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Tantrāloka 1.110
The Kinds of Knowledge
एकवीरो यामलोऽथ त्रिशक्तिश्चतुरात्मकः ।
पञ्चमूर्तिः षडात्मायं सप्तकोऽष्टकभूषितः ॥११०॥
ekavīro yāmalo'tha triśaktiścaturātmakaḥ
pañcamūrtiḥ ṣaḍātmāyaṃ saptako'ṣṭakabhūṣitaḥ
English
He is the lone hero, then the pair, with three powers, fourfold, with five forms, sixfold, sevenfold, adorned with eight,
हिन्दी
वह अकेला वीर है, फिर युगल है, तीन शक्तियों वाला, चार रूपों वाला, पाँच मूर्तियों वाला, छह रूपों वाला, सात वाला, आठ से सजा हुआ,
OccultGuide. Tantrāloka 1.110. https://occultguide.com/scripture/tantraloka/ahnika-one-the-kinds-of-knowledge#v110. Sanskrit text in the public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0.
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श्रीशिवमहापुराण
Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
One of the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas, given in the form Vyāsa received it from Sanatkumāra. Our own translation, verse by verse.
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43 adhyāyas
रुद्रसंहिता — सतीखण्ड
The Saṃhitā of Rudra · Satī Khaṇḍa
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55 adhyāyas
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The Saṃhitā of Rudra · Pārvatī Khaṇḍa
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20 adhyāyas
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The Saṃhitā of Rudra · Kumāra Khaṇḍa
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59 adhyāyas
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The Saṃhitā of Rudra · Yuddha Khaṇḍa
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1 adhyāya
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The Umā Saṃhitā
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How should Durga Saptashati be recited if one can't pronounce Sanskrit accurately?
Practice and study the text rather than undertaking a formal, vowed (Sankalpita) recitation; if worshipping purely through devotion, recite in one's native language instead of mispronouncing the Sanskrit.
What happens if the yajnopavita is worn but never purified?
The speaker recounts telling a senior official who had taken up the sacred thread but never had it ritually renewed that neglecting this leads to becoming a Brahm Rakshas after death. He says this stands on the authority of saints and shastra, not scare tactics: years of the twice-born disciplines carried out without the required purification means offerings to gods and ancestors go unaccepted, and any apparent advancement others enjoy despite skipping such rules is simply the fruit of their own past merit.
What happens to a festival where a death occurred on that day?
Scripturally it is three years — where a death occurs during a festival period, that festival is not observed for three years and may be observed from the fourth. The local custom of waiting until someone is born on that day is a separate convention; ask your own priest which applies.
Origin of the Kamakhya Shakti Peeth and its Bhairav
The speaker says that when Narayana cut the body of Bhagavati Sati into 108 pieces with his Sudarshana Chakra, her Yoni-mandala came to rest on bhasmanchala hill, where Jagadamba resides in the form of Kamakhya. That form, he says, turned into a stone there, and Jagadamba dwells in it. Mahadeva stayed manifest there as Bhasmanchala hill itself and as Umananda Bhairava, and is present at that place to this day.
Narad's six-shloka stuti to calm Parvati — Jagadamba namastubhyam
A stuti of only six shlokas, a salutation to Jagadamba — the transcript gives its opening as जगदंब नमस्तुभ्यं शिवाय च नमस्तुते, चंडिकाय नमस्तुभ्यं कल्याणै च नमस्तुते — asking her to be calm and pleased.
How can bound family deities be freed if a father died due to black magic?
If a father died due to black magic and family deities remain bound by an active black-magic entity in the house, daily recitation of Chapter 11 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita — combined with Kusha-Tulsi water, Ratri Suktam, and house fumigation — severs that influence and breaks the bondage of ancestral spirits and family deities.
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Kuldevi
कुलदेवीA family or lineage's chosen protective deity, worshipped alongside — but distinct from — a household's other deities.
Siddha Peetha
सिद्ध पीठA spiritually accomplished, established seat of worship for a deity or Bhairava — distinct from the enumerated 51 Shakti Peethas — sought out as the nearest potent site when a household deity requires release from a binding.
Siddha
सिद्धAn accomplished master who has attained mastery (Siddhi) — the original creators of Tantra systems for mastering negative energies for self-protection and destroying enemies.
Upanshu Japa
उपांशु जपChanting murmured at a volume audible only to oneself — used to keep a protective mantra secret when sharing a house with a suspected adversary.
Purnahuti
पूर्णाहुतिThe final, complete offering that concludes a Havan — not required at every single daily Havan for a practitioner maintaining it as a fixed daily discipline.
Aprajita
अप्राजिताThe Goddess of victory worshipped on Vijayadashami as a plant (alongside Shami) — a small twig is cut with prayer after Her worship and offered onto the established Kalash, signifying victory in all endeavors.