Saptakshari Mantra
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Why are commercialized courses promising rapid mastery of the 10 Mahavidyas misleading?
Authentic Mahavidya sadhana requires years of disciplined Purashcharana, Guru Parampara, and a step-by-step Krama Vidya progression through Shakta Diksha, Krama Diksha, and Purnabhisheka — not a guarantee delivered in a few months.
What is the three-day Anushthan running from Mahashivratri to Somvati Amavasya, and why does a Shivratri falling on a Saturday matter?
Any discipline started on Mahashivratri — mantra chanting, Sahasranama, Daridrya Dahana Stotram, or the Saptakshari Parvati Mantra — should continue for at least 3 days, culminating on Somvati Amavasya; a Shivratri falling on a Saturday holds immense significance for those with Saturn afflictions like Sade Sati or Marak Shani.
Adding Bhagwati Parvati's Saptakshari mantra alongside the Panchakshari purashcharan
The speaker says that whenever we do japa of a mantra, doing japa of its shakti too — the Panchakshari is a purush mantra, so its stri shakti — brings still more special grace; so those doing the Panchakshari purashcharan do well to also do a Dashamsha of Bhagwati Parvati's Saptakshari mantra. He states plainly that this is from his own experience, not from the Shiv Mahapuran, and there is no pressure to do it. If ten malas are not possible, even a single Mala of the Saptakshari, given in his PDF, is fine; no separate rosary is needed — if you have one, use red chandan, red moonga, red hakik or nine-mukhi Rudraksha, otherwise do that one mala on the same mala used for the Panchakshari and offer it to Bhagwati.
Can the saptakshari mantra of any Bhagavati be done?
Asked by a listener, the speaker says that the saptakshari mantra of any Bhagavati can absolutely be done.
The kavach, stotra or satnam is what gets used; the ekakshari, panchakshari and saptakshari stay in the account of punya, spent very sparingly.
He says it is the kavach and the stotra or satnam that will be used — that will be more proper here. The ekakshari, panchakshari and saptakshari mantras are to be kept safe in your bank, in the account of punya; their use is to be made very carefully and sparingly. He says such use will also be made, but very little.
When in a puja should nyasa be performed?
He says nyasa should be done daily: whatever mantra paath you perform, whether it be the Bhavani Saptakshari mantra or any other mantra, nyasa always has to be done after the sankalp. The sankalp we take at the beginning — at the outset, after doing Ganpati or svastivachan and the like, we will take the sankalp then and there. After that we will do nyasa, when we go to do the mantra paath, when we go to do mantra japa.
Whatever you recite daily is what you recite through the eclipse — the daily Saptakshari stays the Saptakshari
The same Saptakshari. If you already recite something daily, recite that during the eclipse period too — that is what will be divine.
The Rashtra Sant Maharaj of the Datia Baglamukhi Shakti Peeth performed a Shatchandi with the Baglamukhi mool mantra as samput at the time of the Chinese attack.
That display of siddhi, he says, was done by the Rashtra Sant Maharaj ji of the Datia Baglamukhi Shakti Peeth. You read and hear and see its description everywhere: that with the mool mantra of Bhagavati Baglamukhi as samput — though the description comes as being with the Saptakshari mantra as samput — he had a Satchandi performed when China attacked India, and they had to fall back. He had the capacity, he says; and one who has the capacity of a person will show only that much. Whatever brahma tej Jagadamba has given, whatever a man's prarabdha is, in that manner he does the work.
Can Parvati's Saptakshari mantra be done lifelong?
A listener writes that his liking is for the form of Ma Durga, and asks whether he can do japa of Ma Parvati's Saptakshari mantra lifelong. Absolutely you can, the speaker answers.
What is prescribed for matters connected with marriage?
For the matter connected with vivah, great benefit comes from performing abhishek with shriphal; if possible one should do it, he says. And along with it, if you are doing the japa of Panchakshari, then it is good if you also do a dashansh of japa of the Saptakshari. If you are doing 100 mala, 10 mala of Saptakshari takes five minutes. Even if you do not do it there is no difficulty; if you do it, it is excellent — particularly for those with marriage matters.
What should someone with no practice at all do?
Those doing nothing, going along in the ordinary way, should do at least one of these two: Bhagavati Parvati's Saptakshari mantra, or the Jayanti Mangala Kali. Or else the Durga Saptashloki, the Durga Ashtottar Satnam, the Durga Chalisa, the Vindhyavasini Chalisa, Baglamukhi's or Bhairav's Ashtottar Satnam, the Sankat Nashan, the Hanuman Chalisa or the Bajrang Baan.
