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Shanmukha Bhujangam in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Morning or evening; especially Tuesdays and Krittika·📜 Traditional (Sringeri lineage)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ English සිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Traditional (Sringeri lineage) · Sringeri Acharya · Medieval

The Shanmukha Bhujangam is traditionally ascribed to Sringeri Acharya. A hymn to Shanmukha — the six-faced Lord Murugan (Subrahmanya, Kartikeya) — in the undulating Bhujanga ("serpent") metre, adoring the divine commander of the gods and bestower of wisdom and protection.

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that to recite the Shanmukha Bhujangam with a sincere and devoted heart is to draw near to the grace of the Lord, who never forsakes those who lovingly call upon Him.

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The Mantra

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𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍍𑌗𑍁𑌰𑍁 𑌶𑍃𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇𑌰𑍀 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌶𑍇𑌖𑌰𑌭𑌾𑌰𑌤𑍀𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌮𑌿 𑌅𑌨𑍁𑌗𑍃𑌹𑍀𑌤𑌾 𑌹𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾 𑌲𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌪𑍃𑌤𑌨𑌯𑌾𑌽𑌽𑌲𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌿𑌤𑌤𑌨𑍁𑌃 𑌮𑌯𑍂𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍂𑌢𑍋𑌽𑌯𑌂 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑌵𑌦𑌨𑌪𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍇𑌰𑍁𑌹𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌃 । 𑌷𑌡𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌚𑌲𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌿 𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌨𑌵𑌾 𑌇𑌤𑍀𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌂 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌚𑌲𑌨𑌿𑌲𑌯𑌃 𑌸𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌨𑌯𑌤𑌿 ॥ ௧॥ 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌕𑍍𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑌾𑌕𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌪𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌪𑌂 𑌸𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌰𑍁𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌗𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌲𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍 । 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌲𑍋𑌕𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௨॥ 𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌵𑌹𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌷𑌡𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌂𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌶𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌹𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌮𑍍 । 𑌨𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌦𑌧𑍇 𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌮𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌬𑍍𑌜𑌷𑌟𑍍𑌕𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௩॥ 𑌅𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌾𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍀𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍇𑌷𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌾𑌤𑍍 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌾 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌾𑌣𑍁𑌤𑍋 𑌯𑍋𑌽𑌜𑌨𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌮𑍍 । 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌖𑌂 𑌨𑌗𑍇 𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌤𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௪॥ 𑌗𑍁𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍇𑌣 𑌵𑌾𑌚𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌤𑌮𑍋 𑌬𑌾𑌹𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌾𑌭𑌯𑌾 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌦𑌾𑌨𑍇𑌨 𑌹𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 । 𑌯 𑌏𑌨𑌂 𑌗𑍁𑌹𑌂 𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌶𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌷𑍈𑌕𑌮𑍇𑌯𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௫॥ 𑌯𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍋 𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌿 𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌨𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌨𑌿𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌹𑍇𑌤𑍁𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 । 𑌵𑌹𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌰𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌮𑍇𑌘𑌨𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌲𑌾𑌸𑍀 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௬॥ 𑌕𑍃𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌨𑍃𑌣𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌦𑍃𑌢𑌂 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌯𑌃 𑌕𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌟𑌾𑌦𑍀𑌨𑍍 । 𑌭𑍃𑌶𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌜𑍀𑌵𑌯𑌨𑍍 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௭॥ 𑌭𑍁𑌜𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍇𑌨 𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍇𑌨 𑌕𑍍𑌲𑍃𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌂 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌰𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌪𑌠𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 । 𑌸𑍁𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌯𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍋𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌶𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌕𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌵 𑌤𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌃 𑌸𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌗𑍍𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍍 ॥ ௮॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌰𑍁 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌶𑍃𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇𑌰𑍀𑌪𑍀𑌠𑌾𑌧𑌿𑌪 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌶𑍇𑌖𑌰𑌭𑌾𑌰𑌤𑍀 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌾𑌦𑍈𑌃 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌭𑍁𑌜𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌾 ।

