Vaidyanatha
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The 'Lord of Physicians' — a healing form of Shiva, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, invoked as a primary deity for health, recovery, and healthcare afflictions.
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Which deities are primary for health, healing, and healthcare afflictions?
The primary deities for healing, recovery, and healthcare afflictions are Lord Vaidyanatha, the Ashwini Kumaras, and Lord Mahamrityunjaya.
Can the first mantra of the Argala and the Panchakshari be combined in nitya pujan?
Asked whether one may do the first mantra of the Argala and the Panchakshari in the morning, and japa in the evening for Baba Vaidyanath and Mata Jai Durga in the nitya pujan, he says yes, absolutely one can. Asked about the Batuk Bhairav hriday stotra in Hindi, he says by all means do it. On the Panchmukhi Hanuman Kavach he says its Sanskrit is very difficult and not everyone can do it.
Where should the Vaidyanath and Mahamrityunjay mala mantras be made siddh?
The mala mantra of Baba Vaidyanath and the mala mantra of Bhagavan Mahamrityunjay, the speaker says, are to be made siddh by sitting on this night near a Shiva temple — and especially such a Shiva temple where Nandi ji is outside in a mandap-vihin area, especially if it is an old temple. The art is to sit beside Nandi ji and make them siddh.
Sheshnag and the Panchshool of Baidyanath Dham are deferred to separate videos.
Asked to speak about Bhagavan Sheshnag and his shakti, the speaker says he will tell it about Sheshnag separately. Asked where he is from, he says Baba Baidyanath Dham, Deoghar. On the Panchshool he says he had earlier put the whole thing on Facebook and written it, but had to delete it because of copy-paste and quarrelling; he will make a video again and tell what the rahasya of the Panchshool standing atop the Baba Baidyanath temple is, and why there is a Panchshool at Baidyanath Dham and not a Trishul.
Is the Deoghar Shakti Peeth jagrit?
He answers Abhishek Tomar ji sharply: you say you live in Deoghar and you do not even know whether it is jagrit — what are we to say in this. It is called a hriday peeth of Bhagavati: the spandan of Mai's heart, the chief arteries of the heart, fell there. At Ambaji the heart, and here the arteries of the heart — on account of which Bhagavan had to establish his own atmalinga. This same Baijnath Dham, where in the Mahakal of Shivratri the gathbandhan of these two was first performed, on account of which the whole world takes it that Shiv and Parvati ji were married on Shivratri — whereas the truth is that no marriage happened that day; on that day the gathbandhan of Baijnath Mahadev and Bhagavati Jai Durga was performed. It is a symbol of when Sati abandoned her body.
What is Jai Durga's place in tantra?
He says this is the utmost point of our Sanatan — a person living in a Jyotirlinga region asking whether it is jagrit. Go, babu, take darshan. There, in the form of Lakshmi and Durga ji: in the field of tantra, Bhagavati Jai Durga has a very chief place. He points to the Brahm Pishach Prapanch true tantra incident put on the channel and website, in which Jai Durga is described, her mantras are described, and how they were used — it is very fierce. In the Nav Durga pujan done in South India, according to different kalpas, in one kalpa among the nine Durgas one Durga is Jai Durga, and their chief Shakti Peeth is held to be this very one at Baijnath Dham — the shakti Jai Durga and their Bhairav Baijnath.
Is there a difference between worshipping at a great dham and at an ordinary temple?
When we go and perform darshan and pujan of Baba Baijnath Dham Mahadev, the speaker says, the delight of touching him there, the gladness in the mind, the contentment and satisfaction — that same contentment and satisfaction we get when we do puja anywhere else. He sees no difference at all between the two places. The bhav that comes in his mind on seeing them in an ordinary Durga ji's temple, the satisfaction and the intimacy, is exactly the same anubhuti he has when he grasps the feet of Vindhyavasini in the Vindhya kshetra. It depends on your bhav, he says, whether you regard a pebble or a stone as Shiva, or must have a huge manifest form.
Where did the heart of Bhagavati Sati fall?
In the Vaidyanath kshetra, he says — in Deoghar, in the state now called Jharkhand, the heart of Bhagavati Sati fell, and it is a Shakti Peeth, a manifest Shakti Peeth. The shakti who became the adhishthatri of that hriday peeth is Jaya Durga; she is the Mahashakti there, and she became present there when the heart fell.
How did Shiva come to be seated at Vaidyanath?
Since Sati's heart had fallen there, Shiva could be seated in that place only in the form of the heart. So a leela was arranged: the Atmalinga, which was Shiva himself, was given to Ravana as a Jyotirlinga. Ravana wished to carry it to Lanka, went by that very route, and in the Vaidyanath kshetra the leela was worked by Ganpati and the Jyotirlinga was established there.
Why is the Vaidyanath kshetra called the chita bhumi?
Because it is said to be the chita bhumi — the last rites, the dah sanskar of Bhagavati Sati, are held to have been in that region. The Vaidyanath kshetra is called chita bhumi and bhasma kshetra. The tarpan, though, took place in the Manikarnika kshetra on the bank of the Saraswati, a river now vanished and present invisibly; Shiva did not perform the last rites at that place.
