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Mahamrityunjaya Yantra

महामृत्युंजय यंत्र

✦ Shiva

Associated Mantra

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्।
उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात्॥

Structure & Presiding Deity

The Mahamrityunjaya Yantra encodes the healing and life-protecting energy of the Mahamrityunjaya mantra in geometric form, centered on Shiva's protective power over death and disease (Tryambaka, the three-eyed one).

Installation & Puja Vidhi

Installed near the bed of a person recovering from illness, or worn as a pendant, worshipped with the Mahamrityunjaya mantra chanted 108 times, especially on Mondays and Maha Shivaratri. Believed to support healing, longevity and protection from untimely death.