Mantra Pushpam is a Vedic hymn that is sung when offering flowers to Hindu gods and goddesses at the end of a Pooja. The mantra is regarded as the flower of Vedic chants. Mantra Pushpam is from the TaittiriyaAranyakam of the Yajurveda. It is usually sung in a chorus by all the priests after performing a Pooja or Yajna. It is also chanted in Hindu homes daily or on occasions when special Poojas are performed. The Mantra Pushpam comprises the essence of all the 700 slokas in the Bhagavad Gita. Thus, Mantra Pushpam can be said to distil the essence of Vedic wisdom. It means that all that happens within us is the work of beings like Air, Vayu, Water, Fire Sun, Moon, Stars, who operate through us. It is God who creates these beings and makes them work through us. Everything that happens in the universe is the divine work of the Supreme One. When we realize this, self-realization may be achieved.
‘Om Namah Shivaya’ is a highly Sacred Mantra. It is dedicated to Shiva, the Supreme God of Dissolution, and salutes ‘the auspicious one.
Rudra is the fierce form of Shiva, who is kind-hearted and merciful.
This is an ancient Shiva Mantra of healing. It hails Shiva as the conqueror of death and the destroyer of problems