Shukra Beej Mantra Jaap — 16,000 Count, Vidhi, Benefits and Booking in Ujjain

The beej (seed) mantra of Shukra (Venus) is:For a full Shukra Shanti Jaap, it is recited 16,000 times — the count prescribed for Shukra (Venus) — followed by a havan of one tenth of that number. Our pandits in Ujjain perform it with the sankalp in your name and gotra, on a Friday, the day kept for Shukra (Venus).

Shukra (Venus) is the karaka of harmony in marriage, comfort, beauty, vehicles and the arts. The jaap is usually taken up in these situations:

• Running a Shukra mahadasha — at 20 years the longest of all nine — or antardasha
• Discord in marriage, or delay in marriage in a man’s kundli, where Venus signifies the wife
• Comforts that do not last, trouble with vehicles or the home
• Creative or artistic work that has stalled
• Venus debilitated in Virgo, or combust near the Sun

Shukra (Venus)’s mahadasha lasts 20 years in the Vimshottari system, which is why the remedy is so often taken up during it.

Each of the nine grahas has its own jaap count, based on the number of syllables and the tradition of the mantra; for Shukra (Venus) it is 16,000. The texts also say that in Kaliyug a jaap should be done four times over — hence the second count of 64,000, done by 18 pandits, for a long dasha or a heavier affliction. Neither count is a guarantee; a larger count is a larger prayer. See the jaap counts of all nine grahas side by side.

• Sankalp — your name, gotra and the purpose are stated
• Ganesh pujan and navagraha sthapana, then Shukra (Venus) is invoked
• 16,000 recitations of the beej mantra, shared among 5 pandits and counted on the mala
• Dashansh havan — a tenth of the count offered into the fire — then tarpan, marjan and brahman bhojan

You do not need to be in Ujjain: the sankalp is taken in your name, you can watch on a video call, and prasad is sent to your address. The date is fixed by the panchang and told to you before you pay.

• Worship Maa Lakshmi on Fridays with white flowers.
• Give rice, sugar, curd or white cloth in charity on a Friday.
• Chant Om Shum Shukraya Namah 108 times on Fridays.

If you chant the beej mantra yourself, 108 times a day on a rudraksha mala, with a steady mind, is the usual practice.

Not everyone going through a hard time has an afflicted Shukra (Venus). Whether this jaap is the right remedy is read in your own kundli — check it free in Find Your Puja: enter your birth details and the problem, and the kundli is read for it. Where the concern is money and the household, Maa Lakshmi Puja is the puja usually chosen with it. To book: Shukra Shanti Jaap in Ujjain, from ₹6,400.