Mrityunjaya Astotram

Jai Shiva Shankar,

All credit goes to KOSMIC MUSIC.

This Stotram was said to have been written by Sage Markandeya after being saved by Lord Shiva (as Kala Samhara Murti). Lord Shiva saves Markandeya then a boy from the clutches of death/time (Yama/Kala). I feel the essence of this stotram lies in the half recurring anushtup chanda (Anushtup chanda is a verse of 32 syllables):

Namami sheerasadevam, kimno mrityu karishyate,

which means:

I bow down my head to you Lord Shiva,What harm will death do to me?

So even death is coming to get you, if you have Lord Shiva on your side then death can not harm you!

Title-Mrityunjaya Astotram
Album-Sacred Chants Volume 3
Artist-Kosmic Music
Lyrics-Sage Markandeya

Rudram, pashupatim, sthanum, neelkantham, umapatim,
Namami sheerasadevam, kimno mrityu karishyate,

Neelkantham, kalamurtim, kalagnyam, kalanashanam,
Namami sheerasadevam, kimno mrityu karishyate,

Namah shivay samba, haraye paramatmaney,
Pranat klesh nashaye, yoginaam pataye namah,

Neelkantham, viropaksham, nirmalam, neelayaprabham,
Namami sheerasadevam, kimno mrityu karishyate,

Vamdevam, Mahadevam, loknatham, jagatgurum,
Namami sheerasadevam, kimno mrityu karishyate,

Namah shivay samba, haraye paramatmaney,
Pranat klesh nashaye, yoginaam pataye namah,

Devdevam, jaganatham, devesha, vrishabadwajam,
Namami sheerasadevam, kimno mrityu karishyate,

Gangadharam, mahadevam, sarva, bharanabhooshitam,
Namami sheerasadevam, kimno mrityu karishyate,

Namah shivay samba, haraye paramatmaney,
Pranat klesh nashaye, yoginaam pataye namah,

Anath, paramanandam, kaivalya, pradagaminam
Namami sheerasadevam, kimno mrityu karishyate,

Swarga bhanwarta dataram, srishti stiti vinashakam
Namami sheerasadevam, kimno mrityu karishyate,

Namah shivay samba, haraye paramatmaney,
Pranat klesh nashaye, yoginaam pataye namah,

Utpati stiti samhara, kartar meeshwaram gurum,
Namami sheerasadevam, kimno mrityu karishyate,

Markandeya kritam stotram, yaspathet shiva sanidhou,
Tasya mrityu bhayam nasty na agni chora bhayam kwachita

Namah shivay samba, haraye paramatmaney,
Pranat klesh nashaye, yoginaam pataye namah,

Shatavritum prakartavya, sankate kasht nashanam,
Shuchir bhutva pathe stotram, sarva siddhi pradayakam,

Mrityunjaya mahadeva, trahimam sharanagatam,
Janma mrityun jadharogehi, peeditam karma bandhanehi

Namah shivay samba, haraye paramatmaney,
Pranat klesh nashaye, yoginaam pataye namah,

Namah shivay samba, haraye paramatmaney,
Pranat klesh nashaye, yoginaam pataye namah,

Pranat klesh nashaye, yoginaam pataye namah.

Apologies for any mistakes and thank you for your comments in advance.

Jai Shiv Shankar

Ishaan