Mantra collection
Mantras for Healing
These chants are offered for moments of emotional tiredness, grief, guilt, discouragement or spiritual disconnection. Here, healing means comfort, restoration, renewed hope and a gradual return to inner steadiness.
Healing on Spiritual Awakening is emotional and devotional, never medical. Nothing in this collection treats or cures anything; these are the verses tradition offers when a person is worn down and wants to feel held.
A mantra may support more than one intention; the line under each chant explains why it has been included here.
Begin with Karacharana Kritam
Karacharana Kritam — Shiva Kshama Prarthana
करचरण कृतं वाक्कायजं कर्मजं वा, श्रवणनयनजं वा मानसं वापराधम्। विहितमविहितं वा सर्वमेतत्क्षमस्व, जय जय करुणाब्धे श्री महादेव शम्भो॥
A prayer of forgiveness and release from the emotional burden of past actions.
Forgiveness and release
2 chantsFor the weight of what was said, done or left undone.
Karacharana Kritam — Shiva Kshama Prarthana
करचरण कृतं वाक्कायजं कर्मजं वा, श्रवणनयनजं वा मानसं वापराधम्। विहितमविहितं वा सर्वमेतत्क्षमस्व, जय जय करुणाब्धे श्री महादेव शम्भो॥
A prayer of forgiveness and release from the emotional burden of past actions.
Om Namah Shivaya — Panchakshara Mantra
ॐ नमः शिवाय
The simplest return: when nothing else can be said, the five syllables still can.
Courage during difficulty
3 chantsWhen the situation has not changed but you still have to face it.
Narasimha Mantra — Ugram Viram Mahavishnum
उग्रं वीरं महाविष्णुं ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोमुखम्। नृसिंहं भीषणं भद्रं मृत्युमृत्युं नमाम्यहम्॥
For difficulty that must be faced rather than resolved — courage instead of comfort.
Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Mantra
अवन्तिकायां विहितावतारं मुक्तिप्रदानाय च सज्जनानाम्। अकालमृत्योः परिरक्षणार्थं वन्दे महाकाल-महासुरेशम्॥
Addresses time itself, which is what most grief eventually needs.
Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga Mantra
सानन्दमानन्दवने वसन्तमानन्दकन्दं हतपापवृन्दम् । वाराणसीनाथमनाथनाथं श्रीविश्वनाथं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥
Kashi is traditionally the place of release; the verse carries that association.
Rest and restoration
5 chantsLong, unhurried chants for tiredness that sleep alone has not fixed.
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya (Sleep Like a Baby)
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय नमः
A slow arrangement for the kind of tiredness that sleep alone has not touched.
Kedarnath Jyotirlinga Mantra
महाद्रिपार्श्वे च तटे रमन्तं सम्पूज्यमानं सततं मुनीन्द्रैः। सुरासुरैर्यक्ष महोरगाढ्यैः केदारमीशं शिवमेकमीडे॥ केदारनाथं शरणम् प्रपद्ये ॥
Cold, clear and spacious — a chant that gives grief room rather than crowding it.
Somnath Jyotirlinga Mantra
सौराष्ट्रदेशे विशदेऽतिरम्ये ज्योतिर्मयं चन्द्रकलावतंसम्। भक्तिप्रदानाय कृपावतीर्णं तं सोमनाथं शरणं प्रपद्ये॥
The moon-crowned Lord, invoked in tradition for restoration after loss.
Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga Mantra
श्रीशैलश्रृङ्गे विबुधातिसङ्गे तुलाद्रितुङ्गेऽपि मुदा वसन्तम् । तमर्जुनं मल्लिकपूर्वमेकं नमामि संसारसमुद्रसेतुम् ॥
Its verse calls Shiva the bridge across the ocean of existence — an image for getting through.
Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga Mantra
पूर्वोत्तरे प्रज्वलिकानिधाने सदा वसन्तं गिरिजासमेतम् । सुरासुराराधितपादपद्मं श्रीवैद्यनाथं तमहं नमामि ॥
Vaidyanath means 'lord of healers', a devotional association only — this is not medical care.
Spiritual reconnection
5 chantsFor when practice has lapsed and devotion feels distant.
Rudra Mantra — Om Namo Bhagavate Rudraya
ॐ नमो भगवते रुद्राय
For when practice has lapsed and you want a firm, unambiguous place to restart.
Shivoham Shivoham — 'I am Shiva'
शिवोहम् शिवोहम् शिवोहम् शिवोहम्
Turns attention from what happened to who is aware of it.
Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga Mantra
कावेरिका नर्मदयोः पवित्रे, समागमे सज्जनतारणाय । सदैव मान्धातृपुरे वसन्तं, ओम्कारमीशं शिवमेकमीडे ॥
Built on Om itself — a way back to practice when devotion feels distant.
Rameshwaram Jyotirlinga Mantra
सुताम्रपर्णीजलराशि योगे निबध्य सेतुं विशिखैरसंख्यैः । श्रीरामचन्द्रेण समर्पितं तं रामेश्वराख्यं नियतं नमामि ॥
A shorter chant, at under two hours, for rebuilding a daily habit.
Mangalam Bhagwan Shambhu — Shiva Mangala Sloka
मंगलम् भगवान शम्भु, मंगलम् वृषभध्वज। मंगलम् पार्वती नाथो, मंगलम् तनो हर।।
Verses of auspiciousness, offered when hope needs to be spoken out loud.
Using these chants
Take one at a time, without expecting a result by a particular day. Read the meaning first — much of the comfort in these verses comes from understanding what is being said on your behalf. These recordings are devotional listening and are not a substitute for medical or psychological care.
Related intentions
- Inner PeaceSteady repetition for quiet evenings, gentle breath, and a softer heart.
- Deep SleepLong, gentle mantras for when the mind is tired and the heart wants to rest. Let the chant become the last sound of the night.
- Morning MeditationBegin the day with a softer mind, a steadier breath, and a sacred sound before the world becomes loud.
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