Shiva Manasa Puja
Shiva Manasa Puja
ziva mAnasa pUja
ratnaiH kalpitamAsanaM himajalaiH snAnaM ca divyAmbaraM
nAnAratna vibhUSitaM mRgamadA modAGkitaM candanam |
jAtI campaka bilvapatra racitaM puSpaM ca dhUpaM tathA
dIpaM deva dayAnidhe pazupate hRtkalpitaM gRhyatAm || 1 ||
sauvarNe navaratnakhaNDa racite pAtre ghRtaM pAyasaM
bhakSyaM paJcavidhaM payodadhiyutaM rambhAphalaM pAnakam |
zAkAnAmayutaM jalaM rucikaraM karpUra khaNDojjcalaM
tAmbUlaM manasA mayA viracitaM bhaktyA prabho svIkuru || 2 ||
chatraM cAmarayoryugaM vyajanakaM cAdarzakaM nirmalaM
vINA bheri mRdaGga kAhalakalA gItaM ca nRtyaM tathA |
sASTAGgaM praNatiH stuti-rbahuvidhA-hyetat-samastaM mayA
saGkalpena samarpitaM tava vibho pUjAM gRhANa prabho || 3 ||
AtmA tvaM girijA matiH sahacarAH prANAH zarIraM gRhaM
pUjA te viSayopabhoga-racanA nidrA samAdhisthitiH |
saJcAraH padayoH pradakSiNavidhiH stotrANi sarvA giro
yadyatkarma karomi tattadakhilaM zambho tavArAdhanam || 4 ||
kara caraNa kRtaM vAkkAyajaM karmajaM vA
zravaNa nayanajaM vA mAnasaM vAparAdham |
vihitamavihitaM vA sarvametat-kSamasva
jaya jaya karuNAbdhe zrI mahAdeva zambho || 5 ||
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About This Stotram
Overview
The Shiva Manasa Puja is a 5-verse Sanskrit stotram attributed to Adi Shankaracharya that describes a complete act of worship performed entirely in the mind. Rather than listing physical offerings, each verse guides the devotee through mentally visualizing the ritual elements — seat, bath, incense, lamps, and food — as offerings to Lord Shiva. It belongs to the Shaiva devotional literature of the Advaita Vedanta tradition.
What are the benefits of chanting Shiva Manasa Puja?
- Enables mental worship of Lord Shiva without dependence on physical materials or location
- Cultivates inner devotion and sustained mindfulness of the divine
- Promotes peace and steadiness of mind through meditative recitation
- Accessible as a daily practice for those unable to perform elaborate ritual worship
When is the best time to recite this?
The Shiva Manasa Puja may be recited at any time, making it particularly useful during meditation or when circumstances prevent formal worship. Morning and evening recitation are common, as are periods of travel, illness, or quiet spiritual reflection.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The hymn is attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, the 8th-century philosopher and theologian who systematized Advaita Vedanta. His emphasis on the non-dual nature of reality finds expression here: the internal act of worship is held to be as complete as any external ritual. The text circulates independently as part of the stotra literature composed by Shankaracharya's school. Its brevity and accessibility have kept it in continuous use across Shaiva communities.
Available scripts
This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.
Related Texts
- Shivananda Lahari — a 100-verse devotional hymn to Shiva with a similarly introspective and meditative character
- Shivashtakam — an 8-verse ashtakam praising Shiva's divine qualities, commonly recited alongside mental worship practices