Tripurasundari
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The Goddess of Sri Vidya, before whom Lord Shiva is said to dance the Tandava in joyous ecstasy — distinct from the Mahavidya Tripura Bhairavi.
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Tripura Sundari's mantra needs diksha; kamalgatta serves as a purnahuti bija
Anyone wishing to do japa of Bhagavati Tripura Sundari's mantra should do so after taking diksha. Separately, asked whether kamalgatta (lotus seed) can be used for the purnahuti of a daily havan when a purna fal is wanted, the speaker says it can — it is itself a bija — with no objection.
What is Shri Vidya?
Bhagavati Tripura Sundari's sadhana is especially known within Shri Vidya; the particular method by which her sadhana is done is itself called Shri Vidya.
What is Tandava, and what effect does reciting Tandava Stotras in proper rhythm have?
Tandava does not merely denote an angry dance — in the Shiva Tandava Stotra composed by Ravana, it represents Shiva dancing in joyous ecstasy before Goddess Tripurasundari to please her; reciting such Stotras in proper rhythm amplifies bodily vitality and facilitates closeness to the divine.
Which parvas fall within these forty-five days?
And in this interval, he says, if you go to the Prayag kshetra, or bathe anywhere in Ganga ji, or by the niyam of the Magh kshetra bathe in any river or lake, go to a tirtha kshetra, do a havan and so on — because much is going to fall in between. There is Shakambhari Purnima; after that Mauni Amavasya; then the Gupt Navratri of Magh; after that Maghi Purnima, on which day is the jayanti of Lalita Amba, the jayanti of Maa Bhagavati Maha Tripura Sundari; on this side the jayanti of Bhagavati Shakambhari is falling; and after that the Navratri of Shiva ji begins again, and Mahashivratri will fall.
Which devi of the Durga kavach is named for the teeth and which for the heart?
For the protection of the teeth, Bhagavati Kaumari — so a special pujan of Kaumarika. For the trouble of the heart, for whoever has heart-attack-related problems, which start especially after much age has passed but now occur at a low age too, cardiac problems — for that one should do the puja of Bhagavati Lalita in a specific manner, since Bhagavati Lalita Devi has been named for the protection of the heart.
What is supreme in Shri kula on this night?
Turning to which shaktis move most swiftly, and looking at Shri kula before Kali kula, the speaker says that in Shri Vidya the archan of Bhagavati and of the Shri Yantra is supreme of all. Whether you are of Bhagavati Bala, of Bhagavati's Panchadashi, or of Bhagavati's Shodashi — in whichever your diksha occurred — if you are initiated and know the chakrarchan procedure properly.
Can Durga's avaran pujan be done on a Shri Yantra installed by a brahmin?
Asked whether the avaran pujan of Ma Durga ji can be done on a Shri Yantra whose pujan and installation was done by a brahmin, the speaker answers: no. When Bhagavati's Shri Yantra is seated there, then you will be initiated in Shri Vidya and will perform her archan and pujan alone — you will do that of Bhagavati Lalitamba.
Which kula does Tripura Sundari belong to, and whose dhyana should be read?
Bhagavati Tripura Sundari Lalita, the speaker says, is of the Shri Kula. Read her own dhyana mantra.
What should be done on Kartik Purnima itself?
On the day after, which is Kartik Purnima, do a havan as far as possible — with the 108 namavali of your aradhya, or with the mantra you do japa of; if it can be managed, certainly do a havan. The speaker adds that in the anushthan being held by his own Grihastha Tantra parivar, since it is Tripura Purnima this time, a full brihad anushthan of Bhagavati Tripur Sundari is being organised.
What is offered as ahuti in the havan of the Lalita Sahasranamavali?
Asked whose ahuti should be given in the havan of the Lalita Sahasranamavali, the speaker says that if you are initiated it will be better; and if not, then you can do it with ghee and madhu.
What is the pranav, and what should those who do not wear the janeu do?
Asked what the pranav is and what those who do not wear the janeu should do, the speaker says that those who do not wear the janeu should do japa without the pranav, without this.
He cannot read Tamil, and Shri Vidya is not a subject for a video
Asked to say which devi-devata a temple yantra belongs to, with the text in Tamil, he tells Meena ji that he has not obtained any such special siddhi by which he could read the Tamil language — tamil ille. Asked whether he can make a video on the sadhana marga of Devi Tripura Sundari, he says Shri Vidya is among the most specific vidyas, and in his own view it is not fitting to discuss such sadhanas on a video; even so, a brief video could be made, for information only.
Pressed strictly, the rule would bar Chhinnamastika, Tara, Tripur Bhairavi and Dhumavati — and Baglamukhi too sits upon a shavasan; no one could then worship at home.
To a place its holders do not intend. On that reckoning, Bhagavati Chhinnamastika, Bhagavati Tara, Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi, Bhagavati Dhumavati — and go a little further and, although you may say freely that Bhagavati Baglamukhi is in some kula, you should know that Bhagavati Baglamukhi too sits upon a shavasan. So how is anyone to perform pujan at home?
