Panchamruta Snanam
Panchamruta Snanam
paJcAmRta snAnAbhiSekam
(vA॒ma॒devA॒ya na॑maH – snAnaM)
ityAdi nirmAlyaM-vi~sRjyetyanta-mprativAra-GkuryAt ||
|| paJcAmRtasnAnam ||
atha (paJcAmRta snAnaM) paJcAmRtadevatAbhyo namaH |
dhyAnAvAhanAdi SoDazopacArapUjAssamarpayAmi |
bhavAnIzaGkaramuddizya bhavAnIzaGkara prItyartha-mpaJcAmRtasnAna-GkariSyAmaH |
kSIraM
ApyA॑yasva॒ same॑tu te vi॒zvata॑ssoma॒ vRSNi॑yam |
bhavA॒ vAja॑sya saGga॒the ||
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH, kSIreNa snapayAmi |
Apo॒ hiSThA ma॑yo॒bhuva॒stA na॑ U॒rje da॑dhAtana |
ma॒heraNA॑ya॒ cakSa॑se |
yo vaH॑ zi॒vata॑mo rasa॒stasya॑ bhAjayate॒ ha naH॑ |
u॒za॒tIri॑va mA॒ta॑raH |
tasmA॒ ara॑GgamAmavo॒ yasya॒ kSayA॑ya॒ jinva॑tha |
Apo॑ ja॒naya॑thA ca naH |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | kSIrasnAnAnantaraM zuddhodaka snAnaM samarpayAmi |
dadhi
da॒dhi॒krAvNNo॑ akAriSa-Jji॒SNorazva॑sya vA॒jinaH॑ |
su॒ra॒bhi no॒ mukhA॑ kara॒tprANa॒ AyUgM॑Si tAriSat ||
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | dadhnA snapayAmi |
Apo॒ hiSThA ma॑yo॒bhuva॒stA na॑ U॒rje da॑dhAtana |
ma॒heraNA॑ya॒ cakSa॑se |
yo vaH॑ zi॒vata॑mo rasa॒stasya॑ bhAjayate॒ ha naH॑ |
u॒za॒tIri॑va mA॒ta॑raH |
tasmA॒ ara॑GgamAmavo॒ yasya॒ kSayA॑ya॒ jinva॑tha |
Apo॑ ja॒naya॑thA ca naH |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | dadhisnAnAnantaraM zuddhodaka snAnaM samarpayAmi |
AjyaM
zu॒krama॑si॒ jyoti॑rasi॒ tejo॑si de॒vova॑ssavi॒totpu॑nA॒-
tvacchi॑dreNa pa॒vitre॑Na॒ vaso॒ssUrya॑sya ra॒zmibhiH॑ |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | Ajyena snapayAmi |
Apo॒ hiSThA ma॑yo॒bhuva॒stA na॑ U॒rje da॑dhAtana |
ma॒heraNA॑ya॒ cakSa॑se |
yo vaH॑ zi॒vata॑mo rasa॒stasya॑ bhAjayate॒ ha naH॑ |
u॒za॒tIri॑va mA॒ta॑raH |
tasmA॒ ara॑GgamAmavo॒ yasya॒ kSayA॑ya॒ jinva॑tha |
Apo॑ ja॒naya॑thA ca naH |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | Ajya snAnAnantaraM zuddhodaka snAnaM samarpayAmi |
madhu
madhu॒vAtA॑ RtAya॒te madhu॑kSaranti॒ sindha॑vaH |
mAdhvI᳚rna-ssa॒ntvoSa॑dhIH |
madhu॒ nakta॑mu॒toSa॑si॒ madhu॑ma॒tpArthi॑va॒gM॒ rajaH॑ |
madhu॒dyaura॑stu naH pi॒tA |
madhu॑mAnno॒ vana॒spati॒rmadhu॑mAgM astu॒ sUryaH॑ |
mAdhvI॒rgAvo॑ bhavantu naH |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | madhunA snapayAmi |
Apo॒ hiSThA ma॑yo॒bhuva॒stA na॑ U॒rje da॑dhAtana |
ma॒heraNA॑ya॒ cakSa॑se |
yo vaH॑ zi॒vata॑mo rasa॒stasya॑ bhAjayate॒ ha naH॑ |
u॒za॒tIri॑va mA॒ta॑raH |
tasmA॒ ara॑GgamAmavo॒ yasya॒ kSayA॑ya॒ jinva॑tha |