When was the Vaidyanath kshetra fully established?
Bhagavati Sati became seated there beforehand, but the complete establishment of that region came only when she took avatar again in the Parvati form. Ravana, unable to lift the linga, pressed it with his thumb and departed; when it could not be carried away and the establishment took place, all the gods and goddesses became present there.
What happened on the Phalgun Krishna Chaturdashi night at Vaidyanath?
After many kalpas and yugas, he says, Bhagavati Sati in the form of Jaya Durga and Shiva met there and their gathbandhan was performed, Brahma and Vishnu conducting it. That night is called the Phalgun Krishna Chaturdashi night, and that is Mahashivratri; and the blessing given there was that whoever performs the gathbandhan of Bhagavati and Bhagavan on that day — in that manner a wedding took place there.
When is Vaidyanath Jayanti kept?
The wedding of Bhagavan Vaidyanath and Maa Jaya Durga took place, he says plainly, on the Phalgun Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi night of Mahashivratri. Vaidyanath Jayanti is kept on that same day, and on that same day the wedding of the two of them — that is, the punarmilan — took place, and the establishment of that region was made complete.
What sankalpa wording is used for the Vaidyanath hriday peeth?
Because the heart was there, it is the hriday pradesh; and when the sankalpa is taken, he says, "hriday peeth peethadhishwari Bhagavati Jaya Durga" is uttered in the sankalpa, and "atmalinga swaroopay maha jyotirlingaay kshetre Baba Vaidyanath" is uttered as well. From that boon comes the custom that gathbandhan is performed on that day at every Jyotirlinga kshetra.
Those who call the Mahashivratri wedding false have never read the pramaan standing at the Ravaneshwar Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga kshetra.
He tells listeners not to bring the doubt into their minds because people say it is wrong. Those who say so, he says, have never read anything about Baba Vaidyanath; let them go to the Ravaneshwar Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga kshetra and see all the pramaan there, and read about Baba Vaidyanath Jayanti. He says he will put the written proofs on the channel once his puja-path is complete.
No sindoor daan is described in the Vaidyanath account; what is found there is the punarmilan in symbolic form.
If you go looking there for whether a sindoor daan took place, he says, that itself is a wrong thing to do — a description of it will be found nowhere. What you will obtain is everything that happened in a symbolic form, the punarmilan; and that is not a wrong thing. For that reason, on that day, the full vaivahik mahotsav of Maa and Baba is kept and vaivahik varshgaanth ki shubhkaamnaayein is said.
When is gathbandhan not performed at Baba Vaidyanath?
Only in the one or two days immediately before Mahashivratri does the work of gathbandhan stop there, because on those days the whole cleaning and preparation is going on and the sankalp pujan and the rest is in hand. Otherwise, he says, for the full 365 days gathbandhan is performed there for those who go.
How old is the Vaidyanath gathbandhan tradition?
If one reckons by yugas as well, he says, then from the Treta yuga — from when Ravana established it in that place and went away. So take this thought out of your mind altogether, he tells listeners: that the wedding did not take place. Removing that doubt first, he says, was necessary.
Which profession is joined with dharma?
Asked by a listener with a strong interest in dharmashastra which work he should do, the speaker says to choose according to your own interest. All works are in accord with dharma; there is no work that is not. If someone becomes a doctor professionally then he is becoming a vaidya, and in the form of the vaidya are present Bhagwan Dhanvantari, Bhagwan Vaidyanath, Bhagwan Pashupatinath Mahadev and the Ashwini Kumars.
May a bald man wear a cap during puja and darshan?
A listener writes that he keeps his baldness inside a cap while doing jalabhishek of Baba in the morning and wears it all day, and that on asking, his pandit ji said covering during puja is necessary and called the cap proper. The speaker says he will not say more than to hail the pandit ji — and points out that in a jyotirlinga kshetra, at Mahakal, at Vaidyanath, they get your head bared at once, and in the kshetras of Bhagavati they immediately tell you to go with the head bare and not to wear a cap.
What does the Kashi Mahatmya say about Annapurna and Kashi?
The speaker says he had written about this in the group: it is written in the Kashi Mahatmya, published separately by Gita Press, which he asks listeners to order and read. In it, among other things, it is said that in this fourth yuga, the Kali kaal, Bhagavan Vishwanath gives the responsibility of the city of Kashi to Bhagavati Annapurna.
Which Jyotirlinga helps when a marriage is not happening?
If marriage is not taking place, if there is very great distress and very great difficulty in marriage, then, the speaker says, you may take the help of Bhagavan Vaidyanath in this and do japa of his name mantra, or you may take the help of Kashi Vishwanath and do japa of his name mantra too.
Which Jyotirlinga is best for debt release and for pitru dosha?
For everything the questioner has written, for the sake of release from debt, the speaker says that if you do this especially in the name of Bhagavan Vaidyanath you will get very great benefit. And if there is pitru dosha and the like, then Bhagavan Nageshwar among the twelve Jyotirlingas — although you will get benefit from whichever Jyotirlinga you do, performing shivarchan in the name of Nageshwar gives special benefit in pitru dosha, naag dosha and to those who have Rahu in the fifth house.
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