Hindu Funeral Rites Comprehensive Antyesti Lord Shiva sanskar
Hindu Funeral Rites Comprehensive Antyesti Lord Shiva sanskar
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View lyrics page →Mahamrityunjaya Mantra (Rigveda 7.59.12) - Core Liberation Mantra
Original
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् । उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात् ॥
Transliteration
Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam | Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Ma'amritat ||
Meaning / Translation
We worship the Three-eyed Lord Shiva who is fragrant and nourishes all beings. Like a cucumber freed from its stem, may we be liberated from death for the sake of immortality.
Shiva Panchakshari Mantra - Five-Syllable Essence
Original
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Transliteration
Om Namah Shivaya
Meaning / Translation
I bow to Lord Shiva, the auspicious one, the supreme consciousness. Chanted continuously during cremation and mourning.
Rudram - Namakam (Yajurveda Taittiriya Samhita 4.5) - Salutations to Rudra (Excerpt: Anuvaka 1)
Original
ॐ नमो भगवते रुद्राय नमः । नमो भगवते रुद्राय नमः । नमस्ते रुद्र मन्यव उतो त इषवे नमः । नमस्ते अस्तु धन्वने बहुभ्यो नमः ॥
Transliteration
Om Namo Bhagavate Rudraya Namah | Namo Bhagavate Rudraya Namah | Namaste Rudra Manyava Uto Ta Ishave Namah | Namaste Astu Dhanvane Bahubhyo Namah ||
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to the Divine Rudra. Salutations to Your anger and to Your arrow. Salutations to Your bow and to Your two arms. Chanted for purification of the departing soul and the environment.
Rudram - Chamakam (Yajurveda Taittiriya Samhita 4.7) - Prayer for Fulfillment (Excerpt: First Verse)
Original
ॐ च मे नो यज्ञे पुरोहितं च मे नो यज्ञे नरः । च मे नो यज्ञे हविष्मन्तं च मे नो यज्ञे अग्निं च मे नो यज्ञे ॥
Transliteration
Om Cha Me No Yajne Purohitam Cha Me No Yajne Narah | Cha Me No Yajne Havishmantam Cha Me No Yajne Agnim Cha Me No Yajne ||
Meaning / Translation
May the priest, the sacrificer, the oblation, and the fire be present in our sacrifice. Invoked for the successful completion of the funeral sacrifice (Antyesti Yajna).
Purusha Sukta (Rigveda 10.90) - Cosmic Being Hymn (Excerpt: Verses 1-2) - For Universal Connection
Original
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । स भूमिं विश्वतो वृत्वा अत्यतिष्ठद्दशाङ्गुलम् ॥ पुरुष एवेदं सर्वं यद्भूतं यच्च भव्यम् । उतामृतत्वस्येशानो यदन्नेनातिरोहति ॥
Transliteration
Sahasrashirsha Purushah Sahasrakshah Sahasrapat | Sa Bhumim Vishvato Vritva Atyatishthad Dashangulam || Purusha Evedam Sarvam Yad Bhutam Yaccha Bhavyam | Utamritatvasyeshano Yadannena Atirohati ||
Meaning / Translation
The Cosmic Being has a thousand heads, eyes, and feet. He envelops the world and stands beyond it. The Purusha is all this — past and future. He is the lord of immortality, growing by food. Chanted to connect the individual soul (Jiva) to the Universal Soul (Paramatman/Shiva).
Antyeshti Mantra (Garuda Purana / Parashara Smriti) - Final Departure Prayer
Original
ॐ अग्ने नय सुपथा राये अस्मान्विश्वानि देव वयुनानि विद्वान् । युयोध्यस्मज्जुहुराणमेनो भूयिष्ठां ते नम उक्तिं विधेम ॥
Transliteration
Om Agne Naya Supatha Raye Asman Vishvani Deva Vayunani Vidvan | Yuyodhyasmajjuhuranameno Bhuyishtham Te Nama Uktim Vidhema ||
Meaning / Translation
O Agni (Fire God, form of Shiva), lead us by the good path to wealth (liberation). You know all ways. Remove the deceitful sin from us. We offer You our highest salutations. Spoken while offering the body to the sacred fire.
Shiva Shadakshara Stotram (Verse 1) - For Peace of the Departed Soul
Original
नागेन्द्रहाराय त्रिलोचनाय भस्माङ्गरागाय महेश्वराय । नित्याय शुद्धाय दिगम्बराय तस्मै न काराय नमः शिवाय ॥
Transliteration
Nagendraharaya Trilochanaya Bhasmangaragaya Maheshwaraya | Nityaya Shuddhaya Digambaraya Tasmai Na Karaya Namah Shivaya ||
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to the 'Na' (first syllable of Namah Shivaya) — He who wears the king of serpents as a garland, has three eyes, is smeared with sacred ash, is the Great Lord, eternal, pure, and clad in the directions (sky-clad). Chanted during the 13-day mourning period (Sutak).
Tarpanam Mantra (For Ancestral Offering - Pitru Tarpanam during Antyesti)
Original
ॐ अस्मद्गोत्रे अस्मत्पितृभ्यः स्वधा नमः । अस्मत्पितामहेभ्यः स्वधा नमः । अस्मत्प्रपितामहेभ्यः स्वधा नमः । अस्मतमातृभ्यः स्वधा नमः । अस्मतमातामहेभ्यः स्वधा नमः । अस्मत्प्रपितामहेभ्यः स्वधा नमः ॥
Transliteration
Om Asmadgotre Asmatpitribhyah Svadha Namah | Asmatpitamhebhyah Svadha Namah | Asmatprapitamhebhyah Svadha Namah | Asmatmatribhyah Svadha Namah | Asmatmatamhebhyah Svadha Namah | Asmatprapitamhebhyah Svadha Namah ||
Meaning / Translation
Offerings of Svadha (oblations to ancestors) to our paternal ancestors (father, grandfather, great-grandfather) and maternal ancestors (mother, maternal grandfather, great-grandfather) of our lineage. Performed with water and sesame seeds for the departed soul's smooth passage to Pitru Loka.
Shanti Mantra (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28) - Final Peace Invocation
Original
ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय । तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय । मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय । ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
Transliteration
Om Asato Ma Sadgamaya | Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya | Mrityor Ma Amritam Gamaya | Om Shantih Shantih Shantih ||
Meaning / Translation
Lead us from untruth to Truth. Lead us from darkness to Light. Lead us from death to Immortality. Om Peace, Peace, Peace. Concludes all funeral rites, sealing the soul's journey toward Shiva (Liberation).