Lord Shiva

mṛtyuñjaya mānasika pūjā stotram

(Mrtyunjaya Manasika Puja Stotram in English (IAST))

Adi Shankaracharya

Also known as mrityunjaya manasika puja stotram · mrtyunjaya manasika puja stotra · mrityunjaya manasa puja

A worship performed entirely in the mind. The colophon gives it to Shankara, disciple of Govinda Bhagavatpada, and it takes Mrityunjaya through forty-four offerings in order, each verse handing him one: a seat of ruby in a hall of emerald pillars; water for the feet scented with mandara, mallika and blue lotus; sandal ground with camphor, saffron and musk; a crown of champaka and kunda; anklets and armlets and earrings; a fan, and a parasol white as a crore of moons; rice pudding, then plantain and mango and wood-apple and sugarcane and coconut water; curd-rice with cardamom in a golden bowl; Ganga water to rinse the mouth; a handful of flowers with bilva and tulsi at his feet; and at last a couch strewn with lotus petals where Parvati's hands hold his feet. The closing verse says the forty-four may be offered at dawn, at midday or at night.

kailāse kamanīyaratnakhacite kalpadrumūle sthitaṃ
karpūrasphaṭikendusundaratanuṃ kātyāyanīsevitam |
gaṅgātuṅgataraṅgarañjitajaṭābhāraṃ kṛpāsāgaraṃ
kaṇṭhālaṅkṛtaśeṣabhūṣaṇamamuṃ mṛtyuñjayaṃ bhāvaye || 1 ||
āgatya mṛtyuñjaya candramaule
vyāghrājinālaṅkṛta śūlapāṇe |
svabhaktasaṃrakṣaṇakāmadheno
prasīda viśveśvara pārvatīśa || 2 ||
bhāsvanmauktikatoraṇe marakatastambhāyutālaṅkṛte
saudhe dhūpasuvāsite maṇimaye māṇikyadīpāñcite |
brahmendrāmarayogipuṅgavagaṇairyukte ca kalpadrumaiḥ
śrīmṛtyuñjaya susthiro bhava vibho māṇikyasiṃhāsane || 3 ||
mandāramallīkaravīramādhavī-
-punnāganīlotpalacampakānvitaiḥ |
karpūrapāṭīrasuvāsitairjalai-
-rādhatsva mṛtyuñjaya pādyamuttamam || 4 ||
sugandhapuṣpaprakaraiḥ suvāsitai-
-rviyannadīśītalavāribhiḥ śubhaiḥ |
trilokanāthārtiharārghyamādarā-
-dgṛhāṇa mṛtyuñjaya sarvavandita || 5 ||
himāmbuvāsitaistoyaiḥ śītalairatipāvanaiḥ |
mṛtyuñjaya mahādeva śuddhācamanamācara || 6 ||
guḍadadhisahitaṃ madhuprakīrṇaṃ
sughṛtasamanvitadhenudugdhayuktam |
śubhakara madhuparkamāhara tvaṃ
trinayana mṛtyuhara trilokavandya || 7 ||
pañcāstra śānta pañcāsya pañcapātakasaṃhara |
pañcāmṛtasnānamidaṃ kuru mṛtyuñjaya prabho || 8 ||
jagattrayīkhyāta samastatīrtha-
-samāhṛtaiḥ kalmaṣahāribhiśca |
snānaṃ sutoyaiḥ samudācara tvaṃ
mṛtyuñjayānantaguṇābhirāma || 9 ||
ānītenātiśubhreṇa kauśeyenāmaradrumāt |
mārjayāmi jaṭābhāraṃ śiva mṛtyuñjaya prabho || 10 ||
nānāhemavicitrāṇi cīracīnāmbarāṇi ca |
vividhāni ca divyāni mṛtyuñjaya sudhāraya || 11 ||