Apo॑ ja॒naya॑thA ca naH |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | madhusnAnAnantaraM zuddhodaka snAnaM samarpayAmi |
zarkara
svA॒duH pa॑vasva di॒vyAya॒ janma॑ne |
svA॒durindrA॑ya su॒havI॑tu॒ nAmne᳚ |
svA॒durmi॒trAya॒ varu॑NAya vA॒yave॒ |
bRha॒spata॑ye॒ madhu॑mA॒gM adA᳚bhyaH |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | zarkarayA snapayAmi |
Apo॒ hiSThA ma॑yo॒bhuva॒stA na॑ U॒rje da॑dhAtana |
ma॒heraNA॑ya॒ cakSa॑se |
yo vaH॑ zi॒vata॑mo rasa॒stasya॑ bhAjayate॒ ha naH॑ |
u॒za॒tIri॑va mA॒ta॑raH |
tasmA॒ ara॑GgamAmavo॒ yasya॒ kSayA॑ya॒ jinva॑tha |
Apo॑ ja॒naya॑thA ca naH |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | zarkara snAnAnantaraM zuddhodaka snAnaM samarpayAmi |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | paJcAmRta snAnaM samarpayAmi |
zaGkhodakaM
Apo॒ hiSThA ma॑yo॒bhuva॒stA na॑ U॒rje da॑dhAtana |
ma॒heraNA॑ya॒ cakSa॑se |
yo vaH॑ zi॒vata॑mo rasa॒stasya॑ bhAjayate॒ ha naH॑ |
u॒za॒tIri॑va mA॒ta॑raH |
tasmA॒ ara॑GgamAmavo॒ yasya॒ kSayA॑ya॒ jinva॑tha |
Apo॑ ja॒naya॑thA ca naH |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | zaGkhodakena snapayAmi ||
phalodakaM
yAH pha॒linI॒ryA a॑pha॒lA a॑pu॒SpAyAzca॑ pu॒SpiNIH᳚ |
bRha॒spati॑ prasUtA॒stAno॑ muJca॒ntvagM ha॑saH ||
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | phalodakena snapayAmi |
gandhodakaM
ga॒ndha॒dvA॒rA-ndu॑rAdha॒rSA॒-nni॒tyapu॑STA-GkarI॒SiNI᳚m |
I॒zvarI॑gM sarva॑bhUtA॒nA॒-ntAmi॒hopa॑hvaye॒ zriyam ||
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | gandhodakena snapayAmi |
puSpodakaM
yo॑-'pA-mpuSpaM॒-ve~da॑ |
puSpa॑vA-npra॒jAvA॑-npazu॒mA-nbha॑vati |
ca॒ndramA॒ vA a॒pA-mpuSpa॑m |
puSpa॑vA-npra॒jAvA॑-npazu॒mA-nbha॑vati |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | puSpodakena snapayAmi |
akSatodakaM
Aya॑ne te pa॒rAya॑Ne॒ dUrvA॑ rohantu pu॒SpiNIH॑ |
hra॒dAzca॑ pu॒NDarI॑kANi samu॒drasya॑ gR॒hA i॒me |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | akSatodakena snapayAmi |
suvarNodakaM
tathsu॒varNa॒gM॒ hira॑Nyamabhavat |
tathsu॒varNa॑sya॒ hira॑Nyasya॒janma॑ |
ya e॒vagM su॒varNa॑sya॒ hira॑Nyasya॒ janma॒ve॑da |
su॒varNa॑ A॒tmanA॑ bhavati |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | suvarNodakena snapayAmi |
rudrAkSodakaM
trya॑mbakaM-ya~jAmahe suga॒ndhi-mpu॑STi॒ vardha॑nam |
u॒rvA॒ru॒kami॑va॒ bandha॑nAnmR॒tyormu॑kSIya॒ mA-'mRtA᳚t ||
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | rudrAkSodakena snapayAmi |
bhasmodakaM
mA no॑ ma॒hAnta॑mu॒ta mA no॑ arbha॒kaM
mA na॒ ukSa॑ntamu॒ta mA na॑ ukSi॒tam |
mA no॑-'vadhIH pi॒tara॒-mmota mA॒taraM॑
