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Shiva
MantraSanskrit
त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्। उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्॥
Transliteration
Tryambakaṃ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṃ Puṣṭivardhanam, Urvārukamiva Bandhanānmṛtyormukṣīya Māmṛtāt
Translation
We worship the three-eyed one, fragrant and nourishing; may he free us from the bond of death, like a ripe cucumber falls freely from its vine, and unite us with immortality.
Meaning
Shiva is invoked as 'Tryambaka' (the three-eyed one) and asked to loosen the grip of mortality just as a fully ripened fruit detaches effortlessly from its stem — a metaphor for a natural, fearless release from death.
Source
Rigveda 7.59.12; also recurs in the Yajurveda (Taittiriya Samhita, Vajasaneyi Samhita)
Reverential homage invoking Śiva across manifestations—teacher-guided chanting.
Om, salutations to Shiva — the most fundamental Shaiva mantra, offering reverence to the auspicious, all-pervading consciousness that Shiva embodies.
Salutations to the great lord who wears the king of serpents as a garland, who bears three eyes, whose limbs are smeared with sacred ash — who is eternal, pure, and robed in the directions themselves. To him, present in the syllable 'Na', I bow.
I bow to that eternal Shiva-linga, worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu, and the gods; radiant with a stainless splendor; and destroyer of the sorrows born of worldly existence.