Mahamrityunjaya Jaap — 11,000 / 51,000 / 1.25 Lakh Counts & Benefits

The Mahamrityunjaya mantra — "Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushti Vardhanam, Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat" — appears in the Rigveda and the Shukla Yajurveda, addressed to Shiva as Tryambaka, the three-eyed one. Its prayer: as the ripe cucumber is released from the vine, may we be released from the grip of death — not from life, but from untimely death. Tradition holds it to be the most powerful of all protective mantras, the "conqueror of death", given by Rishi Markandeya, whom Shiva saved from Yama himself. Our full mantra guide gives the Sanskrit text, the word-by-word meaning and the correct method for chanting it at home. If you want the jaap performed for you rather than chanted at home, the counts and all-inclusive prices are on our Mahamrityunjay Jaap page.

Pandits and astrologers prescribe the jaap in specific circumstances: serious or prolonged illness in the family, before and after major surgery, recovery from accidents, persistent fear and anxiety or recurring nightmares, Shani's sade sati and dhaiya periods, maraka dasha or other death-indicating combinations in the kundali, and for elders' health and longevity. It is also performed protectively — before long journeys abroad, at the start of a new year of life on one's birthday, and during Sawan for general protection of the household. Because the mantra petitions Shiva directly, it is considered effective regardless of which graha causes the affliction.

The shastras prescribe the jaap in fixed counts, and the count is chosen by the severity of the situation. 11,000 jaap is the standard protective count for general health, fear, and lighter afflictions. 51,000 jaap is prescribed for serious illness, surgery, and strong doshas in the kundali. 1.25 lakh (sava lakh, 1,25,000) jaap is the purna (complete) count — the full prescription for life-threatening conditions and the gravest planetary periods, performed by a team of pandits within a single day. Larger counts engage more pandits in the same 3–4 hours, not more days, and that is what moves the price. How the timing works is explained in Mahamrityunjay Jaap kitne din ka hota hai, and when the full count is genuinely needed is covered in sawa lakh Mahamrityunjay Jaap ke fayde.

At Mahakal Darshan: 11,000 jaap — ₹5,500; 51,000 jaap — ₹15,000; 1.25 lakh jaap — ₹31,000. Each includes the pandits' dakshina, all samagri, the sankalp in your name and gotra, Rudrabhishek, the concluding dashansh havan, live video participation, and prasad delivered to your home.

The jaap opens with Ganesh-Lakshmi pujan and your sankalp — name, gotra, and the purpose (an ailing parent's recovery, protection through a dasha, and so on). The pandits then chant the mantra, keeping count on rudraksha malas — every count is completed on one day, in 3–4 hours — seated before the Shivling. A Rudrabhishek of Lord Shiva accompanies the jaap. When the full count is complete, one-tenth of the count is offered into the sacred fire as the dashansh havan, which seals the jaap, followed by purnahuti and aarti. Every count is completed in a single day — larger counts bring in more pandits chanting alongside each other that same day, not more days — with the full jaap shown on live video.

The mantra belongs to Shiva, and Ujjain is Mahakal's city — where Shiva is worshipped precisely as the conqueror of time and death. A Mahamrityunjaya Jaap performed by Ujjain's Vedic pandits, in the presence of the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga tradition, is regarded as the most complete form of this remedy available anywhere. It is the same reasoning that makes Ujjain supreme for Kaal Sarp Dosh Puja in Ujjain: afflictions of death and the shadow planets are answered in the city of the lord of death himself.

Choose your count and book Mahamrityunjay Jaap here — select the start date, and enter the name and gotra of the person for whom the jaap is performed — you can have it done for a family member; the sankalp simply carries their name. You receive the live WhatsApp video of the sessions, the recording, and prasad at home. If you are unsure which count your situation calls for, message our pandits on WhatsApp with the details and they will advise you honestly — an 11,000 count sincerely done is better than an oversold package.