Shiva Manas Puja Stotra

This stotra beautifully captures the essence of offering everything to Lord Shiva, acknowledging that all actions, thoughts, and deeds are in service to the divine. It reflects the deep devotion and surrender of the devotee to Lord Shiva.

Sanskrit

रत्नैः कल्पितमासनं हिमजलैः स्नानं च दिव्याम्बरं, नानारत्नविभूषितं मृगमदामोदाङ्कितं चन्दनम्।
जातिचम्पकबिल्वपत्ररचितं पुष्पं च धूपं तथा, दीपं देव दयानिधे पशुपते हृत्कल्पितं गृह्यताम्॥१॥

सौवर्णे नवरत्नखण्डरचिते पात्रे घृतं पायसं, भक्ष्यं पञ्चविधं पयोदधियुतं रम्भाफलं पानकम्।
शाकानामयुतं जलं रुचिकरं कर्पूरखण्डोज्ज्वलं, ताम्बूलं मनसा मया विरचितं भक्त्या प्रभो स्वीकुरु॥२॥

क्षीरं शर्करयायुतं घृतयुतं चारुन्नवं नैवेद्यं, सप्तान्नं यवगोधुमोदनविधिं क्षेत्राज्यसिद्धं जले।
सूपं चाकृतशाकसद्रसयुतं लावण्यमिश्रं मया, युक्तं भक्तिवरेण भक्तिनमिता मामेश शंभो स्वयम्॥३॥

चात्रं चामरयोर्युगं व्यजनकं चादर्शकं निर्मलम्, वीणाभेरिमृदङ्गकाहलकला गीतं च नृत्यं तथा।
साष्टाङ्गं प्रणतिः स्तुतिर्बहुविधा ह्येतत्समस्तं मया, सङ्कल्पेन समर्पितं तव विभो पूजां गृहाण प्रभो॥४॥

आत्मा त्वं गिरिजा मतिः सहचराः प्राणाः शरीरं गृहं, पूजा ते विषयोपभोगरचना निद्रा समाधिस्थितिः।
सञ्चारः पदयोः प्रदक्षिणविधिः स्तोत्राणि सर्वा गिरो, यद्यत्कर्म करोमि तत्तदखिलं शम्भो तवाराधनम्॥५॥

Meaning

O Lord Shiva, I mentally offer you a throne adorned with precious gems, a bath with cold water from sacred rivers, divine clothing, and a variety of ornaments decorated with different gems. I offer you sandalwood paste scented with musk, flowers like jasmine, champaka, and bilva leaves, along with incense and a lamp. O compassionate Lord, please accept this worship made in my heart.

O Lord, I mentally offer you delicious food served in a golden vessel inlaid with nine gems. The offerings include ghee and payasam (a sweet dish made of milk and rice), five types of savory dishes mixed with milk and curd, bananas, a drink made from fruits, a variety of vegetables, and refreshing water scented with camphor. I also offer you betel leaves. Please accept this offering made with devotion in my mind.

O Lord Shambhu, I mentally offer you milk sweetened with sugar, delicious butter, and fresh cooked rice as naivedya (food offering). I also offer you seven types of grains, including barley and wheat, along with various dishes prepared with vegetables, seasoned with salt, and mixed with ghee. These offerings are made with utmost devotion and humility. Please accept them, O Lord, who is pleased by devotion.

O Lord, I mentally offer you an umbrella, a pair of yak-tail fans, a clean mirror, the music of the veena, drum, and other instruments, along with songs and dance performances. I also offer you full prostrations and various forms of praise. All these offerings are made in my mind with deep devotion. Please accept this mental worship, O Lord.

O Lord Shiva, you are my very soul, and Goddess Parvati is my intellect. My vital breaths are your attendants, and this body is your temple. My enjoyment of the senses is your worship, and my sleep is the state of meditation on you. My movements are your circumambulation, and all my words are your hymns of praise. Whatever actions I perform, O Shambhu, they are all an offering of worship to you.