Shiva Manasa Puja

शिव मानस पूजा (Shiva Manasa Puja)

Shiva Manasa Puja is a beautiful hymn composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. It describes the mental worship (mānasa pūjā) of Lord Shiva, where the devotee offers the most magnificent and elaborate items to the Lord entirely within their mind, culminating in the realization that one’s entire life and actions are an offering to the Divine.

The Verses

Verse 1

Sanskrit

रत्नैः कल्पितमासनं हिमजलैः स्नानं च दिव्याम्बरं
नानारत्न विभूषितं मृगमदा मोदाङ्कितं चन्दनम् ।
जाती चम्पक बिल्वपत्र रचितं पुष्पं च धूपं तथा
दीपं देव दयानिधे पशुपते हृत्कल्पितं गृह्यताम् ॥ 1 ॥

ratnaiḥ kalpithamāsanaṁ himajalaiḥ snānaṁ ca divyāmbaraṁ
nānāratna vibhūṣitaṁ mṛgamadā modāṅkitaṁ candanam |
jātī campaka bilvapatra racitaṁ puṣpaṁ ca dhūpaṁ tathā
dīpaṁ deva dayānidhe paśupate hṛtkalpitaṁ gṛhyatām || 1 ||

Translation

O God, O Ocean of Mercy, O Lord of all beings! Please accept this mental offering: a throne fashioned from precious gems, a bath with cool water from the Himalayas, divine garments adorned with various jewels, sandalwood paste fragrant with musk, flowers made of jasmine, champaka, and bilva leaves, along with fragrant incense and a shining lamp.

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Verse 2

Sanskrit

सौवर्णे नवरत्नखण्ड रचिते पात्रे घृतं पायसं
भक्ष्यं पञ्चविधं पयोदधियुतं रम्भाफलं पानकम् ।
शाकानामयुतं जलं रुचिकरं कर्पूर खण्डोज्ज्चलं
ताम्बूलं मनसा मया विरचितं भक्त्या प्रभो स्वीकुरु ॥ 2 ॥

sauvarṇe navaratnakhaṇḍa racite pātre ghṛtaṁ pāyasaṁ
bhakṣyaṁ pañcavidhaṁ payodadhiyutaṁ rambhāphalaṁ pānakam |
śākānāmayutaṁ jalaṁ rucikaraṁ karpūra khaṇḍojjvalaṁ
tāmbūlaṁ manasā mayā viracitaṁ bhaktyā prabho svīkuru || 2 ||

Translation

O Lord! Please accept with my devotion these offerings created in my mind: sweet rice pudding with ghee served in a golden bowl set with nine kinds of precious jewels, five kinds of delicious food mixed with milk and curd, plantains, sweet drinks, countless varieties of vegetables, tasty water, and betel leaves illuminated with pieces of camphor.

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Verse 3

Sanskrit

छत्रं चामरयोर्युगं व्यजनकं चादर्शकं निर्मलं
वीणा भेरि मृदङ्ग काहलकला गीतं च नृत्यं तथा ।
साष्टाङ्गं प्रणतिः स्तुति-र्बहुविधा-ह्येतत्-समस्तं मया
सङ्कल्पेन समर्पितं तव विभो पूजां गृहाण प्रभो ॥ 3 ॥

chatraṁ cāmarayoryugaṁ vyajanakaṁ cādarśakaṁ nirmalaṁ
vīṇā bheri mṛdaṅga kāhalakalā gītaṁ ca nṛtyaṁ tathā |
sāṣṭāṅgaṁ praṇatiḥ stuti-rbahuvidhā-hyetat-samastaṁ mayā
saṅkalpena samarpitaṁ tava vibho pūjāṁ gṛhāṇa prabho || 3 ||

Translation

O All-Pervading Lord! Please accept this worship offered through my mental resolve: a royal umbrella, a pair of fly whisks, a fan, a spotless mirror, the music of the veena, kettledrums, mridangam, and large drums, along with sweet songs and dancing, full prostrations, and manifold hymns of praise—all this I dedicate to You.

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Verse 4

Sanskrit

आत्मा त्वं गिरिजा मतिः सहचराः प्राणाः शरीरं गृहं
पूजा ते विषयोपभोग-रचना निद्रा समाधिस्थितिः ।
सञ्चारः पदयोः प्रदक्षिणविधिः स्तोत्राणि सर्वा गिरो
यद्यत्कर्म करोमि तत्तदखिलं शम्भो तवाराधनम् ॥ 4 ॥

ātmā tvaṁ girijā matiḥ sahacarāḥ prāṇāḥ śarīraṁ gṛhaṁ
pūjā te viṣayopabhoga-racanā nidrā samādhisthitiḥ |
sañcāraḥ padayoḥ pradakṣiṇavidhiḥ stotrāṇi sarvā giro
yadyatkarma karomi tattadakhilaṁ śambho tavārādhanam || 4 ||

Translation

You are my soul; Goddess Parvati is my intellect; my vital breaths are Your attendants; my body is Your temple; my enjoyment of the objects of the senses is Your worship; my sleep is the state of Samadhi; wherever I walk is a circumambulation around You; all my spoken words are hymns of praise to You. O Shambho! Whatever action I perform, all of it is worship unto You.

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Verse 5

Sanskrit

कर चरण कृतं वाक्कायजं कर्मजं वा
श्रवण नयनजं वा मानसं वापराधम् ।
विहितमविहितं वा सर्वमेतत्-क्षमस्व
जय जय करुणाब्धे श्री महादेव शम्भो ॥ 5 ॥

kara caraṇa kṛtaṁ vākkāyajaṁ karmajaṁ vā
śravaṇa nayanajaṁ vā mānasaṁ vāparādham |
vihitamavihitaṁ vā sarvametat-kṣamasva
jaya jaya karuṇābdhe śrī mahādeva śambho || 5 ||

Translation

Whatever faults or sins I have committed through my hands, feet, speech, body, actions, ears, eyes, or mind, whether prescribed or prohibited—please forgive them all. Victory, Victory to You, O Ocean of Compassion, O Sri Mahadeva, O Shambho!