Maha Mrityunjay Temple

Maha Mrityunjay is the Mahakaal Swaroop of lord Shiva and the literal meaning of the words is ‘The one who has attained victory over Mrityu or Death’. As mentioned above, the Maha Mrityunjay Mantra is considered the most powerful mantra in the universe.

The meaning of the Maha Mrityunjay Mantra is “We worship Mrityunjay Mahadev who has three eyes” Who is “Fragrant and helps nourish our lives”. “Just as the fruit gets freed from the bondage of the branch that falls on the earth, in the same way, we should also be freed from pain and fear of death”.

• Rishi Mrikandu and Marudwati did not have a child even after several years of marriage. The couple then decided to do Shiv Upasana and Tapasya to appease Mahadev.
• Lord Shiva was happy with their prayers and asked the couple to make a wish. The couple asked Mahadev to bless them with ‘Santan Prapti’.

Lord Shiva gave them the boon but had put forward two conditions :

The couple was wise and they decided to choose the former option. After some time they were blessed with a male child named ‘Markanday’. Markanday was an ardent Shiva Bhakta and when his 16th year was about to start he went and held the Maha Mrityunjaya shivling requesting Mahadev to save his life from Kaal.

Lord Shiva obliged to his prayers and the Kaal who had come to take back Markanday to Yam Loka was defeated by lord Shiva and he came to be known as ‘ Maha Mrityunjay’ i.e the one obtained victory.

• Devotees who perform Maha Mrityunjay Mantra Jaap in their homes attain ‘Yatha Roop’ benefit i.e equal to what is due.
• Devotees who perform the Maha Mrityunjay Mantra Jaap in a ‘Shiva Temple’ attain twice more Punya.
• But the Devotees who perform Maha Mrityunjay Mantra Jaap in the Maha Mrityunjay Temple of Kashi attain ‘Anant’ or infinite times more Punya.
• The sacred premises of the Maha Mrityunjay Temple also houses Nageshwar Jyotirlinga and Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga of Kashi.
• The Maha Mrityunjay Temple is an ideal place for performing Dosh Nivaran Pujas such as ‘Manglik Dosh’, ‘Kaal Sarp Dosh’, and ‘Nadi’ Dosh.
• Devotees from all across the globe come to the Maha Mrityunjay temple for offering their Pujas Sewa and getting rid of Doshas in their Kundali.
• The Maha Mrityunjay Temple also has the ‘Dhanvantari Koop’ where many Ayurvedic and natural herbs are believed to have been poured by Dhanvantari Devta.
• Devotees after performing Puja take back the sacred water from the Maha Mrityunjay temple to attain wellness and Aarogya.
• Anyone facing the Markesh Dasha or struggling with health issues should necessarily obtain the Sanidhya of Maha Mrityunjay Temple.
• All the Navagrahas are obedient to Maha Mrityunjay Mahadev hence any puja offered to him negates the negative impacts of Rahu, Ketu, Mangal, and Shani Maha Dasha.
• The Maha Mrityunjay Temple complex also has Asitang Bhariav who is one of the Ashta Bhairav. And a Hanuman temple was also pratishtit in the temple by Goswami Tulsi Das Ji.