pri॒yA mA na॑sta॒nuvo॑ rudra rIriSaH |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | bhasmodakena snapayAmi |
bilvodakaM
mA na॑sto॒ke tana॑ye॒ mA na॒ Ayu॑Si॒
mA no॒ goSu॒ mA no॒ azve॑Su rIriSaH |
vI॒rAnmA no॑ rudra bhAmi॒to-'va॑dhIrha॒viSma॑nto॒
nama॑sA vidhema te |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | bilvodakena snapayAmi |
dUrvodakaM
kANDA॑tkANDAtpra॒roha॑nti paru॑SaH paruSaH॒ pari॑ |
e॒vAno॑ dUrve॒ prata॑nu sa॒hasre॑Na za॒tena॑ ca ||
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | dUrvodakena snapayAmi |
atha malApakarSaNa snAnam |
hira॑NyavarNA॒zzuca॑yaH pAva॒kA
yAsu॑ jA॒taH ka॒zyapo॒ yAsvindraH॑ |
a॒gniM-yA~ garbha॑-ndadhi॒re virU॑pA॒stA
na॒ Apa॒zzagg syo॒nA bha॑vantu ||
yAsA॒gM॒ rAjA॒ varu॑No॒ yAti॒ madhye॑
satyAnR॒te a॑va॒pazya॒JjanA॑nAm |
ma॒dhu॒zcuta॒zzuca॑yo॒ yAH pA॑va॒kAstA
na॒ Apa॒zzagg syo॒nA bha॑vantu ||
yAsA॑-nde॒vA di॒vi kR॒Nvanti॑ bha॒kSaM
yA a॒ntari॑kSe bahu॒dhA bhava॑nti |
yAH pR॑thi॒vI-mpaya॑so॒ndanti॑ zu॒krAstA
na॒ Apa॒zzagg syo॒nA bha॑vantu ||
zi॒vena॑ mA॒ cakSu॑SA pazyatApazzi॒vayA॑
ta॒nuvopa॑ spRzata॒ tvaca॑-mme |
sarvAgM॑ a॒gnIgM ra॑phsu॒Sado॑ huve vo॒ mayi॒
varco॒ bala॒mojo॒ nidha॑tta ||
(a.ve., kANDa-3, sUktaM-13)
yada॒da-ssa॑mpraya॒tIrahA॒vana॑datA ha॒te |
tasmA॒dA na॒dyo॑ nAma॑ stha॒ tA vo॒ nAmA॑ni sindhavaH || 1
yatpreSi॑tA॒ varu॑Ne॒natAzzIbha॑gM sa॒mava॑lgata |
tadA॑pno॒dindro॑ vo ya॒tIstasmA॒dApo॒ anu॑sthana || 2
A॒pa॒kA॒maggM syanda॑mAnA॒ avI॑varata vo॒ hi ka॑m |
indro॑ va॒zzakti॑bhirdevI॒stasmA॒dvArNAma॑ vo hi॒tam || 3
eko॑ vo de॒vo apya॑tiSTha॒thsyanda॑mAnA yathAva॒zam |
udA॑niSurma॒hIriti॒ tasmA॑duda॒kamu॑cyate || 4
Apo॑ bha॒drA ghR॒tamidApa॑ Anura॒gnISomau॑ bibhra॒tyApa॒ ittAH |
tI॒vro raso॑ madhu॒pRcAM॑ a॒ra॒Gga॒ma A mA॑ prA॒Nena॑ sa॒ha varca॑sAgann || 5
Aditpa॑zyAmyu॒ta vA॑ zRNo॒myA mA॒ ghoSo॑ gacchati॒ vAGma॑ AsAm |
manye॑ bhejA॒no a॒mRta॑sya॒ tarhi॒ hira॑NyavarNA॒ atR॑paM-ya~॒dA vaH॑ || 6
Apo॒ hiSThA ma॑yo॒bhuva॒stA na॑ U॒rje da॑dhAtana |
ma॒heraNA॑ya॒ cakSa॑se |
yo vaH॑ zi॒vata॑mo rasa॒stasya॑ bhAjayate॒ ha naH॑ |
u॒za॒tIri॑va mA॒ta॑raH |
tasmA॒ ara॑GgamAmavo॒ yasya॒ kSayA॑ya॒ jinva॑tha |
Apo॑ ja॒naya॑thA ca naH |
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | zuddhodakena snapayAmi |
[ di॒vizra॑yasvA॒ntari॑kSeyatasva pRthi॒vyAsambha॑va brahmavarca॒sama॑si brahmavarca॒sAya॑tvA | a॒pA-GgrahA॑ngRhNAtye॒tadvApa rA॑ja॒sUyaM॒-yade॒tegrahA॑ssa॒vo॑-'gnirva॑ruNasa॒vo rA॑ja॒sUya॑magnisa॒vazcitya॒stAbhyA॑me॒va sU॑ya॒te-'tho॑ u॒bhAve॒valo॒kAva॒bhija॑yati॒ yazca॑ rAja॒sUye॑nejA॒nasya॒ yazcA॑gni॒cita॒ Apo॑ bhava॒ntyApo॒ vA a॒gnerbhrAtR॑vyA॒ yada॒po॑-'gnera॒dhastA॑dupa॒dadhA॑ti॒ bhrAtR॑vyAbhibhUtyai॒ bhava॑tyA॒tmanA॒parA॑-'sya॒bhrAtR॑vyo bhavatya॒mRtaM॒-vA Apa॒stasmA॑da॒dbhirava॑tAntama॒bhiSi॑Jcanti॒ nArti॒mArcha॑ti॒sarva॒mAyu॑reti ||
