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Embroidered artwork for Shri Shani Ashtottara Shatanamavali: Embroidered Om symbol above a brass diya, marigolds and a temple spire at sunrise

Shri Shani Ashtottara Shatanamavali

Shri Shani Ashtottara Shatanamavali

The 108 names of Shani, the slow-moving son of Surya, with the Saturn seed mantra and a note on how devotees seek his grace.

Verses

Dhyāna & Invocation

Opening meditation and sacred mantra invoking divine presence before the 108 names.

Shani Beej Mantra Om Praan Preen Praun Sah Shanaishcharaya Namah

Verse Bīja Mantra

The 108 Sacred Names

The 108 sacred names of the Deity, canonically chanted with 'Om' and 'Namah' for Archana and Japa.

Om Shanaishcharaya Namah

Verse 1

Om Shaantaya Namah

Verse 2

Om Sarvaabhishtapradaayine Namah

Verse 3

Om Sharanyaaya Namah

Verse 4

Om Varenyaaya Namah

Verse 5

Om Sarveshaaya Namah

Verse 6

Om Saumyaaya Namah

Verse 7

Om Suravandyaaya Namah

Verse 8

Om Suralokavihaarine Namah

Verse 9

Om Sukhaasanopavishtaaya Namah

Verse 10

Om Sundaraaya Namah

Verse 11

Om Ghanaaya Namah

Verse 12

Om Ghanaroopaaya Namah

Verse 13

Om Ghanaabharanadhaarine Namah

Verse 14

Om Ghanasaaravilepaaya Namah

Verse 15

Om Khadyotaaya Namah

Verse 16

Om Mandaaya Namah

Verse 17

Om Mandacheshtaaya Namah

Verse 18

Om Mahaneeyagunaatmane Namah

Verse 19

Om Martyapavanapadaaya Namah

Verse 20

Om Maheshaaya Namah

Verse 21

Om Chhaayaaputraaya Namah

Verse 22

Om Sharvaaya Namah

Verse 23

Om Shatatuneeradhaarine Namah

Verse 24

Om Charasthirasvabhaavaaya Namah

Verse 25

Om Achanchalaaya Namah

Verse 26

Om Neelavarnaaya Namah

Verse 27

Om Nityaaya Namah

Verse 28

Om Neelaanjananibhaaya Namah

Verse 29

Om Neelaambaravibhooshanaaya Namah

Verse 30

Om Nishchalaaya Namah

Verse 31

Om Vedyaaya Namah

Verse 32

Om Vidhiroopaaya Namah

Verse 33

Om Virodhaadhaarabhoomaye Namah

Verse 34

Om Bhedaaspadasvabhaavaaya Namah

Verse 35

Om Vajradehaaya Namah

Verse 36

Om Vairaagyadaaya Namah

Verse 37

Om Veeraaya Namah

Verse 38

Om Veetarogabhayaaya Namah

Verse 39

Om Vipatparamparaishaaya Namah

Verse 40

Om Vishvavandyaaya Namah

Verse 41

Om Gridhnavaahaaya Namah

Verse 42

Om Goodhaaya Namah

Verse 43

Om Koormaangaaya Namah

Verse 44

Om Kuroopine Namah

Verse 45

Om Kutsitaaya Namah

Verse 46

Om Gunaadhyaaya Namah

Verse 47

Om Gocharaaya Namah

Verse 48

Om Avidyaamoolanaashaaya Namah

Verse 49

Om Vidyaavidyaasvaroopine Namah

Verse 50

Om Aayushyakaaranaaya Namah

Verse 51

Om Aapaduddhartre Namah

Verse 52

Om Vishnubhaktaaya Namah

Verse 53

Om Vashine Namah

Verse 54

Om Vividhaagamavedine Namah

Verse 55

Om Vidhistutyaaya Namah

Verse 56

Om Vandyaaya Namah

Verse 57

Om Viroopaakshaaya Namah

Verse 58

Om Varishthaaya Namah

Verse 59

Om Garishthaaya Namah

Verse 60

Om Vajraankushadharaaya Namah

Verse 61

Om Varadaabhayahastaaya Namah

Verse 62

Om Vaamanaaya Namah

Verse 63

Om Jyeshthaapatneesametaaya Namah

Verse 64

Om Shreshthaaya Namah

Verse 65

Om Mitabhaashine Namah

Verse 66

Om Kashtaughanaashakartre Namah

Verse 67

Om Pushtidaaya Namah

Verse 68

Om Stutyaaya Namah

Verse 69

Om Stotragamyaaya Namah

Verse 70

Om Bhaktivashyaaya Namah

Verse 71

Om Bhaanave Namah

Verse 72

Om Bhaanuputraaya Namah

Verse 73

Om Bhavyaaya Namah

Verse 74

Om Paavanaaya Namah

Verse 75

Om Dhanurmandalasamsthaaya Namah

Verse 76

Om Dhanadaaya Namah

Verse 77

Om Dhanushmate Namah

Verse 78

Om Tanuprakaashadehaaya Namah

Verse 79

Om Taamasaaya Namah

Verse 80

Om Asheshajanavandyaaya Namah

Verse 81

Om Visheshaphaladaayine Namah

Verse 82

Om Vashikritajaneshaaya Namah

Verse 83

Om Pashoonaam Pataye Namah

Verse 84

Om Khecharaaya Namah

Verse 85

Om Khageshaaya Namah

Verse 86

