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Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa 34.17

The Saṃhitā of Rudra · Yuddha Khaṇḍa — Description of Śaṅkhacūḍa's Departure for Battle

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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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Scripture: Durga Saptshati

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.

Deity: Mahabhairav

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.

Scripture: Shiv Puran

Even a brahmin with the sacred thread should not do it with pranava — see the Shiva Mahapurana

To a listener who says he is a brahmin with the sacred thread, the speaker says that even so it should not be done with pranava. Look through the Shiva Mahapurana without pranava, he says, and you will find out.

Deity: Batuk Bhairav

What is the order between the Mahabhairav mantra and the Batuk Bhairav Hriday?

The speaker says the hriday, the hriday stotra of Batuk Bhairav, should certainly be made siddh. First do the mool mantra, which is the Mahabhairav mantra and contains all the Bhairavs; after that come forward and do the hriday of Batuk Bhairav. He says he is giving the vidhi for making the hriday siddh from the time of Makar Sankranti.

Deity: Hanuman

The Ravana story: Hanuman's one-letter change in the Argala mantra

The speaker tells the second account, from a Ramayana: Ravana was having a Chandika pujan of Bhagavati Tara performed with the Tara mantra embedded in the path. Hanuman, realising Ravana would become invincible on all sides if it were completed, took the form of a young Brahmin boy, a batuk, and pleaded with the aged Brahmins not to commit this wrong — if the rakshasa was to be ended, they should make a mistake. In the second mantra of the Argala, "jaya devi bhutartiharini", the syllable "ha" was changed to "ka", making it "bhutartikarini"; because the uccharan went wrong, Bhagavati grew angry and Ravana was destroyed. That, he says, is reckoned one of the causes.

Deity: Shiva

Why did Shiva sever his son Ganesh's head?

To honour a curse. Mali and Sumali, two Rakshasa devotees of Shiva, had the boon that he would come and protect them; when Sur Narayan fought them, Shiva struck him with the Trishul and he died. His father Kashyap Rishi cursed Shiva that he too would one day kill his own son himself.

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