शनि मन्त्र
Origin & Story
Traditional Navagraha mantras; Nilanjan dhyana and Pippalada ten-names from the Puranic tradition · Traditional (ten names attributed to sage Pippalada) · Ancient
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.
✦ As told in scripture
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.
Complete Text with Meaning
ॐ शं शनैश्चराय नमः ॥
Om sham shanaishcharaya namah
Meaning:ॐ शं — शनैश्चर (शनिदेव) को नमस्कार। शनि का सरल एकाक्षर (शं) बीज-नमस्कार, प्रतिदिन उनकी कृपा हेतु जपा जाता है।
ॐ प्रां प्रीं प्रौं सः शनैश्चराय नमः ॥
Om pram prim praum sah shanaishcharaya namah
Meaning:ॐ प्रां प्रीं प्रौं सः — शनैश्चर को नमस्कार। यह शनि बीज मन्त्र है, जो पीड़ित शनि के उपाय रूप में परम्परागत रूप से २३,००० बार जपा जाता है।
ॐ काकध्वजाय विद्महे खड्गहस्ताय धीमहि । तन्नो मन्दः प्रचोदयात् ॥
Om kakadhvajaya vidmahe khadgahastaya dhimahi Tanno mandah prachodayat
Meaning:ॐ, हम काकध्वज (शनि) को जानें, खड्गधारी का ध्यान करें; वे मन्द (शनि) हमें प्रेरित करें। (शनि गायत्री मन्त्र।)
नीलाञ्जनसमाभासं रविपुत्रं यमाग्रजम् । छायामार्तण्डसम्भूतं तं नमामि शनैश्चरम् ॥
Nilanjanasamabhasam raviputram yamagrajam Chhayamartandasambhutam tam namami shanaishcharam
Meaning:नीले अंजन (काजल) के समान कान्ति वाले, सूर्य (रवि) के पुत्र और यम के बड़े भाई, छाया तथा मार्तण्ड (सूर्य) से उत्पन्न — उन शनैश्चर को मैं नमस्कार करता हूँ। (प्रसिद्ध शनि ध्यान श्लोक।)
कोणस्थः पिङ्गलो बभ्रुः कृष्णो रौद्रोऽन्तको यमः । सौरिः शनैश्चरो मन्दः पिप्पलादेन संस्तुतः ॥
Konasthah pingalo babhruh krishno raudrontako yamah Saurih shanaishcharo mandah pippaladena samstutah
Meaning:कोणस्थ, पिङ्गल, बभ्रु, कृष्ण, रौद्र, अन्तक, यम, सौरि, शनैश्चर और मन्द — इस प्रकार पिप्पलाद ऋषि द्वारा उनकी स्तुति की गई है। (शनि के दस नाम।)
एतानि दश नामानि प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत् । शनैश्चरकृता पीडा न कदाचिद्भविष्यति ॥
Etani dasha namani pratarutthaya yah pathet Shanaishcharakrita pida na kadachidbhavishyati
Meaning:जो प्रातः उठकर शनि के इन दस नामों का पाठ करता है, उसे शनैश्चर द्वारा की गई पीड़ा कभी नहीं होती।
Word-by-Word Meaning
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Benefits of Chanting शनि मन्त्र
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 शनि मन्त्र
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.