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शनि मन्त्र in Punjabi (Gurmukhi)

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🕉️ hindu·📿 108× repetitions·🕐 Saturday at sunrise or dusk; Shani Jayanti, Shani Amavasya·🎵 Audio included·📜 Traditional Navagraha mantras; Nilanjan dhyana and Pippalada ten-names from the Puranic tradition

अपनी भाषा/लिपि में पढ़ें

देवनागरी / Hindi తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆਪੰਜਾਬੀ

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.

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Complete Text with Meaning

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Verse 1

ੴ ਸ਼ਂ ਸ਼ਨੈਸ਼੍ਚਰਾਯ ਨਮਃ ॥

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।

Verse 2

ੴ ਪ੍ਰਾਂ ਪ੍ਰੀਂ ਪ੍ਰੌਂ ਸਃ ਸ਼ਨੈਸ਼੍ਚਰਾਯ ਨਮਃ ॥

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।

Verse 3

ੴ ਕਾਕਧ੍ਵਜਾਯ ਵਿਦ੍ਮਹੇ ਖਡ੍ਗਹਸ੍ਤਾਯ ਧੀਮਹਿ । ਤਨ੍ਨੋ ਮਨ੍ਦਃ ਪ੍ਰਚੋਦਯਾਤ੍ ॥

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।)

Verse 4

ਨੀਲਾਞ੍ਜਨਸਮਾਭਾਸਂ ਰਵਿਪੁਤ੍ਰਂ ਯਮਾਗ੍ਰਜਮ੍ । ਛਾਯਾਮਾਰ੍ਤਣ੍ਡਸਮ੍ਭੂਤਂ ਤਂ ਨਮਾਮਿ ਸ਼ਨੈਸ਼੍ਚਰਮ੍ ॥

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।)

Verse 5

ਕੋਣਸ੍ਥਃ ਪਿਙ੍ਗਲੋ ਬਭ੍ਰੁਃ ਕृष੍ਣੋ ਰੌਦ੍ਰੋऽਨ੍ਤਕੋ ਯਮਃ । ਸੌਰਿਃ ਸ਼ਨੈਸ਼੍ਚਰੋ ਮਨ੍ਦਃ ਪਿਪ੍ਪਲਾਦੇਨ ਸਂਸ੍ਤੁਤਃ ॥

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।)

Verse 6

ਏਤਾਨਿ ਦਸ਼ ਨਾਮਾਨਿ ਪ੍ਰਾਤਰੁਤ੍ਥਾਯ ਯਃ ਪਠੇਤ੍ । ਸ਼ਨੈਸ਼੍ਚਰਕृਤਾ ਪੀਡਾ ਨ ਕਦਾਚਿਦ੍ਭਵਿष੍ਯਤਿ ॥

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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ਸ਼ਨੈਸ਼੍ਚਰ🔊ShanaishcharaThe slow-mover — Saturn, who moves slowest among the grahas; god of karma and justice

ਪ੍ਰਾਂ ਪ੍ਰੀਂ ਪ੍ਰੌਂ ਸਃ🔊Praam Preem Praum SahThe seed (beej) syllables of the Shani mantra

ਕਾਕਧ੍ਵਜ🔊KakadhvajaThe crow-bannered one — the crow is Shani's emblem and mount

ਨੀਲਾਞ੍ਜਨ🔊NilanjanaBlue collyrium (kajal) — describing Shani's dark, blue-black lustre

ਪਿਪ੍ਪਲਾਦ🔊PippaladaThe sage whose ten-name hymn pacifies Shani's affliction

ਮਨ੍ਦ🔊MandaThe slow one — another name of Saturn

Benefits of Chanting शनि मन्त्र

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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.

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Recited to gain Shani's blessings of discipline, justice, patience and steady, lasting success, and to soften his harsh karmic lessons.

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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.

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Believed to relieve obstacles, delays, debts, joint pain, legal troubles and the hardships of an ill-placed Saturn.

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Most powerful on Saturday (Shanivar), Shani Jayanti and Shani Amavasya, ideally with a mustard/sesame-oil lamp.

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The beej mantra is chanted in multiples of 108; the traditional remedial count is 23,000 repetitions over time.

How to Chant शनि मन्त्र

Repetitions108times

Best TimeSaturday at sunrise or dusk; Shani Jayanti, Shani Amavasya

FaceWest

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete शनि मन्त्र written in the Punjabi (Gurmukhi) script (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character into Punjabi (Gurmukhi) so Punjab devotees can read and chant it comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud, and the Roman (IAST) transliteration is shown beneath each verse for pronunciation.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

The principal Shani mantra is the Beej Mantra 'Om Praam Preem Praum Sah Shanaishcharaya Namah', a salutation to Shanaishchara (Saturn). The page also gives the Shani Gayatri, the Nilanjan Samabhasam dhyana verse, and Pippalada's ten-name mantra — all chanted to please Saturn, the lord of karma and justice.

It is chanted in multiples of 108 (one mala) daily, especially on Saturdays. The traditional full remedial count for strengthening Saturn is 23,000 repetitions completed over time.

'Nilanjana-samabhasam ravi-putram yamagrajam, chhaya-martanda-sambhutam tam namami shanaishcharam' is the famous Shani dhyana verse: 'Resembling blue collyrium, son of the Sun and elder brother of Yama, born of Chhaya and the Sun — I bow to Shanaishchara.' It is recited to meditate on Shani's form.

Saturday (Shanivar) is Shani's day — at sunrise or dusk. Shani Jayanti and Shani Amavasya are especially powerful. Lighting a mustard or sesame-oil lamp and offering black sesame and urad enhances the worship.

Yes — the Shani beej mantra and the ten-name mantra are classic remedies during Sade Sati (the 7½-year Saturn transit) and Dhaiya, believed to soften Saturn's trials and grant patience, justice and relief when chanted regularly with sincerity.