Lucknow: Mahashivratri is the most sacred and powerful festival of Hindu religion, which provides the best opportunity to worship Lord Shiva. This time this holy festival is being celebrated on Sunday, 15 February 2026. Devotees observe fast on this night, offer water, milk, belpatra on Shivalinga and chant mantras while keeping vigil at night. It is believed that by chanting these divine mantras and verses of Shiva, wishes are fulfilled, sins are destroyed and spiritual progress is achieved.
Here we are giving you a list of the most effective and popular mantras and shlokas during Mahashivratri puja, which every devotee must chant:
Main Shiva Mantra (Maha Shivratri Puja Mantra)
– Om Namah Shivay
(Panchakshar Mantra – Simplest and Powerful, for all wishes)
– Om Hreem Hraun Namah Shivay
– Om Parvatipataye Namah
– Om Namah Shivay Shubham Shubham Kuru Kuru Shivay Namah Om
– Om Pashupataye Namah
– Om Hreem Namah Shivay (Shiva Beej Mantra)
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra (Mahamrityunjaya Mantra – for health, protection and longevity)
Om Trimbakam Yajamahe Sugandhi Pushtivardhanam.
Urvarukamiv Bandhanaan Mrityormukshiya Mamritat.
Shiv Gayatri Mantra (Shiv Gayatri Mantra – for knowledge and spiritual awakening)
Om Tatpurushaya Vidmahe Mahadevaya Dhimahi.
Tanno Rudra: Prachodayat.
Karpur Gauram Karunavtaram Shloka (Karpur Gauram Karunavtaram – For meditation and devotion)
Karpur Gauram Karunavataram Sansara Saram Bhujgendraharam.
Sada Vasantam Hridayarvinde Bhavan Bhavanisahit Namami.
Shiv Namavali Mantra
Om Namah Parvati Pataye Har-Har Mahadev.
Shri Shivay Namah. Shri Shankaraya Namah. Shri Maheshwaraya Namah.
Shri Sambasda Shivaya Namah. Shri Rudray Namah.
Om Namo Neelkanthaya Namah.
Rudrabhishek and Shivalinga Puja Mantra
– Shivling Bathing Mantra:
Mandakinyastu yadwari sarvapaapaharam shubham.
Tadidam Kalpitam Dev Snanartham Pratigrihyatam.
Shri Bhagwate Sambashivaya Namah. Bathing water surrender.
Famous Shiv Shlok (Maha Shivratri Shlok)
1. Dhyayennityam Mahesh Rajatgiribinham Charuchandravatamsan
Ratnakalpojjvalangam parshumrigavarabhitihasteam prasannam.
Padmāsīnaṃ samantāt stutāmārganāirvyāghrakrittiṃ vāsanāṃ
Vishwadyaam Vishwavandyaam Nikhilbhayaharam Panchavaktran Trinetram ॥
2. Akharvasarvamangalakalakadambamanjari- Rasapravahamadhurivijrumbhanamadhuvratam.
Smarantakam Purantakam Bhavantakam Makhantakam Gajantakandhakantam Tamantkantakam Bhaje.
3. Neither Dharma, nor Chartho, nor Kama, nor Moksha:
Chidanandarupah Shivoham Shivoham.
Chant these mantras 108 times or as many times as possible on Mahashivratri. Chanting especially during Nishita period (midnight) increases the results manifold. Keep a fast, go to Shiva temple, offer Belpatra and pray to Bholenath with a true heart.