Sri Mathru bhoothesa Stotram(Thayumanavar stotram) followed by Mathru Bhootheswara Manthra for ensuring safe delivery.

Sri Mathru bhoothesa  Stotram(Thayumanavar  stotram) followed by

Mathru Bhootheswara  Manthra for ensuring  safe delivery.

By

Sage Sarama(Sarama Muni)

Translated  by

P.R.Ramachander

(in the  great  temple town of Trichy (Trisira  palli  found by a king called Trisira )  of Tamil Nadu  , there is a temple complex consisting  of  temples  on  a rocky hill called in English as  rock fort. This rockfort according to  Hindu devotees is a part of the Mount Kailasa, which was once thrown here by   a very torrential wind. So it is called DAkshina Kailasam.  The main temple in this complex  is a temple of Lord Shiva  , called  Mathrubhootheswarar  in Sanskrit and  THayumanavar  in temple, It seems  there was a lady in state of advanced   state of pregnancy on the other shore  of the Cauvery  .Her mother had to cross the river   and come  to TRichy on an errand. RAthnavali developed  delivery pains   and was crying  for her mother. Since there was a sudden flood  in the river Cauvery her mother   could not reach her .According to believes , Lord Shiva took   the form of Rathnavali’s mother  , assisted Rathnavali  in her delivery and then vanished. Due to this from then on the God was called  THayumanavar (he   who  also became the mother.) He is also called Chevvandhi Nadhar   as he he was  worshipped  by Sarama muni   using Chevvandhi flowers   brought   from Naga  LOka. The Goddess is called  Sugandha Kundalambikai or Mattuvar Kuzhali  and has a seperatew  temple. This rarest  of the rare stotras is given in the collection of Stotras   called  Jayamangala stotram by late  SEngalipuram Anantharama  Deekshithar. Please recite it daily  in the home where  any lady is expecting delivery.It is expected that   she would have a  safe delivery due to the  grace of God   who also became a mother. )

1.Devam dakshina kailasam   eesoktham  poorva janmani ,

SAmpraptha trisira   sailam  punyam   Saara  Maha muni.

1The great Sage  Saara  reached  the  Kailasa  of the south,

About which he   was told by  Lord Parmasiva  in his previous birth ,

Which was  a holy mountain with three  peaks.

2.Yadathmo paarjithe samvitha   sampath phalodhayam,

THam lingam   param   dandavath prana nama sa.

2.After reaching the mountain searched   and attained by him,

He  fell on the floor   and saluted      that  greatest divine linga,

Which  would lead oneself to wisdom    and prosperity.

3.SAmpranamya  Maha devam  tri sira  saila nayakam,

Sthothum prachakrame  vaagbhi  vaang manotheetha mishtadham.

3.After  saluting the great God   who is the of mountain with three  peaks,

He prayed   to  the Lord  who is beyond mind and words and one   fulfilling our desires.

4.Namo bhagawathe thubhyam , Namasthe  Shambhave  sathe  ,

Namasthe   deva devaaya, jagatham  pathaye  nama.

4.Salutations to you Oh God  , Salutations to Shambu  who is the essence  ,

Salutations to God  of Gods, Salutations   to the  Lord of entire   universe.

5,Namo   dakshina Kailasa parvathagra  swaroopine,

Namo viswamaresaya sahasra  sirase  nama.

5.Salutations   to him who sits  on the top of Dakshina Kailasa  mountain,

Salutations to lord  of Uiverse  and devas and salutations to the thousand headed  one.

6.Namasivaya rudraya Namasthe  viswa moorthaye ,

Namasthe  neelakandya Namasthe  Chandra  maulave.

6.Salutations to Shiva  who is Rudra , salutations  to  him who  has universal   form,

Salutations to God who is blue necked   and salutations to god who has moon on his crown.

7.TRivarga  phala dathre cha  thrayee  murthe  namo nama,

Namo jeevathmane thubhyam , Namasthe  Parmathmane

7.Oh  God who grants Dharma , Artha and Kama   and who has  three  forms  salutations,

Salutation to you  who is individual soul  ,Salutations to you   who is the  ultimate soul

8.Jnanaika  vedhya roopaaya, veda  roopaya they  nama,

Namasthe Brahmane thubhyam Namasthe brahmesa  adithya thejase.