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pava॑mAna॒ssuva॒rjanaH॑ | pa॒vitre॑Na॒ vica॑rSaNiH |
yaH potA॒ sa pu॑nAtu mA | pu॒nantu॑ mA devaja॒nAH |
pu॒nantu॒ mana॑vo dhi॒yA | pu॒nantu॒ vizva॑ A॒yavaH॑ |
jAta॑vedaH pa॒vitra॑vat | pa॒vitre॑Na punAhi mA |
zu॒kreNa॑ deva॒dIdya॑t | agne॒ kratvA॒ kratU॒gM॒ ranu॑ |
yatte॑ pa॒vitra॑ma॒rciSi॑ | agne॒ vita॑tamanta॒rA |
brahma॒ tena॑ punImahe | u॒bhAbhyA᳚-ndevasavitaH |
pa॒vitre॑Na sa॒vena॑ ca | i॒da-mbrahma॑ punImahe |
vai॒zva॒de॒vI pu॑na॒tI de॒vyAgA᳚t |
yasyai॑ ba॒hvIsta॒nuvo॑ vI॒tapR॑SThAH |
tayA॒ mada॑nta-ssadha॒mAdye॑Su |
va॒yagg syA॑ma॒ pata॑yo rayI॒NAm |
vai॒zvA॒na॒ro ra॒zmibhi॑rmA punAtu |
vAtaH॑ prA॒Nene॑Si॒ro ma॑yo॒ bhUH |
dyAvA॑pRthi॒vI paya॑sA॒ payo॑bhiH |
R॒tAva॑rI ya॒jJiye॑ mA punItAm ||
bR॒hadbhi॑ssavita॒stRbhiH॑ | varSi॑SThairdeva॒manma॑bhiH |
agne॒ dakSaiH᳚ punAhi mA | yena॑ de॒vA apu॑nata |
yenApo॑ di॒vyaGkazaH॑ | tena॑ di॒vyena॒ brahma॑NA |
i॒da-mbrahma॑ punImahe | yaH pA॑vamA॒nIra॒ddhyeti॑ |
RSi॑bhi॒ssambhR॑ta॒gM॒ rasam॑ | sarva॒gM॒ sa pU॒tama॑znAti |
sva॒di॒ta-mmA॑ta॒rizva॑nA | pA॒va॒mA॒nIryo a॒dhyeti॑ |
RSi॑bhi॒ssambhR॑ta॒gM॒ rasam᳚ | tasmai॒ sara॑svatI duhe |
kSI॒ragM sa॒rpirmadhU॑da॒kam ||
pA॒va॒mA॒nIssva॒styaya॑nIH | su॒dughA॒hi paya॑svatIH |
RSi॑bhi॒ssambhR॑to॒ rasaH॑ | brA॒hma॒NeSva॒mRtagM॑ hi॒tam |
pA॒va॒mA॒nIrdi॑zantu naH | i॒maM-lo~॒kamatho॑ a॒mum |
kAmA॒nthsama॑rdhayantu naH | de॒vIrde॒vaissa॒mAbhR॑tAH |
pA॒va॒mA॒nIssva॒styaya॑nIH | su॒dughA॒hi ghR॑ta॒zcutaH॑ |
RSi॑bhi॒ssambhR॑to॒ rasaH॑ | brA॒hma॒NeSva॒mRtagM॑ hi॒tam |
yena॑ de॒vAH pa॒vitre॑Na | A॒tmAna॑-mpu॒nate॒ sadA᳚ |
tena॑ sa॒hasra॑dhAreNa | pA॒va॒mA॒nyaH pu॑nantu mA |
prA॒jA॒pa॒tya-mpa॒vitram᳚ | za॒todyA॑magM hira॒Nmayam᳚ |
tena॑ brahma॒ vido॑ va॒yam | pU॒ta-mbrahma॑ punImahe |
indra॑ssunI॒tI sa॒hamA॑ punAtu | soma॑ssva॒styA varu॑Nassa॒mIcyA᳚ |
ya॒mo rAjA᳚ pramR॒NAbhiH॑ punAtu mA | jA॒tave॑dA mo॒rjaya॑ntyA punAtu |
Apo॒ vA i॒dagM sarvaM॒-vi~zvA॑ bhU॒tAnyApaH॑ prA॒NA vA ApaH॑
pa॒zava॒ Apo-'nna॒mApo-'mR॑ta॒mApaH॑ sa॒mrADApo॑ vi॒rADApaH॑
sva॒rADApa॒zchandA॒gM॒syApo॒ jyotI॒gM॒SyApo॒
yajU॒gM॒SyApa॑ssa॒tyamApa॒ssarvA॑ de॒vatA॒ Apo॒
bhUrbhuva॒ssuva॒rApa॒ om ||
a॒paH praNa॑yati | zra॒ddhAvA ApaH॑ |
zra॒ddhAme॒vArabhya॑ pra॒NIya॒ praca॑rati |
a॒paH praNa॑yati | ya॒jJo vAa ApaH॑ |
