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Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa 34.17
The Saṃhitā of Rudra · Yuddha Khaṇḍa — Description of Śaṅkhacūḍa's Departure for Battle
तस्य सेनापतिश्चैव युद्धशास्त्रविशारदः ।
महारथो महावीरो रथिनां प्रवरो रणे ॥ १७॥
tasya senāpatiścaiva yuddhaśāstraviśāradaḥ
mahāratho mahāvīro rathināṃ pravaro raṇe
English
His commander-in-chief too, skilled in the science of war, a great chariot-warrior and great hero, foremost among charioteers in battle,
हिन्दी
युद्धशास्त्रमें निपुण उनके सेनापति भी, जो महारथी, महावीर तथा रणमें रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ थे,
OccultGuide. Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, Saṃhitā of Rudra, Yuddha Khaṇḍa 34.17. https://occultguide.com/scripture/shree-shiv-mahapuran/rudra-samhita-yuddha-khand-thirty-four-shankhachuda-departs-for-battle#v17. Sanskrit text in the public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
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विद्येश्वरसंहिता
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रुद्रसंहिता — सृष्टिखण्ड
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The Saṃhitā of Rudra · Satī Khaṇḍa
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The Saṃhitā of Rudra · Yuddha Khaṇḍa
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Vindhyachal remedy for the doshas of an improperly done Navarna japa
The speaker says that after four or five years of consulting different people without benefit, the sadhika met, at a friend's Navchandi anushthan in Kolkata, some priests from Vindhyachal. On hearing the whole matter they told her the ill effects were due to the mantras she had done — the mantra's energy was misfiring and producing many kinds of dosha — and directed her to come to Vindhya kshetra, make kshama yachana before Mai, take darshan everywhere as far as possible, have a Saptashati path done once, do further kshama prarthana, and do japa of the kshama mantra, since Ma is very compassionate and will forgive.
What is the Mahabhairav mool mantra and how many times should it be done?
The speaker says a Mahabhairav mantra, the mool mantra, was given earlier and every householder should do it without hesitation. It is available on the channel. Everyone should do that sadhana at least three times — whether an 11-day or a 21-day form — and should do a very large amount of japa of that mantra. All the Bhairavs are contained in it, but at its root chiefly is Batuk Bhairav.
Even a brahmin with the sacred thread should not do it with pranava — see the Shiva Mahapurana
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What is the order between the Mahabhairav mantra and the Batuk Bhairav Hriday?
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The Ravana story: Hanuman's one-letter change in the Argala mantra
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Griha Bandhan
गृह बंधनA tantric home-protection procedure, typically performed via the Argala Stotra during Navratri, that installs consecrated nails, agate stones, and sacred ash at the corners and doors of a house to bind and shield it and its residents over a prolonged period.
Navadurga
नवदुर्गाThe nine forms of Durga (Shailaputri, Brahmacharini, and so on).
Haridra Ganapati
हरिद्रा गणपतिGanapati's form in the Bagalamukhi Mahavidya lineage, worshipped at Goddess Bagalamukhi's shrine in the Vaidyanath Chitabhumi Kshetra sequence.
Sankat Nashan Stotra
संकट नाशन स्तोत्रA distress-removing hymn to Ganesha, offered as an effective, non-Vedic alternative for those not eligible to recite mantras like Ganapati Atharvashirsha.
Kritya
कृत्याA malevolent being ritually created and dispatched to harm a specific target — a classical, named category of Abhichara, commissioned most often by someone within the victim's own close circle out of jealousy.
Nimbu Bali
निंबू बलिA lemon sacrifice offered as a remedy — cut into four pieces and thrown in four directions for body-cleansing or crossroads rites, or offered whole via mantra when given directly to a deity.