Slokas & Mantras

One traditional verse to Ganesha

vakratuṇḍa mahākāya sūryakoṭisamaprabha । nirvighnaṃ kuru me deva sarvakāryeṣu sarvadā ॥

One traditional verse before studying

sarasvati namastubhyaṃ varade kāmarūpiṇi । vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi siddhirbhavatu me sadā ॥

Traditional Shiva mantra (without Vedic accents)

oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam । urvārukamiva bandhanān mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt ॥

One traditional Hanuman meditation verse

manojavaṃ mārutatulyavegaṃ jitendriyaṃ buddhimatāṃ variṣṭham । vātātmajaṃ vānarayūthamukhyaṃ śrīrāmadūtaṃ śirasā namāmi ॥

One traditional meditation verse to Vishnu

śāntākāraṃ bhujagaśayanaṃ padmanābhaṃ sureśaṃ viśvādhāraṃ gaganasadṛśaṃ meghavarṇaṃ śubhāṅgam । lakṣmīkāntaṃ kamalanayanaṃ yogibhirdhyānagamyaṃ vande viṣṇuṃ bhavabhayaharaṃ sarvalokaikanātham ॥

One traditional verse honoring the guru

gurur brahmā gurur viṣṇuḥ gurur devo maheśvaraḥ । guruḥ sākṣāt parabrahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ॥

All 8 verses and closing phalashruti · Complete

brahmamurārī surārcita liṅgaṃ । nirmala bhāsita śobhita liṅgaṃ ॥ janmaja duḥkha vināśaka liṅgaṃ । tat praṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgaṃ ॥ 1 ॥ devamuni pravārārcita liṅgaṃ । kāmadahana karuṇākara liṅgaṃ ॥ rāvaṇa darpa vināśaka liṅgaṃ । tat praṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgaṃ ॥ 2 ॥ sarva sugandha sulepita liṅgaṃ । buddhī vivardhana kāraṇa liṅgaṃ ॥ siddha surāsura vaṃdita liṅgaṃ । tat praṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgaṃ ॥ 3 ॥ kanaka mahāmaṇi bhūṣita liṅgaṃ । phaṇipati veṣṭita śobhita liṅgaṃ ॥ dakṣa suyajña vināśana liṅgaṃ । tat praṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgaṃ ॥ 4 ॥ kumakuma caṃdana lepita liṅgaṃ । paṃkaja hāra suśobhita liṅgaṃ ॥ saṃcita pāpa vināśaka liṅgaṃ । tat praṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgaṃ ॥ 5 ॥ devāgaṇārcita sevita liṅgaṃ । bhāvairbhaktibhireva ca liṅgaṃ ॥ dinakara koṭī prabhākara liṅgaṃ । tat praṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgaṃ ॥ 6 ॥ aṣṭodaloparīveṣṭita liṅgaṃ । sarvasamudbhava kāraṇa liṅgaṃ ॥ aṣṭadaridra vināśana liṅgaṃ । tat praṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgaṃ ॥ 7 ॥ suraguru suravara pūjita liṅgaṃ । suravana puṣpa sadārcita liṅgaṃ ॥ parātpara parāmātmaka liṅgaṃ । tat praṇamāmi sadāśiva liṅgaṃ ॥ 8 ॥ liṅgāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭheśśiva saṃnidhau । śivalokamavāpnotī śivena saha modite ॥