Shani Mantra — Benefits & How to Chant
शनि मन्त्र
Complete guide to chanting correctly for maximum benefit
Benefits of Chanting Shani Mantra
The Shani Beej Mantra (Om Praam Preem Praum Sah Shanaishcharaya Namah) is the core remedy for a weak or afflicted Saturn, Sade Sati, Dhaiya and Shani Mahadasha.
Recited to gain Shani's blessings of discipline, justice, patience and steady, lasting success, and to soften his harsh karmic lessons.
The Nilanjan Samabhasam dhyana verse is chanted to meditate upon Shani's form before japa; the ten-name (Pippalada) mantra is said to ward off all Shani-caused suffering when read at dawn.
Believed to relieve obstacles, delays, debts, joint pain, legal troubles and the hardships of an ill-placed Saturn.
Most powerful on Saturday (Shanivar), Shani Jayanti and Shani Amavasya, ideally with a mustard/sesame-oil lamp.
The beej mantra is chanted in multiples of 108; the traditional remedial count is 23,000 repetitions over time.
How to Chant Shani Mantra
Instructions
On Saturday after bathing, sit facing west and light a lamp of mustard or sesame (til) oil, ideally before Shani Dev or under a Peepal tree. Offer black sesame, urad dal and blue/black flowers. Chant the Shani Beej Mantra 'Om Praam Preem Praum Sah Shanaishcharaya Namah' 108 times on an iron or rudraksha mala, then recite the Nilanjan Samabhasam dhyana and the ten names. Reciting the ten names at dawn daily is said to keep Shani's affliction away.
Spiritual Significance
When the sage Pippalada's father was tormented by Shani, Pippalada is said to have praised Saturn with these ten names and won the boon that whoever recites them at dawn would never suffer Shani's affliction. To this day devotees in Sade Sati chant the Shani beej and ten-name mantras each Saturday and report their heaviest trials turning, in time, to discipline and lasting fortune.
Origin & History
Source: Traditional Navagraha mantras; Nilanjan dhyana and Pippalada ten-names from the Puranic tradition
Author: Traditional (ten names attributed to sage Pippalada)
Shani — the planet Saturn — is the son of Surya (the Sun) and Chhaya, and the elder brother of Yama, the lord of death. As the slowest-moving graha and the great judge of the Navagrahas, he weighs each soul's karma and returns it exactly, which is why his Sade Sati is feared. The sages gave mantras to win his grace: the seed mantra for daily japa, the Gayatri for invocation, the Nilanjan verse for meditation, and the ten names compiled by the sage Pippalada — said to shield the reciter from every affliction Shani can send.