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From the Puranas. Most widely recited deity mantras belong here.
23 mantras
Shiva names him, and gives the reasons: Kalaraja because he shines like time, Bhairava for two reasons at once, and Kalabhairava because time itself will fear him.
The best-known Hanuman dhyana shloka — swift as thought, master of his senses, foremost of the wise, and Rama's messenger.
Wherever Rama's name is sung, Hanuman is there — hands joined above his head and eyes full of tears.
Your claim is on the action, never on its fruits — the central verse of karma yoga. Bhagavad Gita 2.47.
Let go of all duties and come to me alone for refuge; do not grieve. Bhagavad Gita 18.66.
Auspiciousness of all that is auspicious — the best-known verse of the Narayani Stuti, Devi Mahatmya 11.10.
The Goddess who abides in all beings, addressed by name and saluted three times — the refrain of the Aparajita Stuti, Devi Mahatmya 5.
Whenever dharma declines and adharma rises, I bring myself forth. Bhagavad Gita 4.7.
The sixteen-name mantra, given in the Kali-Santarana Upanishad.
The twelve-syllable Vishnu mantra that opens the Bhagavata Purana.
The skull that would not fall anywhere else falls at Kashi, and the sin that followed him everywhere ends there.
The verses behind the whole Kotwal-of-Kashi tradition: Shiva hands Bhairava authority over the city, and names who keeps the record.
The verses that fix the date: the eighth of the waning fortnight of Margashirsha, and what is traditionally done on it.
The two verses in which Bhairava first appears: Shiva hears Brahma's proud speech, and out of that anger a person comes into being.
Bhairava arrives at Vishnu's abode with the skull in his hand, and Vishnu falls flat on the ground like a staff.
Shiva tells Bhairava to hold Brahma's skull and to perform the expiation publicly, as a demonstration for the world.
Two more names, and their reasons: the crusher of the wicked, and the one who eats the sins of his devotees.
The opening of the Anjaneya dhyanam — bright as the rising sun, learned in every branch of knowledge, granting fearlessness with both hands.
The Puranic dhyana of Hanuman, which describes him emerald-green rather than saffron-red.
He who made the ocean a cow's hoofprint and the demons mosquitoes — the jewel on the great garland of the Ramayana.
The companion dhyana verse to Manojavam — seat of immeasurable strength, a fire to the demon forest, first among the wise.
The Gayatri addressed to Hanuman, following the three-part pattern of the deity Gayatris.
Whatever one does with body, speech, mind or senses — offer all of it to Narayana. The verse recited to close a puja.