Lord Shiva

śivopāsana mantrāḥ

(Shivopasana Mantrah in English (IAST))

From Yajurveda

Also known as onnidhanapataye namah nidhanapatantikaya namah

Shivopasana Mantrah originates from the Taittiriya Aranyaka of the Yajurveda, forming a profound collection of invocations dedicated to Lord Shiva as the supreme lord of dissolution and transcendence. These verses emphasize the duality and unity of the divine, addressing Shiva as the protector of the cosmic cycle and the embodiment of vertical ascension. Reciting these powerful mantras is believed to cleanse the practitioner of negative karma, foster spiritual awakening, and grant mental tranquility. It is highly regarded for its meditative efficacy in aligning the human consciousness with the eternal, unchanging nature of the Divine.

o-nnidha̭napataye namaḥ | nidhanapatāntikāya namaḥ |
ūrdhvāya namaḥ | ūrdhvaliṅgāya namaḥ |
hiraṇyāya namaḥ | hiraṇyaliṅgāya namaḥ |
suvarṇāya namaḥ | suvarṇaliṅgāya namaḥ |
divyāya namaḥ | divyaliṅgāya namaḥ |
bhavāyaḥ namaḥ | bhavaliṅgāya namaḥ |
śarvāya namaḥ | śarvaliṅgāya namaḥ |
śivāya namaḥ | śivaliṅgāya namaḥ |
jvalāya namaḥ | jvalaliṅgāya namaḥ |
ātmāya namaḥ | ātmaliṅgāya namaḥ |
paramāya namaḥ | paramaliṅgāya namaḥ |
etatsomasya̭ sūryasya sarvaliṅgagg̭ sthāpayati pāṇimantra-mpavitram ||
sadyo jāta-mpra̭padyāmi sadyo jātāya vai namo namaḥ̭ |
bhave bha̭ve nāti̭bhave bhavasva mām | bhavo-dbha̭vāya namaḥ̭ ||
vāmadevāya namo jyeṣṭhāya namaḥ̭ śreṣṭhāya namo̭ rudrāya namaḥ
kālā̭ya namaḥ kala̭vikaraṇāya namo bala̭vikaraṇāya namo balā̭ya namo
bala̭pramathanāya nama ssarva̭bhūtadamanāya namo̭ manonma̭nāya namaḥ̭ |
aghorebhyo 'thaghorebhyo ghoraghora̭tarebhyaḥ |
sarvebhya-ssarva śarvebhyo nama̭ste astu rudrarṷ̄pebhyaḥ ||
tatpurṷṣāya vidmahḙ mahādevāya̭ dhīmahi |
tanno̭ rudraḥ pracodayāt ||
īśāna-ssarva̭vidyānā-mīśvarasarva̭ bhūtānāṃ
brahmādhi̭pati-rbrahmaṇo-'dhi̭pati-rbrahmā̭ śivo mḙ astu sadāśivom ||
namo hiraṇyabāhave hiraṇyavarṇāya hiraṇyarūpāya hiraṇyapataye-'mbikāpataya umāpataye paśupatayḙ namo namaḥ ||
ṛtagṃ satya-mpa̭ra-mbrahma puruṣa̭-ṅkṛṣṇapiṅga̭lam |
ūrdhvarḙtaṃ-vi~̭rūpākṣaṃ-vi~śvarṷ̄pāya vai namo namaḥ̭ ||
sarvo hyḙṣa rudrastasmai̭ rudrāya namo̭ astu |
purṷṣo vai rudrassanmaho namo namaḥ̭ |
viśva̭-mbhūta-mbhuva̭na-ñcitra-mba̭hudhā jāta-ñjāya̭māna-ñca yat |
sarvo hyḙṣa rudrastasmai̭ rudrāya namo̭ astu |
ka-drudrāya pracḙtase mīḍhuṣṭa̭māya tavya̭se | vocema śanta̭magṃ hṛde |
sarvo hyḙṣa rudrastasmai̭ rudrāya namo̭ astu |
mā no̭ mahānta̭muta mā no̭ arbhaka-mmā na ukṣa̭ntamuta mā na̭ ukṣitam |
mā no̭ vadhīḥ pitara-mmota mātara̭-mpriyā mā na̭stanuvo̭ rudra rīriṣaḥ |
mā na̭stoke tana̭ye mā na āyṷṣi mā no goṣu mā no aśvḙṣu rīriṣaḥ |
vīrānmā no̭ rudra bhāmito-'va̭dhīrhaviṣmaṃ̭to nama̭sā vidhema te |
trya̭mbakaṃ-ya~jāmahe sugandhi-mpṷṣṭivardha̭nam |
urvārukami̭va bandha̭nānmṛtyormṷkṣīya mā-'mṛtāt |
ye tḙ sahasra̭mayuta-mpāśā mṛtyo martyā̭ya hanta̭ve |
tān yajñasya̭ māyayā sarvānava̭ yajāmahe |
mṛtyave svāhā̭ mṛtyave svāhā |
prāṇānā-ṅgranthirasi rudro mā̭ viśāntakaḥ |
tenānnenāpyāyasva ||
namo rudrāya viṣṇave mṛtyṷrme pāhi ||
tvama̭gne dyubhistva-mā̭śuśukṣaṇistva-madbhyastva-maśma̭naspari̭ | tvaṃ-va~nebhya-stvamoṣa̭dhībhya-stva-nnṛṇā-nnṛ̭pate jāyase śuciḥ ||
śivena̭ me santi̭ṣṭhasva-syonena̭ me santi̭ṣṭhasva subhūtena̭ me santi̭ṣṭhasva yajñasyadbhirmanu santi̭ṣṭhasvopa̭ te yajña nama upa̭ te nama upa̭ te namaḥ̭ ||
oṃ śānti-śśānti-śśāntiḥ̭ |

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