Lord Shiva

śrī mahānyāsam - 0. kalaśa pratiṣṭhāpana mantrāḥ

(Sri Mahanyasam - 0. Kalasha Pratishthapana Mantras in English (IAST))

From Yajurveda

Also known as brahmajajnanamprathamampurastadvisimatassuruco vena avah

This segment serves as the preparatory ritual for the profound Mahanyasam, a Vedic practice essential for purifying the practitioner before the worship of Lord Shiva. Derived from the Krishna Yajurveda, these Kalasha Pratishthapana mantras are used to invoke divine energy into a consecrated vessel of water. By chanting these powerful Vedic hymns, the devotee sanctifies the environment, invokes the cosmic presence of Shiva, and prepares the physical and subtle body for the transformative rites of Rudrabhishekam. Regular recitation fosters spiritual purity, mental clarity, and deep resonance with the primordial vibrations of the universe.

brahma̭jajñāna-mpra̭thama-mpurastā-dvisī̭mata-ssuruco̭ vena ā̭vaḥ |
sa budhniyā̭ upamā a̭sya viṣṭhā-ssataśca yoni-masa̭taśca vivaḥ̭ |
nākḙ suparṇa mupaya-tpata̭ntagṃ hṛdā vena̭nto abhyaca̭kṣa-tatvā |
hira̭ṇyapakṣaṃ-va~rṷṇasya dūtaṃ-ya~masya yonaṷ śakuna-mbhṷraṇyum |
āpyā̭yasva samḙtu te viśvataḥ̭ soma vṛṣṇi̭yam | bhavā vāja̭sya saṅgathe |
yo rudro agnau yo aphsu ya oṣa̭dhīṣu yo rudro viśvā
bhuva̭nā-''viveśa tasmai̭ rudrāya namo̭ astu | 1 (apa upaspṛśya)
idaṃ-vi~ṣṇu rvica̭krame tredhā nida̭dhe padam | samṷ̄ḍhamasya pāgṃ sure |
indraṃ-vi~śvā̭ avīvṛdhan-thsamudravya̭casa-ṅgiraḥ̭ |
rathīta̭magṃ rathīnāṃ-vā~jā̭nāgṃ satpa̭ti-mpatim |
āpo vā idaṃgṃ sarvaṃ-vi~śvā̭ bhūtānyāpaḥ̭ prāṇā vā āpaḥ̭ paśava āpo-'nnamāpo-'mṛ̭tamāpa̭-ssamrāḍāpo̭ virāḍāpa̭-ssvarāḍāpa-śchandāgśyāpo jyotīgṣyāpo yajūgṣyāpa̭-ssatyamāpa-ssarvā̭ devatā āpo bhūrbhuvassuvarāpa om | 2
apaḥ praṇa̭yati | śraddhā vā āpaḥ̭ | śraddhāmevārabhya̭ praṇīya praca̭rati |
apaḥ praṇa̭yati |
yajño vā āpaḥ̭ | yajñamevārabhya̭ praṇīya praca̭rati | apaḥ praṇa̭yati |
vajro vā āpaḥ̭ | vajra̭meva bhrātṛ̭vyebhyaḥ prahṛtya̭ praṇīya praca̭rati |
apaḥ praṇa̭yati |
āpo vai ra̭kṣoghnīḥ | rakṣa̭sāmapa̭hatyai | apaḥ praṇa̭yati |
āpo vai devānā-mpriya-ndhāma̭ | devānā̭meva priya-ndhāma̭ praṇīya praca̭rati | apaḥ praṇa̭yati |
āpo vai sarvā̭ devatāḥ | devatā̭ evārabhya̭ praṇīya praca̭rati |
apaḥ praṇa̭yati |
āpo vai śāntāḥ | śāntābhi̭revāsya śucagṃ̭ śamayati | devo vaḥ̭
savito-tpṷnātva-cchi̭dreṇa pavitrḙṇa vasossūrya̭sya raśmibhiḥ̭ || 3
kūrcāgrai rrākṣasā-nghorān chindhi karmavighātinaḥ |
tvāmarpayāmi kumbhe-'smin sāphalya-ṅkuru karmaṇi |
vṛkṣarāja samudbhūtā-śśākhāyāḥ pallavatva caḥ |
yuṣmān kumbheṣvarpayāmi sarvapāpāpanuttaye |
nālikera-samudbhūta trinetra hara sammita |
śikhayā duritaṃ sarva-mpāpa-mpīḍā-ñca me nuda |
sa hi ratnā̭ni dāśuṣḙ suvāti̭ savitā bhagaḥ̭ |
ta-mbhāga-ñcitramī̭mahe | (ṛgveda mantraḥ)
tatvā̭ yāmi brahma̭ṇā vanda̭māna-stadāśāste yaja̭māno havirbhiḥ̭ |
ahḙḍamāno varuṇeha boddhyurṷśagṃsa mā na āyuḥ pramo̭ṣīḥ ||
o-mbhūrbhuvassuvarom | asmin kumbhe varuṇamāvāhayāmi |
varuṇasya idamāsanam | varuṇāya namaḥ | sakalārādhanai-ssvarcitam |
ratnasiṃhāsanaṃ samarpayāmi | pādyaṃ samarpayāmi |
arghyaṃ samarpayāmi | ācamanīyaṃ samarpayāmi |
madhuparkkaṃ samarpayāmi | snānaṃ samarpayāmi |
snānānantaraṃ ācamanīyaṃ samarpayāmi |
vastrottarīyaṃ samarpayāmi | upavītaṃ samarpayāmi |
gandhā-ndhārayāmi | akṣatān samarpayāmi |
puṣpāṇi samarpayāmi |
1. oṃ-va~ruṇāya namaḥ
2. o-mpracetase namaḥ
3. oṃ surūpiṇe namaḥ
4. oṃ apāmpataye namaḥ
5. o-mmakaravāhanāya namaḥ
6. jalādhipataye namaḥ
7. o-mpāśahastāya namaḥ
8. o-ntīrtharājāya namaḥ
oṃ-va~ruṇāya namaḥ | nānāvidha parimala patra puṣpāṇi samarpayāmi |
dhūpaṃ āghrāpayāmi | dīpa-ndarśayāmi |
dhūpadīpānantaraṃ ācamanīyaṃ samarpayāmi |
o-mbhūrbhuvassuvaḥ | tathsa̭viturvareṇya-mbhargo̭ devasya̭ dhīmahi |
dhiyo yona̭ pracodayāt |
deva savitaḥ prasuvaḥ | satya-ntvartena pariṣiñcāmi |
(rātrau - ṛta-ntvā satyena pariṣiñcāmi) |
oṃ-va~ruṇāya namaḥ | amṛta-mbhavatu | amṛtopastaraṇamasi |
o-mprāṇāya svāhā | oṃ apānāya svāhā | oṃ-vyā~nāya svāhā |
oṃ udānāya svāhā | oṃ samānāya svāhā | o-mbrahmaṇe svāhā |
kadalīphala-nnivedayāmi | maddhyemaddhye amṛtapānīyaṃ samarpayāmi | amṛtāpidhānamasi | naivedyānantaraṃ ācamanīyaṃ samarpayāmi |
tāmbūlaṃ samarpayāmi | karpūra nīrājana-mpradarśayāmi |
nīrājanānantaraṃ ācamanīyaṃ samarpayāmi | mantra puṣpaṃ samarpayāmi |
suvarṇa puṣpaṃ samarpayāmi | samastopacārān samarpayāmi ||

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