Lord Shiva

śrī mahānyāsam - 2. pañcamukha dhyānam

(Shri Mahanyasam - 2. Panchamukha Dhyanam in English (IAST))

From Yajurveda (Taittiriya Aranyaka)

This powerful dhyanam shloka serves as a central meditative invocation within the Sri Mahanyasam, focusing on the five-faced form of Lord Shiva. By contemplating the radiant, lightning-like brilliance of the Panchamukha, the practitioner aligns their physical and spiritual self with the cosmic vibration of the Vedas. Traditionally chanted before performing deep rituals or Rudra-abhisheka, this invocation is believed to purify the practitioner, remove profound karmic obstructions, and bestow clarity of mind. It invokes the primordial power of Rudra to grant inner strength, divine wisdom, and the ultimate realization of the infinite consciousness embodied by Lord Shiva.

o-nnam || tatpuru॒ṣāya vi॒dmahḙ mahāde॒vāya̭ dhīmahi | tanno̭ rudraḥ pracodayā᳚t ||
saṃ​va~rtāgni taṭitpradīpta kanaka prasparthi tejomayam |
gambhīradhvani sāmavedajanaka-ntāmrādharaṃ sundaram |
ardhendudyuti lolapiṅgala jaṭābhāraprabaddhoragam |
vande siddha surāsurendranamita-mpūrva-mmukhaṃ śūlinaḥ ||
o-nnamo bhagavatḙ rudrā॒ya || o-nnam || pūrva mukhāya॒ namaḥ ||
a॒ghore᳚bhyo-'thagho॒re᳚bhyo॒ ghora॒ghora̭tarebhyaḥ || sarve᳚bhyassarva śarve᳚bhyo॒ nama̭ste astu ru॒drarṷ̄pebhyaḥ ||
kālābhrabhramarāñjanadyutinibhaṃ-vyā~vṛtta piṅgekṣaṇam
karṇodbhāsita bhogimastaka maṇiprodgīrṇa daṃṣṭrāṅkuram |
sarpaprota kapāla śukti śakala vyākīrṇa sacchekharam
vande dakṣiṇamīśvarasya kuṭila bhrūbhaṅga raudra-mmukham ||
o-nnamo bhagavatḙ rudrā॒ya || o-mmam || dakṣiṇa mukhāya॒ namaḥ ||
sa॒dyo jā॒ta-mpra̭padyā॒mi॒ sa॒dyo jā॒tāya॒ vai namo॒ namaḥ̭ | bha॒ve bha̭ve॒ nāti̭ bhave bhavasva॒ mām | bha॒vo-dbha̭vāya॒ namaḥ̭ ||
prāleyācalamindukunda dhavala-ṅgokṣīraphenaprabham
bhasmābhyaktamanaṅga deha dahana jvālāvalī locanam |
brahmendrādi marudgaṇaisputipadai rabhyarcitaṃ-yo~gibhiḥ
vande-'haṃ sakala-ṅkalaṅkarahitaṃ sthāṇormukha-mpaścimam ||
o-nnamo bhagavatḙ rudrā॒ya || oṃ śim || paścima mukhāya॒ namaḥ ||
vā॒ma॒de॒vāya॒ namo᳚ jye॒ṣṭhāya॒ namaḥ̭ śre॒ṣṭhāya॒ namo̭ ru॒drāya॒ namaḥ॒ kālā̭ya॒ namaḥ॒ kala̭vikaraṇāya॒ namo॒ bala̭vikaraṇāya॒ namo॒ balā̭ya॒ namo॒ bala̭pramathanāya॒ nama॒-ssarva̭bhūtadamanāya॒ namo̭ ma॒nonma̭nāya॒ namaḥ̭ ||
gaura-ṅkuṅkuma paṅkilaṃ stilakaṃ-vyā~pāṇḍu gaṇḍasthalam
bhrūvikṣepa kaṭākṣa lasatsaṃsakta karṇotphalam |
snigdha-mbimbaphalādhara-mprahasita-nnīlālakāla-ṅkṛtam
vande pūrṇa śaśāṅka maṇḍalanibhaṃ-va~ktraṃ harasyottaram ||
o-nnamo bhagavatḙ rudrā॒ya || oṃ-vā~m || uttara mukhāya॒ namaḥ ||
īśāna-ssarva̭vidyā॒nā॒-mīśvara-ssarva̭bhūtā॒nā॒-mbrahmādhi̭pati॒-rbrahma॒ṇo 'dhi̭pati॒-rbrahmā̭ śi॒vo mḙ astu sadāśi॒vom || (kaniṣṭhikābhyā-nnamaḥ)
vyaktāvyakta guṇetara-mparataraṃ ṣaṭtriṃśatattvātmakam
tasmāduttama tattvamakṣaramida-ndhyeyaṃ sadā yogibhiḥ |
oṅkārādi samasta mantrajanakaṃ sūkṣmādi sūkṣma-mparaṃ
śānta-mpañcamamīśvarasya vadana-ṅkhaṃ​vyā~pti tejomayam ||
o-nnamo bhagavatḙ rudrā॒ya || oṃ-vā~m || ūrdhva mukhāya॒ namaḥ ||
diṅnamaskāraḥ
pūrve paśupatiḥ pātu | dakṣiṇe pātu śaṅkaraḥ |
paścime pātu viśveśaḥ | nīlakaṇṭhastadottare ||
īśānyā-mpātu me śarvaḥ | āgneyā-mpārvatīpatiḥ |
naiṛtyā-mpātu me rudraḥ | vāyavyā-nnīlalohitaḥ ||
ūrdhve trilocanaḥ pātu | adharāyā-mmaheśvaraḥ |
etābhyo daśa digbhyastu | sarvataḥ pātu śaṅkaraḥ ||
(nā rudro rudramarcaye᳚t |
nyāsapūrvaka-ñjapahomārcanā-'bhiṣekavidhi vyākhyāsyāmaḥ |)

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