8,Salutations to you who has a form   which can be known by Jnana and to whom   who is the form of Veda,

Salutations   to you  Brahman  and to you who is God of Brahma  and the luster of the sun.

9,Dikkaladhya  parichedhya mahimne, manthra   roopine,’

SAthe asathe namo vidhyaa swaroopaya   vedhase  ,

9.Salutations to him who is the form of Manthras  , who is beyond  directions   and time.

Salutations   to him  who is good who is imperishable , who is the form of  learning andwho is studied by Vedas.

10.Nithyaya nithyam bhakthathma  vaasine, vara  dhayine,

Namasthubhyam sadachara sanmarga sthapakaya    cha.

10.Salutations to you who is forever, who lives  in the minds of devotees   for ever and one s grants boons,

And I also salute him who  established good rituals  and   good  path also.

11,Aadhi madhyantha  soonyaya sadhithakhila  karmane  ,

Chandaaya   chanda   Kodanda  dharine harine  nama.

11.Salutations to him who does not have beginning , middle and end . to him who   achieve results to all actions,

Who is angry with evil people, who holds the Kodanda and who is  Hari.

12.Vrushadwajaya   vandhyaya namo veeraya  sooline,

Smasana vaasine charma vasine  vara   dhayine.

12.Salutations to lord having  bull in the flag, who is fit to be saluted, who is a hero , who holds the  trident  ,

Who lives in the cremation ground, who wears  the tiger’s hide and who grants   boons.

13.Aksharaaya , aksha roopaaya yakshesa  priya bandhave,

Dakshathdwara vinasaika   sikshanaaya namo  nama.

13.Salutations   to the deathless one,who has form of alphabets, who is the dear friend of  Khubera,

Who taught  the devas for   destroying    the  yajna of   the Daksha.

14,Gowreesaaya, gireesaaya namo  giri vaasine  ,

Nagendra priya   bhooshaa bhootha vaasaya  bhoo bruthe.

14.Salutation to Lord  of Gauri  who is the lord of mountain, who lives on the mountain,

Who wears the serpent king with love, who lives in all  beings and who lifts the earth.

15.Sathyathilakshana   bruthe, sthoola   sookshmaayathe   nama,

Ugraya santha roopaya bargaayaparameshtine.

15.Salutations to  lord who has properties  of characters like truth , who can become huge or tiny,

Who can have  angry and peaceful form , who destroys sins and is the greatest god.

16.Namo pararkhya saadhyaya , paramartha swaroopine  ,

Hiranya  garbha  pramukhai poojyaya puradahine  ,

16.Salutations  to him who can be  reached by  great prayers, Who   is the form of divine  truth,

Who is worshipped  by  Brahma   and others and   who destroyed the  three  cities.

17.Purandhraadji poojyaya puruhoothayuthe  nama,

Viswaya , viswa samharthre   vibhoodhi  thraya  kaarine,

17.Salutations   to him worshipped by Indra  and others, who has  the form of Indra,

Who is the world  , who is the  destroyer  of  the world, and who creates, upkeeps and destroys.

18.Namasthe yogi gamyaya yoga sath phala   dhayine  ,

SArveswaraya , sarvaaya Chandra sooryagni chakshushe.

18.Salutations to him who can be attained by Yogis,  who gives good results   to yogic practice,

Who   is the God of all  , who is the form of the universe and who has moon, sun and  fire as eyes.

19.Kaamaya , kama roopaya  , kama dathre namo nama,

Kala swaroopine naumi kala garvapa haarine.

19.Salutaions to one who is desirable, who is a desirable  form , who gives what one desires,

Who has  the form of time and who destroyed   the  pride of God of death  .

20.Ananda thandavasaktha chethase they  namo nama,

Apaaravaara   samsara sagaroththaranaaya  nama.

20.Salutations  to one who likes   the  great male   dance of joy,

And who is the one who saves us from the shore less   ocean of  samsara.

21.Namo bhaktha maha moha mahaa medhayathe  nama,

Sudurlabhaya abhakthaanaam  sad   Bhakthi  sulabhaya  cha.

21.Salutations to him who has the great  capacity  to   fulfill great desires of devotees,

Who cannot be reached by people  without devotion and  who can be  easily attained by devotees.