Om Ghananeelaambaraaya Namah

Verse 87

Om Kaathinyamaanasaaya Namah

Verse 88

Om Aaryaganastutyaaya Namah

Verse 89

Om Neelachhatraaya Namah

Verse 90

Om Nityaaya Namah

Verse 91

Om Nirgunaaya Namah

Verse 92

Om Gunaatmane Namah

Verse 93

Om Niraamayaaya Namah

Verse 94

Om Nindyaaya Namah

Verse 95

Om Vandaneeyaaya Namah

Verse 96

Om Dheeraaya Namah

Verse 97

Om Divyadehaaya Namah

Verse 98

Om Deenaartiharanaaya Namah

Verse 99

Om Dainyanaashakaraaya Namah

Verse 100

Om Aaryajanaganyaaya Namah

Verse 101

Om Krooraaya Namah

Verse 102

Om Krooracheshtaaya Namah

Verse 103

Om Kaamakrodhakaraaya Namah

Verse 104

Om Kalatraputrashatrutvakaaranaaya Namah

Verse 105

Om Pariposhitabhaktaaya Namah

Verse 106

Om Parabheetiharaaya Namah

Verse 107

Om Bhaktasanghamano'bhishtaphaladaaya Namah

Verse 108

Concluding Verses & Colophon

Traditional closing verses, dedicating the recitation to the Divine.

Iti Shani Ashtottarashatanamaavali Sampoornam

Verse Colophon

Worship Guidelines & Chanting Benefits (Phalashruti)

Auspicious Day

Daily or auspicious lunar days (Ekadashi, Purnima, Pradosham)

Best Time (Muhurta)

Brahma Muhurta (4:00 AM – 6:00 AM) or Evening Dusk (Sandhya)

Sacred Offerings

Ghee lamp (Deepa), Incense (Dhoopa), Fresh flowers & Water offering

Spiritual Benefits (Phalashruti)
  • Peace of mind, spiritual upliftment, and harmonious energy in the home
Chanting Practice:Chant each sacred name distinctly with 'Om' prefix and 'Namah' reverence.

Background

Shani, or Shanaishchara, is Saturn, one of the nine planetary deities of the Navagraha. His name means the slow mover, for Saturn takes about twenty-nine and a half years to travel once round the zodiac. This namavali offers his 108 names, each beginning with Om and ending with namah, after a seed mantra: Om pram prim praum sah shanaishcharaya namah. The Sanskrit Documents text is taken from Ashtottara Shatanamavali Shatakam, edited by R. Muralikrishna Srowthigal and published by Vidvath Sabha, Chennai. The names describe him as son of the Sun and of Chhaya, blue-black in colour, patient and firm, and a figure whom people fear but who gives boons and protection to those who turn to him. The same edition adds a note for devotees: charity on Saturday evening, fasting on Saturdays in Saturn periods, and chanting before sunrise.

Did You Know?

A seed mantra before the names

The text opens with the Saturn seed mantra, Om pram prim praum sah shanaishcharaya namah, which stands as verse 1. The 108 names follow as verses 2 to 109, and a closing line ends the namavali.

Son of the Sun

Verse 23 calls him Chhayaputra, son of Chhaya, and verse 74 calls him Bhanuputra, son of the Sun. Verses 18 and 19 name him the slow one, and verse 63 shows his hand raised in the gesture that gives boons and removes fear.

Gentle and severe together

Verse 3 calls him peaceful, verse 8 mild and verse 12 beautiful. Verse 103 calls him stern, and verses 46, 47 and 96 use words that the world applies to him, such as ugly and blameworthy. The litany holds these together, and also says that he removes the sorrow of the distressed, wretchedness and fear in verses 100, 101 and 108.

The colours and the vehicle

Verses 28 to 31 describe him as dark blue in colour, like blue collyrium, wearing blue garments, and verse 91 gives him a blue parasol. Verse 43 gives his vehicle as a vulture, and verse 56 praises him as a knower of the many Agamas.

A discipline for devotees

The note in the source tells devotees to give charity on Saturday evening. The gifts it lists are leather, farmland, a black cow, a cooking oven with utensils, a buffalo, and black mustard or black sesame seeds. It also advises fasting on Saturdays in Saturn periods and chanting before sunrise.