What was Kamrup Kamakhya once the chief place of?
In exactly that way, the speaker says, Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya is the chief Mahashakti, who is held to be the samyak swaroop of Bhagavati Kali and Tara; and the Kamrup Kamakhya kshetra was at one time the chief sadhan of Bhagavati Tripurasundari, of Shri Vidya. Because of fabricated things of this kind people fell away, a gap in knowledge-sharing was somewhere formed, and today people know that thing only for some other reason.
What is the mahima of Mata Tripurasundari, and what dosha attaches at Kamakhya?
The mahima of Maa is endless, the speaker says. Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya has been held to be the tantra swaroop of Bhagavati Tripurasundari; the ten Mahavidyas and all the Bhairavs are seated in the Kamrup Kamakhya kshetra with their whole mandal and parivar. Also, whenever any initiated person goes into the Kamrup Kamakhya kshetra and does not do japa of his deeksha mantra there, a tantra dosha attaches to him — which is held to be the most powerful dosha of Kamrup Kamakhya.
Who may watch a full tantrokta 64 Yogini vidhan?
Ordinary archan and pujan of the Yoginis carries no dosha and no difficulty for anyone. But where the complete tantrokta vidhan of each Yogini is being performed — as with the 64 Yoginis of Bhagavati Lalita Tripura Sundari — it is said that even the right merely to watch belongs only to an initiated sadhak, who alone should sit there and see it.
Which root forms should a householder take up instead?
Do that, or do Bhagavati Durga, the speaker says — all ten Mahavidyas come within these two forms. Do the root of Bhagavati Lalita, Bhagavati Durga, Bhagavati Kamakhya, Maa Tripurasundari. But when you want to do it fully by vidhi, in sequence, in the correct manner, then do it after being initiated.
At what age should the diksha of the Tripurasundari mahamantra be given?
Asked by Rahul Sharma what guidance he would give if the questioner were his son and wished only to obtain moksha from Maa Bhagavati, the speaker answers that first of all, at an age of less than eight years, he would have him given the diksha of the mahamantra of Bhagavati Tripurasundari. He himself cannot give it, so he would have it given.
Whose yoginis are consecrated in the 64 Yogini kavach?
Asked whose yoginis' mantra is consecrated in the 64 Yogini kavach, he answers that they have given the whole description of the 64 yoginis of Bhagavati Lalita Tripurasundari; the whole subject relates to them. And along with them there is also in it the subject of the Shakti Peethas — the 64, the 108 Shakti Peethas.
Which forms should a sadhak without avaran knowledge worship at Ambubachi?
Two forms, since we know two anyway: Bhagavati's form and Bhairav's form — and it is from this one that the many arose; the root is this same Shakti. So carry two: Bhagavati Kameshwari Kamakhya, and whoever it is you worship, Shiva, Durga, Krishna, Narayana, Gayatri, Baglamukhi, any form of Tripurasundari.
Where does Maha Ganapati appear, and with whom is he worshipped?
In the Devi Bhagavata Mahapurana, where Bhagavati Lalita Tripurasundari manifests Maha Ganapati by her own power and he performs the Uchchatan of the Maya spread by Mayasura, destroying it. He is present from the beginning of creation and is worshipped alongside Bhagavati's ten Mahavidya forms.
Vighnasura's Vighnaraja Ganapati yantra over Lalita's army is the pauranik example of prayoga-induced laziness
The speaker grants that grahas and nakshatras have their own effect too, but for a tantric prayoga he gives this example: Vighnasura constructed and placed a yantra of Bhagavan Vighnaraja Ganapati over the army of Bhagavati Lalita Tripurasundari, on account of which laziness came to be present throughout the whole army — and because of that tantric prayoga Bhagavati Lalita Tripurasundari had to invoke Mahaganapati.
The Puri Shankaracharya's position on nyasa and diksha for the Lalita Sahasranama is cited against the conflicting claims made online
The speaker says a great deal is being said on YouTube and asks how many things one could prove wrong, since everyone has his own self-serving proof available. He gives the example of the Shankaracharya Maharaj of Puri, who said — and said truly, in his view — that in the matter of the Sahasranama of Bhagavati Lalita Tripurasundari, if you go into the full vidhan, with the process of shodhan and with nyasa, brihad nyasa and the rest, then how can an unauthorised person perform those processes? For the nyasa of the mantras connected with the Trikuta — without your diksha having taken place, how can you perform their nyasa, and how will you even know it?
How does one obtain the grace of the kuldevi Bala Sundari?
If your kuldevi is Bala Sundari, he answers, then it would be best if you become initiated in the Shri Kul. And until you are initiated, do the pujan and path of Bhagavati through her Sahasranama, through the Lalita Sahasranama; that will be the best.
Which form of Mata Lakshmi is best for upasana?
