What offerings are made in the Shiva Manasa Puja Stotram?

The hymn offers imagined gifts to Shiva, including a jeweled seat, cool water for bathing, fine clothes, fragrant sandalwood paste, flowers, incense, light, and delicious food.

What types of food are offered to Shiva in the hymn?

The food offered includes ghee, sweet rice (payasam), five kinds of delicacies, milk and yogurt, bananas, refreshing drinks, tasty vegetables, and camphor-flavored water.

What music and dance are offered to Shiva in the hymn?

The hymn offers music including the sounds of the veena, drums, and kahala, along with singing and dancing as forms of worship to Lord Shiva.

What does the devotee consider as Shiva's form in the Shiva Manasa Puja?

The devotee considers their soul as Shiva, their intellect as Parvati (Girija), their life force as Shiva's companions, their body as His temple, and all actions as worship.

What transgressions does the devotee ask Shiva to forgive?

The devotee asks Shiva to forgive any offenses committed through actions, speech, body, ears, eyes, or mind, whether knowingly or unknowingly done.

śrī śiva mānasapūjā stōtram

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Shiv Stotra

ratnaiḥ kalpitamāsanaṁ himajalaiḥ snānaṁ ca divyāmbaraṁ
nānāratnavibhūṣitaṁ mr̥gamadāmōdāṅkitaṁ candanam |
jātīcampakabilvapatraracitaṁ puṣpaṁ ca dhūpaṁ tathā
dīpaṁ dēva dayānidhē paśupatē hr̥tkalpitaṁ gr̥hyatām || 1 ||

sauvarṇē navaratnakhaṇḍaracitē pātrē ghr̥taṁ pāyasaṁ
bhakṣyaṁ pañcavidhaṁ payōdadhiyutaṁ rambhāphalaṁ pānakam |
śākānāmayutaṁ jalaṁ rucikaraṁ karpūrakhaṇḍōjjvalaṁ
tāmbūlaṁ manasā mayā viracitaṁ bhaktyā prabhō svīkuru || 2 ||

chatraṁ cāmarayōryugaṁ vyajanakaṁ cādarśakaṁ nirmalaṁ
vīṇābhērimr̥daṅgakāhalakalā gītaṁ ca nr̥tyaṁ tathā |
sāṣṭāṅgaṁ praṇatiḥ stutirbahuvidhā hyētatsamastaṁ mayā
saṅkalpēna samarpitaṁ tava vibhō pūjāṁ gr̥hāṇa prabhō || 3 ||

ātmā tvaṁ girijā matiḥ sahacarāḥ prāṇāḥ śarīraṁ gr̥haṁ
pūjā tē viṣayōpabhōgaracanā nidrā samādhisthitiḥ |
sañcāraḥ padayōḥ pradakṣiṇavidhiḥ stōtrāṇi sarvā girō
yadyatkarma karōmi tattadakhilaṁ śambhō tavārādhanam || 4 ||

karacaraṇakr̥taṁ vākkāyajaṁ karmajaṁ vā
śravaṇa nayanajaṁ vā mānasaṁ vāparādham |
vihitamavihitaṁ vā sarvamētat kṣamasva
jaya jaya karuṇābdhē śrīmahādēva śambhō || 5 ||

iti śrīmacchaṅkarācārya kr̥taṁ śrī śiva mānasapūjā stōtram |

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