śrījagadguru śṛṅgerī śrīcandraśekharabhāratīsvāmi anugṛhītā hriyā lakṣmyā valyā surapṛtanayā''liṅgitatanuḥ mayūrārūḍho'yaṃ śivavadanapaṅkeruharaviḥ | ṣaḍāsyo bhaktānāmacalahṛdi vāsaṃ pratanavā itīmāṃ buddhiṃ drāgacalanilayaḥ sañjanayati || 1|| smitanyakkṛtenduprabhākundapuṣpaṃ sitābhrāgarupraṣṭhagandhānuliptam | śritāśeṣalokeṣṭadānāmaradruṃ sadā ṣaṇmukhaṃ bhāvaye hṛtsaroje || 2|| śarīrendriyādāvahambhāvajātān ṣaḍūrmīrvikārāṃśca śatrūnnihantum | natānāṃ dadhe yastamāsyābjaṣaṭkaṃ sadā ṣaṇmukhaṃ bhāvaye hṛtsaroje || 3|| aparṇākhyavallīsamāśleṣayogāt purā sthāṇuto yo'janiṣṭāmarārtham | viśākhaṃ nage vallikāliṅgitaṃ taṃ sadā ṣaṇmukhaṃ bhāvaye hṛtsaroje || 4|| gukāreṇa vācyaṃ tamo bāhyamantaḥ svadehābhayā jñānadānena hanti | ya enaṃ guhaṃ vedaśīrṣaikameyaṃ sadā ṣaṇmukhaṃ bhāvaye hṛtsaroje || 5|| yataḥ karmamārgo bhuvi khyāpitastaṃ svanṛtye nimittasya hetuṃ viditvā | vahatyādarānmeghanādānulāsī sadā ṣaṇmukhaṃ bhāvaye hṛtsaroje || 6|| kṛpāvārirāśirnṛṇāmāstikatvaṃ dṛḍhaṃ kartumadyāpi yaḥ kukkuṭādīn | bhṛśaṃ pācitānjīvayan rājate taṃ sadā ṣaṇmukhaṃ bhāvaye hṛtsaroje || 7|| bhujaṅgaprayātena vṛttena klṛptāṃ stutiṃ ṣaṇmukhasyādarādye paṭhanti | suputrāyurārogyasampadviśiṣṭān karotyeva tān ṣaṇmukhaḥ sadvidagryān || 8|| iti śrījagadruru śrīśṛṅgerīpīṭhādhipa śrīcandraśekharabhāratī śrīpādaiḥ viracitā ṣaṇmukhabhujaṅgastutiḥ samāptā |

Meaning:A hymn to Shanmukha — the six-faced Lord Murugan (Subrahmanya, Kartikeya) — in the undulating Bhujanga ("serpent") metre, adoring the divine commander of the gods and bestower of wisdom and protection.

Benefits of Chanting Shanmukha Bhujangam

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Recitation of the Shanmukha Bhujangam is held to bring the grace, blessings and protection of the Lord.

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Cultivates devotion, calms the mind and steadies the heart in the Lord’s remembrance.

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Most auspicious on Tuesdays and Krittika, and during Skanda Shashti and Krittika.

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A short, melodious hymn that anyone can learn and recite daily with faith.

How to Chant Shanmukha Bhujangam

Repetitions1times

Best TimeMorning or evening; especially Tuesdays and Krittika

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Bathe and sit facing east before an image of the deity. Light a lamp and recite the Shanmukha Bhujangam slowly and with devotion. It may be chanted daily, or especially during Skanda Shashti and Krittika. Conclude with a prayer for grace and protection.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Shanmukha Bhujangam written in the Grantha script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

A hymn to Shanmukha — the six-faced Lord Murugan (Subrahmanya, Kartikeya) — in the undulating Bhujanga ("serpent") metre, adoring the divine commander of the gods and bestower of wisdom and protection.

It is attributed to Sringeri Acharya (Traditional (Sringeri lineage)). It is recited in the morning or evening with devotion, and especially on Tuesdays and Krittika and during Skanda Shashti and Krittika.

Origin & Story

The Mantra

Benefits of Chanting Shanmukha Bhujangam

How to Chant Shanmukha Bhujangam

Frequently Asked Questions

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