Shiva Sankalpa Upanishad

oM yenedaM bhUtam bhuvanaM bhaviShyatparigRuhiitamamRutea sarvam |

yena yaJ~nastrayate saptahotaa tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 1

yena karmaaNi pracharanti dhiiraa yato vaachaa manasaa chaaruyanti |

yatsammaitaM manassacharanti praaNinastanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 2

yena karmaaNyapaso maniiShiNo yaJe shRuNvanti vitatheShu dhiiraaH |

yadapuurvaM yakShamantaM prajaaNaaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 3

yatpraja~naamuta ceto dhRutishca yajjyotiraMtaramRutaM prajaasu |

yasmaaNa RRute kiMchana karma kriyatea tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 4

suShaarathirashvaanivayam manushyaa~meniyutae'pashubhirvaajiniivaan |

hRutpRaviiShTaM yacharayaM yaviShTaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 5

yasmiMnaRRuchaH saama yajuugM~i yasmin pratiShThaarashanaabhaavibhaaraaH |

yasmin gaM shichitaM sarvamotaM prajaaNaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 6

yatatra ShaShTaM trishatagaM suviiryaM yaJ~nasya guhyaM navanaavaa maayyam |

dasha paNcha trigM~ashataM yatparaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 7

yajaagratao duoramudaiti sarvaMtatasupNasya tathaivaiti |

duuoraM gamaa jyotiaaM jyotireakaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 8

yenedaM vishvaM jagato babhuava ye daevaapi mahato jaatavedaaH |

tadaevaagnistadvaayustatsuuryastadanmadraaMastanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 9

yenadyoauH pRuthivii chaantarikShaM cha ye parvataaH pradiSho diShaHcha |

tenaedaM jagadvyaaaptaM prajaaNaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 10

ye mano hRdayam ye cha daevaa ye divyaa aapao ye suuarya raShmiH |

te shoTRe cakShuShii samacharaMtaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 11

achintyaM chaaprameyaM cha vyaaktaa~vyakta paraM cha yat |

suukShMaaTsuukShMataraa j~eyaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 12

ekaa cha dasha shataM cha sahasraM chaayutaM cha |

niyutaM cha prayutaM chaarbudM cha nyaarbudM cha |

tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 13

ye paNca paNchaadaasha shatagaM sahasramayutaM nyaarbudM cha |

te agni chitteShTaakashtaagaM shriiriaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 14

vaedaahaametaM puruShaM mahaaMtaamaadityavarNaM tamaH parastaat |

yasya yoniM paripashyanti dhiiraaStanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 15

yasysaitaM dhiiraaH punanti kavayaoH braahmaaNyaetaa tvaa vRuNutaindumaH |

sthaavarayaM jaN~agamaM dyauraakaashaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 16

paraaatparataraM chaiva tatparaachchaiva yatparaM |

yatparaatparato j~eyaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 17

paraaatparataraaM brahma tatparaatparatato hariH |

yatparaatparatoadhiiaShaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 18

yaa vaedaadiau gaayatRii sarvavyaapii maheashvarii |

RRugyajussaamaatharvaaiShcha tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 19

yo vai daevaM maahaadaevaM prayataH praNavaashuchiH |

yassarvae sarva vaedaaiShcha tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 20

prayataH praNavaoaNkaaraaM praNavaaM puruShottamam |

oaNkaaraaM praNaavaatmaanaaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 21

yoa'sau sarveShu vaedeShu paThyatea hya iishvaraH |

akaayo niRuNao hyaatmaa tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 22

gobhihjuShTaM dhanena hyaayuShaa cha balena cha |

prajayaa pashubhiH puShkaraakShaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 23

tryaMbakaM yajaamahe suguandhiM puShTiivardhanam |

uurvaaruugamiva bandhanaanaMmRutyaoRmukShiiyaa maamRutaattanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 24

kailaaSa shikhare ramyae shaNkarasya shivaalaye |

daevataaastatra modaMti tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 25

kailaaShashikharaavaasaa himavadagiri samsthitam |

niilakaNathaM triiNetraaM cha tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 26

vishvataShcakShuruta vishvatao mukho vishvatao hasto uta vishvataaspaat |

saaM baahubhyaam namati sampatatraiiryaavaapRuthivii janayaMdaeva eakastanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 27

chaturao vaedaanadhiyiitae sarvashaa~astraamayaaM viduaH |

itihaihaa puraaNaanaaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 28

maa nao mahaaMtaM uta maa naa arbhakaM maa naa ukShaaMtamuta maa naa ukShitam |

maaanao'avadhiiH pitaraiM motaamaataraaM priyaaMnaaastanuvao rudra riiRiShastanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 29

maaManastoke tanayae maa naa aayuShii maa nao gaoShu maa nao ashevaeShu riiRiShaH |

viiraaNmaaNo rudra bhaamito'avadhiihhaviShmaaMto namasaa vidhaimetai tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 30