22.Nadhaya  , nadha roopaaya Namasthe meru thanvane  ,

Sangine sanga heenaaya sadaa  sama priyaya   cha.

22.Salutation to the lord   who is the form of music, who uses meru mountain as bow,

Who moves in society of  devotees,   who does not have a  group and who loves  Sama  Veda.

23.Mahathmane, varenyaya mahathaam mahathe  nama,

Sthanave   deergathapase sarvaavasthathma roopine  nama.

23.Salutation to the Lord who is great, chosen and  greater than the greatest,

Salutation to the  Lord who is stable , who did long penance and who has a form suitable   to every condition.

24,SArva shakthi swaroopaya, sankaraya nama sadaa,

Amithaya agraganyaya samithamara  vairine.

24.Salutations always  to the lord , who has a form which is powerful , who is peaceful,

Who is immesurable , who is the top and   who defeats   enemies  of devas.

25,Viswadhikaaya rudraaya   viswa  bhootha  antharathmane  ,

SAnmano vasine sarva  mangala pathaye  nama.

25.Salutations to the angry one who is  greater  than universe, who lives    as the inner soul  of all beings Who lives  in the  mind of  the good and who is the  consort of   Goddess Parvathi, who is auspicious.

26.Panchakshara  swaroopaya  nama  panchamukhayathe,

Sugandhi kunthalaa   Bhakthi   sampoojitha  nijangraye.

26.Salutations to the Lord who has five letted chant , who has  five faces,

And who is  worshipped by Goddess  with scented hair with devotion.

27.Grudra rajarchitha   sriman nama saptha rishi   sevitha,

Aaradhithaaya devaischa mathrumisapthapi sadaa.

27.Salutations to the Lord worshipped by Jatayu, who is prosperous, who is served  by Saptha Rishis,

Who  is worshipped   by devas   and seven  mother  goddesses.

28.THejodhikair muni ganair, ganendra  sevithaaya cha,

Namasthe deva devesa, naga kanyarchithaya   cha.

28, Salutations to Lord who is worshipped by  sages with luster,Who is served by leaders of Bhootha ganas,

Who is the God of devas   and who is worshipped  by serpent  maidens.

29. Namo Bhagawathe thubhyam, Namasthe   shuddha  vigraha,

Gandharwo uraga  sidhaischa sadhyair yogibireva   cha.

29.Salutations to you Oh God  who is purity personified,

And who is fit to be sought by Gandhawas, Uragas, Sidhas , Sadhyas   and yogis.

30.Maha muneendrai ishtartha sidhi hetho samarchitha,

Nama  trisirase ghora thapa prathyaksha  karine.

30.Salutations to the Lord who  was worshipped   by great sages  for fulfillment  of their objectives

And who appeared  before the three  headed one   after   very great penance.

31.Thathkalipthaalapadhyoru sathkara  vibhavaya   cha,

Paschathadhakhyaa  poorvathmaa nama  vikhyadhi meeyushe.

31.Salutations to the Lord who  has  all the offerings  made by that  Trisiras,

And who added his name   before his own  and became  very famous

32.SA sita lakshmanenapi  sa Sugreeva  hanumathaa,

Ramenyabhi archithaayasu samitha  amara  vairine.

32.Salutations to the Lord   who was worshipped by  Sita  , Lakshmana, Sugreeva ,

Hanuman and Lord Rama and  who  destroyed   the enemies  of devas.

33.Bhoo pradakshina sampraptha partha sampoojithaya  cha,

Bramarairapi sad bhakthaa samsevitha  padaya   cha.

33.Salutation to the Lord who was worshipped by Arjuna   after going round the world,

And who has   feet that are worshipped   with devotion by   bees.

34.Chanda roopaya chandathma  vapushe akhanda  roopine,

Guru manthra  swaroopaya  swayam vedhyayathe  nama.

34,Salutations to the lord who is furios, who has a very angry form , who has a limitless  form,

Who is the form of teacher   and manthras and who   is someone who can know himself.

35.Deva thwameva, devaadhyaa  sruthi mrugya sanathana,

Na dwithiyoshti  deveshu  sarveshu bhavathaa   sama.

35.Oh God , you are  the primeval God , the beginning less  one   searched by the Vedas,

There  is none second to you and among  devas no oe is equal to you.

