
The one with eternal knowledge salutations by the hair, The slow moving one salutations to the head The one with a thin stomach, salutation with little finger The son of Sun God, salutation with ring finger The one with eternal knowledge, salutation with the middle finger The slow-moving one, salutation with pointer finger Ĭhhaayaatmajaaya karatalakarapri'sht'haabhyaam namah'. Shushkodaraaya kanisht'hikaabhyaam namah'. Shanaishcharaaya angusht'haabhyaam namah'. Sam is the root, Nam is the power, Mam is the nail and this being chanted to get rid of the problems created by Lord Sanaischara. įor the great armour of Shani, the sage is Kashyapa, the meter is anushtup and the god addressed is Sanaischara. Shanaishcharaprasaadasiddhyarthe jape viniyogah'.

Shani is the most feared god and is allotted the job of granting fruits of one’s deeds. Shani is believed to be the incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

He admits no shortcuts and no easy ways out of difficult situations. He shows us the truth and keeps us honest.Īs the slowest moving planet, Saturn’s tedious eye keeps track of every action that is performed. Shani is the Lord of discipline and control. Sanaischara blesses him that the famine will not occur and whosoever reads this prayer would realize all his wishes. He is mentioned in the scriptures of Ramayana and Vishnu Purana.įearing the Movement of Shani to Rohini which was expected to cause famine in his country for twelve years, King Dasharatha reaches the place of Shani to fight him, Instead, he prays to him. He had three primary consorts: Kausalya, Kaikeyi, and Sumitra, and from these unions were born Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna.

Dasharatha was the son of Aja and Indumati. Dasharatha was once told by the sages that there would be a famine for 12 years which will be due to the negative impact of planet Saturn.ĭasharatha was the king of the Kosala kingdom and a scion of the Suryavamsha dynasty in Hinduism. The Shani Stotra is composed by Raghuvanshi king Dasharatha.