ya॒jJame॒vArabhya॑ pra॒NIya॒ praca॑rati
a॒paH praNa॑yati | va॒jro vA ApaH॑ |
vajra॑me॒va bhrAtR॑vyebhyaH prahRtya॑ pra॒NIya॒ praca॑rati |
a॒paH praNa॑yati | Apo॒ vai ra॑kSo॒ghnIH |
rakSa॑sA॒mapa॑hatyai |
a॒paH praNa॑yati | Apo॒ vai de॒vAnA॑-mpri॒yandhAma॑ |
de॒vAnA॑me॒va pri॒yandhAma॑ pra॒NIya॒ praca॑rati |
a॒paH praNa॑yati | Apo॒ vai sarvA॑ de॒vatAH॑ |
de॒vatA॑ e॒vArabhya॑ pra॒NIya॒ praca॑rati |
(Apo॒vaizA॒ntAH | zA॒ntAbhi॑re॒vAsya॑ zucagM॑zamayati ||)
zrI bhavAnIzaGkarAsvAmine namaH | malApakarSaNasnAnaM samarpayAmi |
About This Stotram
Overview
Panchamruta Snanam is a ritual bathing procedure in which a deity's image is bathed with five sacred substances: milk (kshira), curd (dadhi), ghee (ghrita), honey (madhu), and sugar (sharkara). The ritual is performed as an act of worship (abhishekam) in both Shaiva and Vaishnava traditions, with the version in this text dedicated to Bhavani-Shankara (Parvati and Shiva). It is accompanied by Vedic mantras, including verses from the Rigveda.
What are the benefits of chanting Panchamruta Snanam?
- Sanctifies and honors the deity through the offering of pure substances
- Accumulates spiritual merit for the performer and participants
- Removes ritual impurities and negative influences
- Deepens devotional practice through structured ritual engagement
When is the best time to recite this?
Panchamruta Snanam is performed during major Shaiva festivals such as Maha Shivaratri, throughout the Shravana month, and on the deity's birth star. It is also conducted during temple consecration ceremonies (pratishtha) and in some home worship traditions.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The ritual of panchamrita abhishekam is described in various Puranas and Agamas, with roots in Vedic sacrificial culture where pure substances were offered to deities. The mantras accompanying the bathing rite, including verses invoking Vamadeva (an epithet of Shiva), draw from the Rigveda and Shaiva liturgical tradition. The specific text as compiled here does not have an identifiable single author; it reflects the practical ritual manuals used in temple and home worship that were codified through Agamic and Puranic literature over centuries.
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Related Texts
- Shiva Panchakshara Stotram — a five-syllable hymn to Shiva commonly recited during Shiva-oriented abhishekam rituals
- Rudram — the principal Vedic hymn to Rudra/Shiva used in abhishekam ceremonies across Shaiva traditions