ||
ṣoḍaśopacāra pūjā

gaṇapati dhyānam

o-ṅga॒ṇānā᳚-ntvā ga॒ṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe ka॒vi-ṅka̭vī॒nāṃ upa॒maśra̭vastavam |

jye॒ṣṭha॒rāja॒-mbrahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇaspata॒ ā naḥ̭ śṛ॒ṇvannū॒tibhi̭ssīda॒ sāda̭nam ||

ekada॒ntāya̭ vi॒dmahḙ vakratu॒ṇḍāya̭ dhīmahi |

tanno̭ dantiḥ praco॒dayā᳚t ||

ekadantaṃ caturhastaṃ pāśamaṅkuśadhāriṇam |

radaṃ ca varadaṃ hastairbibhrāṇaṃ mūṣakadhvajam ||

raktaṃ lambodaraṃ śūrpakarṇakaṃ raktavāsasam |

raktagandhānuliptāṅgaṃ raktapuṣpaiḥ supūjitam ||

bhaktānukampinaṃ devaṃ jagatkāraṇamacyutam |

āvirbhūtaṃ ca sṛṣṭyādau prakṛteḥ puruṣātparam ||

evaṃ dhyāyati yo nityaṃ sa yogī yogināṃ varaḥ ||
caturbāhuṃ trinetraṃ ca gajāsyaṃ raktavarṇakam |

pāśāṅkuśādi saṃyuktaṃ māyāyuktaṃ pracintayet ||
oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

dhyāyāmi | dhyānaṃ samarpayāmi ||
āvāhanam

āgaccha brahmaṇāṃ nātha surāsuravarārcita |

siddhibuddhyādi saṃyukta bhaktigrahaṇa lālasa ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

āvāhayāmi | sthāpayāmi | pūjayāmi ||
āsanam

ratnasiṃhāsanaṃ svāmin gṛhāṇa gaṇanāyaka |

tatropaviśya vighneśa rakṣa bhaktānviśeṣataḥ ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

āsanaṃ samarpayāmi ||
pādyam

suvāsitābhiradbhiśca pādaprakṣālanaṃ prabho |

śītoṣṇāmbhaḥ karomi te gṛhāṇa pādyamuttamam ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

pādayoḥ pādyaṃ samarpayāmi ||
arghyam

ratnapravālamuktādyairanarghyaiḥ saṃskṛtaṃ prabho |

arghyaṃ gṛhāṇa heramba dviradānana toṣakam ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

hastayoḥ arghyaṃ samarpayāmi ||
ācamanīyam

sarvatīrthāhṛtaṃ toyaṃ suvāsitaṃ suvastubhiḥ |

ācamanaṃ ca tenaiva kuruṣva gaṇanāyaka ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

mukhe ācamanīyaṃ samarpayāmi ||
snānam

āpo॒ hiṣṭhā ma̭yo॒bhuva॒stā na̭ ū॒rje da̭dhātana |

ma॒he raṇā̭ya॒ cakṣa̭se ||

yo vaḥ̭ śi॒vata̭mo rasa॒stasya̭ bhājayate॒ha naḥ̭ |

u॒śa॒tīri̭va mā॒ta̭raḥ ||

tasmā॒ ara̭-ṅgamāma vo॒ yasya॒ kṣayā̭ya॒ jinva̭tha |

āpo̭ ja॒naya̭thā ca naḥ ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

śuddhodaka snānaṃ samarpayāmi ||

snānānantaraṃ ācamanīyaṃ samarpayāmi ||
vastram

vastrayugmaṃ gṛhāṇa tvamanarghaṃ raktavarṇakam |

lokalajjāharaṃ caiva vighnanātha namo'stu te ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

vastraṃ samarpayāmi ||
yajñopavītam

yajñopavītaṃ paramaṃ pavitraṃ prajāpateryatsahajaṃ purastāt |

āyuṣyamagryaṃ pratimuñca śubhraṃ yajñopavītaṃ balamastu tejaḥ ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

yajñopavītaṃ samarpayāmi ||
gandham

rakta candana saṃyuktaṃ gandhaṃ gaṇesa gṛhyatām |

bhaktyā samarpitaṃ tubhyaṃ sarvasampattipradāyakam ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

gandhaṃ samarpayāmi ||
arcana

akṣatān dhavalān divyān puṣpāṇi ca sugandhīni |

bhaktyā dattāni gṛhyantāṃ sarvadevāḥ prasīdata ||
aṅga pūjā

oṃ sumukhāya namaḥ - pādau pūjayāmi |

oṃ ekadantāya namaḥ - gulphau pūjayāmi |

oṃ kapilāya namaḥ - jānunī pūjayāmi |

oṃ gajakarṇakāya namaḥ - ūrū pūjayāmi |

oṃ lambodarāya namaḥ - udaraṃ pūjayāmi |

oṃ vikaṭāya namaḥ - hṛdayaṃ pūjayāmi |

oṃ vighnarājāya namaḥ - kaṇṭhaṃ pūjayāmi |

oṃ gaṇādhipāya namaḥ - skandhau pūjayāmi |

oṃ dhūmaketave namaḥ - mukhaṃ pūjayāmi |

oṃ gaṇādhyakṣāya namaḥ - netre pūjayāmi |

oṃ phālacandrāya namaḥ - lalāṭaṃ pūjayāmi |

oṃ gajānanāya namaḥ - śiraḥ pūjayāmi |

oṃ vakratuṇḍāya namaḥ - sarvāṇyaṅgāni pūjayāmi ||
[Recite the gaNESa aShTOttara Sata nAmAvaLI, or at least a few known names of Ganapati. Offer flowers or akshatas with each name.]