viśuddhamuktāphalajālaramyaṃ
manoharaṃ kāñcanahemasūtram |
yajñopavītaṃ paramaṃ pavitra-
-mādhatsva mṛtyuñjaya bhaktigamya || 12 ||
śrīgandhaṃ ghanasārakuṅkumayutaṃ kastūrikāpūritaṃ
kāleyena himāmbunā viracitaṃ mandārasaṃvāsitam |
divyaṃ devamanoharaṃ maṇimaye pātre samāropitaṃ
sarvāṅgeṣu vilepayāmi satataṃ mṛtyuñjaya śrīvibho || 13 ||
akṣatairdhavalairdivyaiḥ samyaktilasamanvitaiḥ |
mṛtyuñjaya mahādeva pūjayāmi vṛṣadhvaja || 14 ||
campakapaṅkajakuravakakundaiḥ karavīramallikākusumaiḥ |
vistāraya nijamakuṭaṃ mṛtyuñjaya puṇḍarīkanayanāpta || 15 ||
māṇikyapādukādvandve maunihṛtpadmamandire |
pādau satpadmasadṛśau mṛtyuñjaya niveśaya || 16 ||
māṇikyakeyūrakirīṭahāraiḥ
kāñcīmaṇisthāpitakuṇḍalaiśca |
mañjīramukhyābharaṇairmanojñai-
-raṅgāni mṛtyuñjaya bhūṣayāmi || 17 ||
gajavadanaskandadhṛte-
-nātisvacchena cāmarayugena |
galadalakānanapadmaṃ
mṛtyuñjaya bhāvayāmi hṛtpadme || 18 ||
muktātapatraṃ śaśikoṭiśubhraṃ
śubhapradaṃ kāñcanadaṇḍayuktam |
māṇikyasaṃsthāpitahemakumbhaṃ
sureśa mṛtyuñjaya te'rpayāmi || 19 ||
maṇimukure niṣpaṭale
trijagadgāḍhāndhakārasaptāśve |
kandarpakoṭisadṛśaṃ
mṛtyuñjaya paśya vadanamātmīyam || 20 ||
karpūracūrṇaṃ kapilājyapūtaṃ
dāsyāmi kāleyasamānvitaiśca |
samudbhavaṃ pāvanagandhadhūpitaṃ
mṛtyuñjayāṅgaṃ parikalpayāmi || 21 ||
vartitrayopetamakhaṇḍadīptyā
tamoharaṃ bāhyamathāntaraṃ ca |
sājyaṃ samastāmaravargahṛdyaṃ
sureśa mṛtyuñjaya vaṃśadīpam || 22 ||
rājānnaṃ madhurānvitaṃ ca mṛdulaṃ māṇikyapātre sthitaṃ
hiṅgūjīrakasanmarīcimilitaiḥ śākairanekaiḥ śubhaiḥ |
śākaṃ samyagapūpasūpasahitaṃ sadyoghṛtenāplutaṃ
śrīmṛtyuñjaya pārvatīpriya vibho sāpośanaṃ bhujyatām || 23 ||
kūśmāṇḍavārtākapaṭolikānāṃ
phalāni ramyāṇi ca kāravallyā |
supākayuktāni sasaurabhāṇi
śrīkaṇṭha mṛtyuñjaya bhakṣayeśa || 24 ||
śītalaṃ madhuraṃ svacchaṃ pāvanaṃ vāsitaṃ laghu |
madhye svīkuru pānīyaṃ śiva mṛtyuñjaya prabho || 25 ||
śarkarāmilitaṃ snigdhaṃ dugdhānnaṃ goghṛtānvitam |
kadalīphalasaṃmiśraṃ bhujyatāṃ mṛtyusaṃhara || 26 ||
kevalamatimādhuryaṃ
dugdhaiḥ snigdhaiśca śarkarāmilitaiḥ |
elāmarīcamilitaṃ
mṛtyuñjaya deva bhuṅkṣva paramānnam || 27 ||
rambhācūtakapitthakaṇṭhakaphalairdrākṣārasasvāduma-
-tkharjūrairmadhurekṣukhaṇḍaśakalaiḥ sannārikelāmbubhiḥ |
karpūreṇa suvāsitairguḍajalairmādhuryayuktairvibho
śrīmṛtyuñjaya pūraya tribhuvanādhāraṃ viśālodaram || 28 ||
manojñarambhāvanakhaṇḍakhaṇḍitā-
-nrucipradānsarṣapajīrakāṃśca |
sasaurabhānsaindhavasevitāṃśca
gṛhāṇa mṛtyuñjaya lokavandya || 29 ||
hiṅgūjīrakasahitaṃ
vimalāmalakaṃ kapitthamatimadhuram |
bisakhaṇḍā~llavaṇayutā-
-nmṛtyuñjaya te'rpayāmi jagadīśa || 30 ||
elāśuṇṭhīsahītaṃ