36.Uthpathi sthithi naasadhi  karmaini jagathaam pathe  ,

THaani trimoorthyaa lokasya  pravarthanthe thadajnayaa.

36.Oh Lord of the universe, the act  of creation, upkeep and destruction,

Are  carried out by the   divine trinity     as  per the  orders  of yours.

37.Bahudhaa vipra bhinnakhyaa  yasthu santhu  hi devathaa,

Thwad Bhakthi rajju  samprothaa cheshtanthe   sruthi gamyatha.

37.Just like   the Brahmins   are  of different types , so are the devas,

But they  being threadedby  the rope of devotion  to you, do their work   according to Vedas.

38.THejasaam trithayam yascha sooryendvagni  samahvayam,

THwad thejasaiva badyethath  , sarveshaam thejasaam  nidhe.

38.Oh Lord who is the home  of all luster, the great bodies of luster  ,

Namely   sun, moon and the fire get their luster from you  , Oh treasure of all luster.

39.Bhooriyam bhavatha peetam rodhasthyantharam   vapu  ,

Gaganam bhavatha kesa viswaroopa namo  nama.

39.The earth is your seat, the place between Earth and  space  is your body,

And the  sky is   your  hair and  salutations to you  who is like  that.

40.Srushtaa brahmedhi ke chithwaam  rakshithaa  haririthyapi,

Samharhaa  Rudraa ithyaahu sathyam jananthinaiva they.

40.Some people claim that they are Brahma is the creator, Vishnu the protector,

And   the  Rudra   who destroys but they are  the ones  who do not  the truth.

41.Jagatha pralayoyasthu sa they   nidhredhi  khadhyathe,

Sambhavoyam  trijagathaam   samprabodho maharshibhi.

41.The great sages   say  that  the  final deluge  is your sleep,

And the   creation of this universe is your  wakeful state.

42.DEvaa apivichinvanthi thwam adhyaapi   hi  sarvasaa,

Aprameyam  kadham   thwaaham  sthothum  chaknomi mandhadhi.

42. Even Devas   are  searching   for you now and in spite of that  ,

Oh God of all , how can I who is a fool , be able to praise you who is immesuarable.

43.Imaa Bhakthi giro  hrudhyaa  santhu may   bhaktha  vathsala ,

Priyaa  kalbarbhakam  baalaa  pithror  vathsalya   nignayo.

43.Oh God who  has a heart filled   with love towards   devotees ,

Though   the babies prattle  , due to affection the parents find it attractive ,

And similarly  let these  prayers become attractive to you.

44.Ithi sthuthwaa  muni sthuthyam  TRisaila nayakam,

Sarvopacharai   sampoojaam  kurvam sthathraa vas siram.

44.This way  the sage  praised  the Lord of the mountain with three peaks,

And worshipped   him following   all  rituals   and lived there  for a long  time.

Sri Mathru bhoothesa   stotram sampoornam

Thus ends the prayer   addressed to the  God who became  the mother (Thaymanavar)

Slokas to be recited  eleven times  praying  for safe delivery  to THayumanavar:-

1.Mathru boodeswaro devo
Bakthanaa mishta Dhayaka
Sukanthi kunthala naavaha
Suka Prasava Mrichchathuhu.

1.Oh  God Mathrubhootheswara ,

Who fulfills    the desires of devotees,

Who is with his consort  Sukantha Kunthalambika,

I am wishing    for a safe delivery.

2.Hima vathyuththarey parthavey
Surathaa nama yakshini
Tasyaha smarana mathrena
Visalya Garpini paveth.

2.On the snow clad mountain ,

There  was a Yakshini    called Surathaa,

And as soon as you remember her  ,

One would    have a  safe delivery.

3.Hey sankara smarahara
Bramahathathi natha
Man nadha samba sasi chooda
Hara thrisoolin
Shambo sukaprasavakrutha
Bhavame Dhayalo
Shri mathrubootha Siva palayamam namasthey.

3.Oh Sankara , killer of God of love  ,

The  lord of the   entire  universe ,

My Lord  Samba , who wears  the moon,

Oh Lord Shiva with the trident,

Oh Shambhu help me get a safe delivery, Oh merciful one,

Oh Lord Shiva who took the form of a mother  protect me, My salutations.