RRutaMgM satyaaM paraaM brahmaa puruShaM kRuShNapiN~galam |

uurdhvaitaaiM viiruupaakShaM vishvaruupaaya vai namo namastanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 31

kadrudraaya praichetaise miiDhuShTamaaya tavayae | voichaema shaMtamagaM hRudae |

sarvao hyaeiSha rudrastasmai rudraaya namo asTutanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 32

brahmaajaJ~naaM prathamaaM purastaadvisiimaTaH suruchao vena aavaH |

sa budhniyaa upamaa asya viiShTaaH sataHcha yoniimasaTaHcha vivastanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 33

yaH praaNato nimiShato mahitavaika idraajaa jagato babhuava |

ya eeShea asya dviipadashatuShpadaH kasmai daevaaya havishaa vidhaiematanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 34

ya aatmaadaa baladaa yasya vishva upaasate prashiShaaM yasya daevaaH |

yasya chaaYyaa'amRutaaM yasya mRutyuH kasmai daevaaya havishaa vidhaiematanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 35

yo rudrao agnau yaa apasu yaao oShaadhiShuu yao rudrao vishvaa bhuvanaa''aviviiaea tasmai rudraaya namo asTutanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 36

gaMdhdvaaraaM duraadharShaaM niTayupuShTaaM kariiShiNiiM |

iishvariigaM sarvabhuutaanaaM taamihaopahvayae shriiyaaM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 37

namakaaM chakaaM chaiva puruShasuuktaaM cha yadviduaH |

maahaadaevaM cha tattuliyaiM tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 38

ya idagaM shivasaNkalpagaM sadaa dhyaayanti braahmaNaaH |

te paraaM mokShaaM gamiShyaaMti tanme manaH shivasaNkalpamastu || 39

English Translation

(1) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that reality by which this entire world, past, present and future, is enveloped in immortality.

(2) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that by which the wise perform actions and toward which words and mind turn in pleasing ways.

(3) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that which wise ascetics, intent on actions, hear in various sacrifices.

(4) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that which is consciousness, will, and understanding, which is the inner light among beings, beyond which nothing is done.

(5) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that which entered the heart like a well-controlled horse with good rider, adorned with auspicious garments.

(6) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that in which are the Rig verses, Sama hymns, Yajur formulas, in which stands the firm support of the world's extension.

(7) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that which is the mysterious sixty-three-fold mighty power of the sacrifice, the wondrous illusion.

(8) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that which, when awake, goes far, which when asleep goes as far, the distant journey of the lights, the one light.

(9) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that by which this universe became manifested, from which even the great gods were born; that same is fire, that is wind, that is sun, that is moon.

(10) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that by which heaven and earth and the atmosphere are held together, by which mountains, regions, and directions are upheld.

(11) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of those who are mind, heart, and gods, who are the divine waters, who are the rays of the sun; they move in ears and eyes.

(12) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that unthinkable, immeasurable, manifest and unmanifest, beyond, more subtle than the subtle.

(13-14) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of the numbers from one to a hundred, to thousand, to lakh, to million, to billion; may the fires with their mind's offerings be propitiated.

(15) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that great person in the sun, beyond darkness, whose womb the wise behold.

(16) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that which poets celebrate as the first-born, support of the immovable and mobile beings, the earth, atmosphere, and heaven.

(17) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that beyond the beyond, that beyond which there is nothing, that which is to be known as beyond the beyond.

(18) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of the Brahman beyond the beyond, Hari beyond the beyond, that which rules beyond the beyond.

(19) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of Gayatri, pervading all, the great goddess, in the Rig, Yajur, Sama, and Atharva Vedas.

(20) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that great god whom the pure always worship as Pranava, and all the Vedas.

(21) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of the Pranava syllable Om, the personification of sacrifice, the Purushottama, the Omkara, the self of Pranava.

(22) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that lord who is studied in all the Vedas, the bodiless, the attributeless, the Self.

(23) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that adorned with ghee, wealth, longevity, strength, offspring, and animals, the lotus-eyed one.

(24) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of the three-eyed one, fragrant, increaser of prosperity, who frees us from bondage like a ripe cucumber from its stem, from death.

(25) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of Kailasha peak, the beautiful abode of Shankara, where the gods rejoice.

(26) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of the dweller on Kailasha peak, established on the snow mountain, the blue-throated one, the three-eyed one.

(27) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of him whose eyes, mouths, hands, and feet are everywhere, who embraces the earth and sky with his arms, who creates the gods as one.

(28) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of him who knows the four Vedas, master of all weapons, and the histories and Puranas.

(29) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of Rudra; harm not our great ones, nor the young, nor the growing, nor the grown. Harm not our father, mother, or dear ones. Rudra, spare us from harm.

(30) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of Rudra; harm not our men in homes, nor in life, nor in cows, nor in horses. Harm not our heroes. Rudra, who gives delight, harm us not. We worship you with obeisance.

(31) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of the truth that is Rta, the supreme Brahman, the dark and red person, upward-rising, odd-eyed, universal-formed; salutations, salutations.

(32) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of Rudra, red and blue, the most excellent lord of the prayers, whom we invoke for peace; he is Rudra; salutation to Rudra.

(33) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of Brahman-knowledge placed first in the front, dear among the wise. His glory is the highest, he is established in truth and untruth.

(34) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that which, winking quickly, became the sole king of the world. Who is the god to whom we should offer oblation?

(35) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that which gives strength and power, whose refuge the world takes, whose desire the gods obey, whose shadow is immortality and death is.

(36) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of Rudra who is in fire, in waters, in herbs, who has entered all worlds; salutation to Rudra.

(37) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of the fragrant-doored, invincible, ever-nourishing, cruel one, the goddess of all beings, whom I invoke here.

(38) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of the namaka and chamaka hymns, the Purusha Sukta known to the wise, and the great god equivalent.

(39) May my mind have the auspicious resolve of that Shiva Sankalpa which Brahmins always meditate upon; they attain the supreme liberation.