gaṇeśa aṣṭottara śata nāmāvalī>

athavā gaṇapati nāmāvalī paṭhanam ||
oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

aṣṭottara śata nāmāvalī pūjāṃ samarpayāmi |

akṣatān puṣpāṇi ca samarpayāmi ||
dhūpam

daśāṅgaṃ guggulūpetaṃ sugandhaṃ sumanoharam |

umāsuta namastubhyaṃ dhūpo'yaṃ pratigṛhyatām ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

dhūpamāghrāpayāmi ||
dīpam

sājyaṃ trivarti saṃyuktaṃ vahninā yojitaṃ priyam |

gṛhāṇa maṅgalaṃ dīpaṃ vighnarāja namo'stu te ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

dīpaṃ darśayāmi ||
naivedyam

naivedyaṃ gṛhyatāṃ deva bhaktyā sampāditaṃ mayā |

idaṃ phalaṃ ca pānīyaṃ sarvopacāra saṃyutam ||

o-mbhūrbhuva॒ssuvaḥ॒ | tatsa̭vi॒turvare᳚ṇya॒-mbhargo̭ de॒vasya̭ dhīmahi |

dhi॒yo yo naḥ̭ praco॒dayā᳚t ||

satyaṃ tvā ṛtena pariṣiñcāmi |

amṛtamastu | amṛtopastaraṇamasi |

oṃ prāṇāya svāhā | oṃ apānāya svāhā | oṃ vyānāya svāhā |

oṃ udānāya svāhā | oṃ samānāya svāhā |

madhye madhye pānīyaṃ samarpayāmi |

amṛtāpidhānamasi |

uttarāpośanaṃ samarpayāmi |

hastau prakṣālayāmi | pādau prakṣālayāmi |

śuddhācamanīyaṃ samarpayāmi ||
oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

naivedyaṃ samarpayāmi ||
tāmbūlam

aṣṭāṅgaṃ deva tāmbūlaṃ gṛhāṇa mukhavāsanam |

asakṛdvighnarāja tvaṃ mayā dattaṃ viśeṣataḥ ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

tāmbūlaṃ samarpayāmi ||
nīrājanam

nānādīpasamāyuktaṃ nīrājanaṃ gajānana |

gṛhāṇa bhāva saṃyuktaṃ sarvājñānavināśana ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

nīrājanaṃ samarpayāmi ||
mantrapuṣpam

o-ṅga॒ṇānā᳚-ntvā ga॒ṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe ka॒vi-ṅka̭vī॒nāṃ upa॒maśra̭vastavam |

jye॒ṣṭha॒rāja॒-mbrahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇaspata॒ ā naḥ̭ śṛ॒ṇvannū॒tibhi̭ssīda॒ sāda̭nam ||

caturvedabhavairmantrairgāṇapatyairgajānana |

mantritāni gṛhāṇa tvaṃ puṣpapatrāṇi vighnapa ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

mantrapuṣpaṃ samarpayāmi ||
pradakṣiṇam

ekaviṃśatisaṅkhyaṃ vā trisaṅkhyaṃ vā gajānana |

prādakṣiṇyaṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ brahman brahmeśabhāvana ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

pradakṣiṇa namaskārān samarpayāmi ||
namaskāraḥ

urasā śirasā dṛṣṭyā manasā vacasā tathā |

padbhyāṃ karābhyāṃ karṇābhyāṃ praṇāmo'ṣṭāṅga ucyate ||

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

namaskārān samarpayāmi ||
sarvopacārāḥ

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

chatraṃ samarpayāmi |

cāmaraṃ samarpayāmi |

gītaṃ śrāvayāmi |

nṛtyaṃ darśayāmi |

samasta rājopacārān devopacārān samarpayāmi ||
stotra/sūkta paṭhanam

gaṇapati atharva śīrṣam>

śrī mahāgaṇeśa pañcaratnam>
kṣamāprārthanā

aparādhānasaṅkhyātān kṣamasva gaṇanāyaka |

bhaktaṃ kuru ca māṃ ḍhuṇḍhe tava pādapriyaṃ sadā ||
kāyena vācā manasendriyairvā

buddhyātmanā vā prakṛteḥ svabhāvāt |

karomi yadyat sakalaṃ parasmai

nārāyaṇāyeti samarpayāmi ||
anayā dhyāna-āvāhanādi-ṣoḍaśopacāra pūjayā śrīmahāgaṇapatiḥ suprītaḥ suprasannaḥ varado bhavatu ||
udvāsanam

oṃ śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |

yathāsthānaṃ udvāsayāmi |

śobhanārthe kṣemāya punarāgamanāya ca ||
prasāda grahaṇam

akālamṛtyuharaṇaṃ sarvavyādhinivāraṇam |

samastapāpakṣayakaraṃ devatā pādodakaṃ śubham ||
śrīmahāgaṇapati prasādaṃ śirasā gṛhṇāmi ||
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ||
oṃ tatsat brahmārpaṇamastu ||

gaṇapati nitya pūjā vidhānam

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