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Snana (bathing) — mantras in order · DharmSetu

Mantras·Ritual stage

Snana (bathing)स्नान

Ceremonial bathing — water, milk, panchamrita.

Sankalpa (intention)Dhyana (meditation)Avahana (invocation)Snana (bathing)Naivedya (food offering)Aarti Kshama prarthana (asking pardon)Visarjana (farewell)Shanti path (peace invocation)

1.
StotraMantra
Ganga Stotra — opening verse
The opening verse of the Ganga Stotra: let my mind rest at your lotus feet.
Ganga Stotra 1Ganga
2.
VedicSukta (hymn)
Purusha Sukta — opening verse
The thousand-headed Purusha — the first verse of the Purusha Sukta, Rigveda 10.90.1.
Rigveda 10.90.1Vishnu
3.
VedicSukta (hymn)

Namaste Rudra Manyava — opening of the Shri Rudram

The first line of the Shri Rudram, the central Vedic hymn to Rudra — Taittiriya Samhita 4.5.1.

Krishna Yajurveda, Taittiriya Samhita 4.5.1Shiva

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Mantras are presented here as scripture and cultural practice, with their sources cited. Descriptions of what a mantra is traditionally recited for record tradition — they are not claims of any medical, psychological or material outcome, and nothing here is a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment.

Snana (bathing)स्नान

Ganga Stotra — opening verse

Purusha Sukta — opening verse

Namaste Rudra Manyava — opening of the Shri Rudram