dadhyannaṃ cāruhemapātrastham |
amṛtapratinidhimāḍhyaṃ
mṛtyuñjaya bhujyatāṃ trilokeśa || 31 ||
jambīranīrāñcitaśṛṅgaberaṃ
manoharānamlaśalāṭukhaṇḍān |
mṛdūpadaṃśānsahasopabhuṅkṣva
mṛtyuñjaya śrīkaruṇāsamudra || 32 ||
nāgararāmaṭhayuktaṃ
sulalitajambīranīrasampūrṇam |
mathitaṃ saindhavasahitaṃ
piba hara mṛtyuñjaya kratudhvaṃsin || 33 ||
mandārahemāmbujagandhayuktai-
-rmandākinīnirmalapuṇyatoyaiḥ |
gṛhāṇa mṛtyuñjaya pūrṇakāma
śrīmatparāpośanamabhrakeśa || 34 ||
gaganadhunīvimalajalai-
-rmṛtyuñjaya padmarāgapātragataiḥ |
mṛgamadacandanapūrṇaṃ
prakṣālaya cāru hastapadayugmam || 35 ||
puṃnāgamallikākundavāsitairjāhnavījalaiḥ |
mṛtyuñjaya mahādeva punarācamanaṃ kuru || 36 ||
mauktikacūrṇasametai-
-rmṛgamadaghanasāravāsitaiḥ pūgaiḥ |
parṇaiḥ svarṇasamānai-
-rmṛtyuñjaya te'rpayāmi tāmbūlam || 37 ||
nīrājanaṃ nirmaladīptimadbhi-
-rdīpāṅkurairujjvalamucchritaiśca |
ghaṇṭāninādena samarpayāmi
mṛtyuñjayāya tripurāntakāya || 38 ||
viriñcimukhyāmarabṛndavandite
sarojamatsyāṅkitacakracihnite |
dadāmi mṛtyuñjaya pādapaṅkaje
phaṇīndrabhūṣe punararghyamīśvara || 39 ||
puṃnāganīlotpalakundajājī-
-mandāramallīkaravīrapaṅkajaiḥ |
puṣpāñjaliṃ bilvadalaistulasyā
mṛtyuñjayāṅghrau viniveśayāmi || 40 ||
pade pade sarvatamonikṛntanaṃ
pade pade sarvaśubhapradāyakam |
pradakṣiṇaṃ bhaktiyutena cetasā
karomi mṛtyuñjaya rakṣa rakṣa mām || 41 ||
namo gaurīśāya sphaṭikadhavalāṅgāya ca namo
namo lokeśāya stutavibudhalokāya ca namaḥ |
namaḥ śrīkaṇṭhāya kṣapitapuradaityāya ca namo
namaḥ phālākṣāya smaramadavināśāya ca namaḥ || 42 ||
saṃsāre janitāparogasahite tāpatrayākrandite
nityaṃ putrakalatravittavilasatpāśairnibaddhaṃ dṛḍham |
garvāndhaṃ bahupāpavargasahitaṃ kāruṇyadṛṣṭyā vibho
śrīmṛtyuñjaya pārvatīpriya sadā māṃ pāhi sarveśvara || 43 ||
saudhe ratnamaye navotpaladalākīrṇe ca talpāntare
kauśeyena manohareṇa dhavalenācchādite sarvaśaḥ |
karpūrāñcitadīpadīptimilite ramyopadhānadvaye
pārvatyāḥ karapadmalālitapadaṃ mṛtyuñjayaṃ bhāvaye || 44 ||
catuścatvāriṃśadvilasadupacārairabhimatai-
-rmanaḥ padme bhaktyā bahirapi ca pūjāṃ śubhakarīm |
karoti pratyūṣe niśi divasamadhye'pi ca pumā-
-nprayāti śrīmṛtyuñjayapadamanekādbhutapadam || 45 ||
prātarliṅgamumāpateraharahaḥ sandarśanātsvargadaṃ
madhyāhne hayamedhatulyaphaladaṃ sāyantane mokṣadam |
bhānorastamaye pradoṣasamaye pañcākṣarārādhanaṃ
tatkālatrayatulyamiṣṭaphaladaṃ sadyo'navadyaṃ dṛḍham || 46 ||
iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau śrīmṛtyuñjaya mānasikapūjā stotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

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