Lord Shiv: How to please Lord Shiva? (Image Source: AI-Generated)
Religion Desk, New Delhi. According to the Vedic calendar, Pradosh Vrat will be observed on 16 January (Pradosh Vrat 2026 Date). On this day, there is a tradition to worship Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati in the evening and the Shivling should be anointed with special things. According to religious belief, consecration of Mahadev on Trayodashi date maintains happiness and peace in life and Mahadev fulfills all the wishes.
If you want to please Mahadev on the day of Pradosh Vrat, then recite Shiva Mrityunjay Stotra with a true heart during the puja. According to religious belief, reciting this stotra increases happiness, prosperity and wealth. One is blessed with long life. With this the good days of the seeker begin.
॥ Shiva Mrityunjay Stotra.
I take refuge in Chandrashekhar What will Yama do to me
I take refuge in Chandrashekhar What will Yama do to me
I take refuge in Chandrashekhar What will Yama do to me
I take refuge in Chandrashekhar What will Yama do to me
I take refuge in Chandrashekhar What will Yama do to me
I take refuge in Chandrashekhar What will Yama do to me
I take refuge in Chandrashekhar What will Yama do to me
I take refuge in Chandrashekhar What will Yama do to me
Rudra, the lord of the animals, the stable, the blue-necked, the husband of Uma.
I bow my head to the god What will death do to us
Kalakantha, Kalamurti, Kalagni, destroyer of time.
I bow my head to the god What will death do to us
The blue-necked Virupaksha is pure and liquid.
I bow my head to the god What will death do to us
Vamdeva, Mahadeva, the lord of the worlds, the teacher of the universe.
I bow my head to the god What will death do to us
I bow my head to the god What will death do to us
I bow my head to the god What will death do to us
Bliss is the supreme eternal cause of the term Kaivalya.
I bow my head to the god What will death do to us
I bow my head to the god What will death do to us
॥ This is the complete Sri Mrityunjaya Stotra in the Uttarkhanda of the Sri Padma Purana. ॥
1. Somnath in Saurashtra and Mallikarjuna in Srisaila.
In Ujjaini Mahakala is the omkara and Amaleshwara.
Vaidyanath in Parlya and Bhima Shankara in Dakini.
I worship Lord Rama in the bridge of the bridge in the forest of Daruka
In Varanasi, Vishvesh, Trimbaka, on the banks of the Gautama.
In the Himalayas Kedara and Ghushmesha are in the temple of Siva
One should recite these Jyotirlingas in the evening and morning.
2. OM Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam.
Just as Urvashi is bound by the bondage of death from the nectar of death.
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