🔱 महाशिवरात्रि पूजा विधि | Mahashivratri Puja Vidhi (Step by Step) 🔱 - Mahashivratri, the great night of Lord Shiva, is one of the most significant Hindu festivals dedicated to Bholenath. On this sacred day, devotees observe fasting (vrat), perform Shiva Abhishekam, chant powerful mantras, and stay awake through the night in devotion. Worshipping Lord Shiva on Mahashivratri is believed to bring divine blessings, spiritual upliftment, and liberation (moksha).
Mahashivratri Puja Vidhi (Step by Step)
Performing Mahashivratri Puja Vidhi correctly ensures peace, prosperity, and fulfillment of desires. This step-by-step guide will help you perform the Shiva Puja at home or in a temple, including Abhishekam, mantras, stotras, aarti, and fasting rituals. Follow this detailed Mahashivratri Puja guide to seek Lord Shiva’s divine grace and blessings.
🔱 हर हर महादेव! 🔱
📜 Introduction
Mahashivratri is one of the most sacred Hindu festivals dedicated to Lord Shiva, the supreme deity of transformation and destruction. Observing fasting (vrat), night-long vigil (jaagran), and special puja on this day is believed to bring divine blessings, spiritual awakening, and liberation (moksha).
Here is the step-by-step guide to performing the Mahashivratri Puja Vidhi at home or in a temple.
🔹 Step 1: Purification & Sankalp (संकल्प)
🕉️ Bathing and Preparing for Puja
- Wake up early (preferably during Brahma Muhurta - 4:00 AM - 6:00 AM).
- Take a holy bath, wear clean or new clothes.
- Clean the puja area, arrange all necessary puja items.
- Sit in front of the Shivling or Shiva idol and take Sankalp (a vow) to perform puja with devotion.
📜 Sankalp Mantra (संकल्प मंत्र)
Sanskrit:
🕉️ ममोपात्त समस्त दुरितक्षयद्वारा श्रीपरमेश्वर प्रीत्यर्थं महाशिवरात्रि व्रतं करिष्ये।
English Transliteration:
Om Mamopatta Samasta Duritakshaya Dwara Sri Parameshwara Preetyartham Mahashivratri Vratam Karishye.
Meaning: I take this vow of Mahashivratri fasting and worship to seek Lord Shiva’s blessings and purification from all sins.
🔹 Step 2: Abhishekam (अभिषेकम् - Sacred Bathing of Shivling)
🕉️ Offering Holy Bath to Shiva
- Abhishek (sacred bath) is the most significant ritual of Shiva Puja.
- Offer Panchamrit (Milk, Curd, Honey, Ghee, Sugar) to the Shivling.
- Then, bathe the Shivling with Ganga Jal, Coconut Water, and Rose Water.
- Finally, pour pure water and gently wipe it clean.
📜 Abhishek Mantras (अभिषेक मंत्र)
Sanskrit:
🕉️ॐ नमः शिवाय ।
🕉️ गंगाजलं समर्पयामि।
🕉️ दुग्धं समर्पयामि।
🕉️ मधु समर्पयामि।
🕉️ दधि समर्पयामि।
English Transliteration:
Om Namah Shivaya.
Om Gangajalam Samarpayami.
Om Dughdam Samarpayami.
Om Madhu Samarpayami.
Om Dadhi Samarpayami.
Meaning: I offer sacred water, milk, honey, curd, and ghee to Lord Shiva, seeking His divine grace.
🔹 Step 3: Rudra Abhishek & Shiva Stotra Recitation
🕉️ Chanting Powerful Shiva Mantras & Stotras
- Chant Rudra Abhishek Mantras while offering Bel Patra (Bilva leaves) to Shiva.
- Recite the Shiva Shadakshara Stotra, Shiva Panchakshara Stotra, or Rudrashtakam.
📜 Rudra Abhishek Mantra
Sanskrit:
🕉️ नमस्ते रुद्र मन्यव उतो त इषवे नमः।
🕉️ नमस्ते अस्तु धन्वने बाहुभ्यामुत ते नमः॥
English Transliteration:
Om Namaste Rudra Manyava Uto Ta Ishave Namah,
Namaste Astu Dhanvane Bahubhyamuta Te Namah.
Meaning: O Rudra, I bow to you and your mighty bow, and I seek your blessings with all humility.
🔹 Step 4: Offering Naivedyam (नैवेद्यम् - Sacred Food)
🕉️ Presenting Fruits & Sweets to Lord Shiva
- Offer fruits (Banana, Coconut, Dates, Dry Fruits, Sugarcane).
- If fasting, offer Sabudana Kheer, Milk, or Panchamrit.
- Chant Naivedya Mantra and seek blessings.
📜 Naivedya Mantra
Sanskrit:
🕉️ न वेद्यं तु मया दत्तं परिपूर्णं तु सर्वथा।
🕉️ गृहाण परमेशान प्रसीद परमेश्वर॥
English Transliteration:
Naivedyam Tu Maya Dattam Paripoornam Tu Sarvatha,
Grihana Parameshana Prasida Parameshwara.
Meaning: O Lord Shiva, please accept this humble offering of food and bless us with prosperity and happiness.
🔹 Step 5: Aarti & Deep Daan (दीपदान)
🕉️ Performing Shiva Aarti
- Light ghee lamps and incense sticks.
- Wave Camphor (Kapoor) in a circular motion before Shivling.
- Sing Shiv Aarti with devotion.
📜 Shiv Aarti Mantra
Sanskrit:
🔱 जय शिव ओंकारा, हर ओंकारा।
🔱 ब्रह्मा विष्णु सदाशिव, अर्धंगी धारा॥
English Transliteration:
Jai Shiva Omkara, Har Omkara,
Brahma Vishnu Sada Shiva, Ardhangi Dhara.
Meaning: Victory to Lord Shiva, the Supreme God who embodies creation, preservation, and destruction.
🔹 Step 6: Meditation & Shiva Katha
- Meditate on Lord Shiva’s divine form and chant "ॐ नमः शिवाय" 108 times.
- Read or listen to Mahashivratri Vrat Katha (Shiva’s sacred stories).
🔹 Step 7: Jaagran (जागरण - Night-long Vigil)
- Stay awake the entire night and chant Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra.
- Visit Shiva temple at Nishita Kaal (Midnight - the most auspicious time for Puja).
📜 Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Sanskrit:
🕉️ ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्।
🕉️ उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात्॥
English Transliteration:
Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam,
Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat.
Meaning: We pray to Lord Shiva, the three-eyed one, for health, longevity, and liberation from death.
🔹 Step 8: Prasad Distribution & Ending the Fast
- Break the fast the next morning after offering prayers.
- Distribute Prasad (fruits, sweets, Panchamrit) to family and devotees.
- Seek blessings from elders and start the day with a positive mind.
🔱 Conclusion: Significance of Mahashivratri Puja
Performing Mahashivratri Puja with devotion ensures peace, health, prosperity, and spiritual growth. Worshipping Lord Shiva on this day washes away sins and brings divine blessings.
🙏 हर हर महादेव! 🙏