Asked which form of Mata Lakshmi is best — Kamala being bathed by Airavata, Lakshmi seated on an elephant, the four-armed beauty — the speaker answers that the one named, the Kamala form with the abhishek by Airavata, is the finest. So too Lakshmi ji seated on an elephant, or seated on a lotus. Trading classes should do upasana of Bhagavati Kamala in this form; those who wish to go into tantra, of Bhagavati Tripurasundari, Shri Vidya.
What is the widely circulated shraap vimochan that people carry?
A very famous one, he says, is the shraap vimochan of Bhagavati Tripurasundari, which people who know a little and search out these things carry with them and show — they say, guru ji, look at this, maharaj ji, this is related to Bhagavati Tripurasundari. Bhagavan Shiva has told the prayoga of shraap vimochan in the Rudrayamala Tantra, and so it has become popularly current.
Why does ugrata increase after starting the names of the 64 Yoginis?
The listener has offered clove bali, and lemon bali on Tuesday and Saturday — even one lemon, but he has offered it. If you do the name-japa and so on without bali, the speaker says, their capacity will certainly come and their energies will certainly come, but without bali they will not be balanced. The bali of lemon, of clove, of nutmeg, all of these can be done.
Which two mantras does the Devi Atharvashirsha describe in full?
The speaker says that in earlier times things were kept so secret that nobody knew what a mantra even was, and that today there has been so much publicity that people feel the mantra is nothing. He calls the Navarna the mantra-raja, called the king of all mantras. In Bhagwati's Atharvashirsha — the one atharvashirsha by which alone the fruit of all five atharvashirshas is obtained — a full description is given of two mantras only: the Panchadashi of Bhagwati Rajarajeshwari, Ma Tripurasundari, Ma Jagadamba, and the Navarna mantra.
How should the Durga Manas Puja given in the Saptashati be done?
The Manas Puja that has been given is in two ways, the speaker says. One is the ordinary manas pujan, in which there is the pujan vidhi of panchopachar. The other is a paathyakram which is connected with Bhagavati Lalita; its recitation you should do by singing.
The slower, world-compatible path built for householders, and the branch through which Shakti worship rose
The Mantramarga ("path of mantras") was a slower but more world-compatible tantric path aimed primarily at householders rather than ascetics, centered on mantra siddhi to attain both bhoga and moksha, and it was through this branch that worship of the Shaktis — including Kali and Tripurasundari — became prominent.
What does Kali standing on Shiva, and Tripurasundari's throne, symbolize about Shakti?
Kali's stance on the inert body of Shiva symbolizes Shakti as the active principle animating passive consciousness; Tripurasundari seated on a throne supported by Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra illustrates her sovereignty over the fundamental cosmic functions those male deities embody.
Sodasi, visualized as a sixteen-year-old girl embodying desire and beauty, holds the highest place in Srividya as Parabhattarika.
Sodasi, visualized as a sixteen-year-old girl symbolizing the totality of desire and eternal beauty, is also known as Kameshwari and holds an exalted role as Parabhattarika (the highest deity) in the Srividya system, popular among South Indian Shaktas and possibly traceable to Kashmir's Trika Shaivism.
Which bal swaroops should also be remembered?
Look at the bal swaroop of Bhagavan Ganpati ji, of Bhagavan Hanuman ji, of Bhagavan Shri Ramchandra ji Maharaj, of Bhagavan Krishna ji; look at Bhagavati Bala Tripurasundari; look at the bal swaroop of Bhagavan Kartikeya. The smaran and pujan of these too, he says, you should perform — when a special need arises, you can perform the pujan of all these bal swaroops.
By whose grace does a person get the happiness of a spouse?
If the happiness of a saubhagyavati wife is ever obtained in life, he says, it is by the grace of Bhagavati Lalita. If you have a dharmapatni or a beloved who gives you love and the happiness of her grace, it is by Bhagavati Lalita's grace — learn to respect it. And if the happiness of a husband is being obtained, one endowed with paurush, strong, walking the path of dharma, with the capacity to take up the responsibility of maintaining a household — the kind called mard in common speech — then he is so through the grace of Bhagavan Shri Hari Narayan; it is by his grace, he has given the strength of arm, and only for that reason is it so.
Can a student perform the sadhana of Shri Lalita Tripurasundari?
For the special sadhana you should take diksha and then do it, the speaker answers.
Who has the adhikar to do nyasa with the Lalita Sahasranama?
If you recite the Lalita Sahasranama abundantly, the speaker says, or if you wish to obtain that kind of particular experience, wish to obtain grace, then it should be done after being made dikshit — otherwise you should do it without the nyasa and the rest. Because the adhikar to do nyasa belongs to Shri Vidya. Therefore it should be done only after taking diksha.
Why is the dwelling of Adishakti in the heart called rare?
The speaker says the dwelling of other devatas in the heart is obtained by hearing satsang and through other means, but the dwelling in the heart of Adishakti Ma Bhagavati Tripura Sundari is very rare. If you sing her mahima and wish to seat her in your heart, then do her naam smaran as much as possible.
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