Navagraha
Shani — Saturn
ॐ प्रां प्रीं प्रौं सः शनैश्चराय नमः
Oṁ prāṁ prīṁ prauṁ saḥ śanaiścarāya namaḥ
Simple reading: Om praam preem praum sah sha-naish-cha-raa-ya na-mah
About this mantra
The bīja-mantra of Saturn, whom the mantra calls Shanaishchara, 'the slow mover' — the slowest of the visible grahas, taking about thirty years to circle the zodiac. Jyotisha counts Shani as the significator of discipline, patience, karma and endurance.
Meaning
Om — with the seed-syllables prāṁ prīṁ prauṁ saḥ — salutations to Shanaishchara, 'the slow mover': Saturn. Shani gives nothing before its time and withholds nothing that is earned. The jaap is the reciter's bow to the strictest of teachers — asking for endurance under the lesson, and for the lesson's fruit.
When to recite it
Saturdays; traditionally counted through sade-sati and long hard seasons — chronic difficulty, delayed results, disciplines that must be kept for years.
Word by word
- ॐoṁ
- the primordial sound
- प्रां प्रीं प्रौं सःprāṁ prīṁ prauṁ saḥ
- the bīja (seed) syllables of this graha
- शनैश्चरायśanaiścarāya
- to Shani
- नमःnamaḥ
- I bow, salutations
Source: Navagraha bīja-mantra tradition (jyotiṣa / graha-śānti practice)
Note: Given here in its commonly used form; wording can vary slightly between family and regional traditions.