Why should Shiva's Panchakshari mantra be paired with Parvati's Saptakshari mantra?
Because we are in the Pravritti path rather than the Nivritti path and carry desires — so alongside the male power we should also serve the female. Both mantras can be done by anyone; take them again from the Guru when Bhagavati's grace brings one. The Panchakshari alone is all-capable.
How much japa should be completed in these fifteen days?
If you do japa of Bhagavan Shiva's panchakshari and have already done its purashcharan, the speaker says complete at least a sava lakh in fifteen days — which he says is done comfortably if you wish. Three lakh, if you can manage more, is better still. Those who do Bhagavati's saptakshari should do its purashcharan. The point is that one purashcharan should be completed in this paksha.
From Shadakshari to Dashakshari the letters and their deities shift place inside the yantra
In Shadakshari, that is japa with the pranava, the form of the yantra stays the same, but the place of the mantra's letters within the yantra, and the place of the deity connected with each letter, changes. Going on to Saptakshari, Ashtakshari, Navakshar, Dashakshari and mantras such as Om Bhagavate Rudraya, the form of the yantra also gradually changes and so does the place of the deities.
Which mantras may be done by anyone even without a guru?
The shastras themselves direct that certain mantras may be done by anyone even without a guru — Panchakshari, Bhagavati's Saptakshari mantra, naam mantras and the like — and about those there is no need for much anxiety. He then criticises those who press niyam and nishedh to a level that cannot be carried in Kaliyug: they ought at least to keep open the option of a path of diksha, telling the listener that if he wishes to walk the right road they will take him into their parampara.
How does one actually call Chandi within oneself?
If you truly want to call Chandi within you, he says, then understand the samarthya of the mantras: do more and more japa, become initiated, learn the nyasa vidhi and perform it. And if no guru is to be found, then by doing the authorised mantras — Jayanti Mangala and the rest, Saptakshari, Panchakshari — again and again and again, make your body wholly deva-maya.
How should two different mantras be japa'd in one sitting?
The speaker says yes, you can absolutely do this, but it should not be an anushthan — this is your subject of nitya japa. There will be one sankalp only, on one asana. First Bhagavati's nyasa will be done and her japa completed, then Shiva's nyasa and his japa. Samarpan comes after each: Bhagavati's samarpan after Bhagavati's japa, Shiva's samarpan after Shiva's japa.
Is tarpan and marjan required after the havan of the Panchakshari and Saptakshari, and how much?
Asked by a listener, the speaker says it is very good if you do them, but for these two mantras there is no compulsion if you cannot. The quantity is dashansh at each step: on a sava lakh japa, that is 1250 malas, the havan is 120 malas, the tarpan 12 malas and the marjan roughly one mala.
What is the most powerful mantra of Narsingh?
Asked by Anubhav Tiwari ji which is Narsingh's powerful mantra, he answers: the Satakshari. It is given on this very channel; search for the Narsingh Satakshari mantra on the channel and it has been given. All of you can do it.
How often should the Narsingh Satakshari be done?
It is on the channel, he says — download it, it is on this very channel. Do it daily as long as you have the trouble. Do not count the days. At the start do it taking a sankalp of eleven days, and after that do it daily as far as your capacity allows, every night.
What upay is there for a girl's early marriage?
Asked for an upay or anushthan for early marriage for girls, the speaker names practices relating to Bhagavati Katyayani, or to Bhagavati Tulsi, or to Bhagavati Parvati. He points to the saptakshari sadhana vidhan of Bhagavati Parvati given on the channel with Shiv ji, and says to do that anushthan for at least three pakshas.
Which sadhana is given for the obtaining of wealth?
Saptakshari sadhana and a great many such sadhanas which you may do in Gupt Navratri, he says; videos are uploaded. On the Saptashloki sadhana he has said many times that you should complete it once: suppose you performed the Saptashloki sadhana in an earlier Navratri, then this time, when you are to do it again, you should take the sankalpa for the obtaining of wealth — for the obtaining of wealth and for the stability of Lakshmi.
Which mantras need shuddhi after a sutak, and which do not?
Asked how to purify the Sabar mantra of Ma Jalesa and the Kaal Bhairav Ashtak in sutak, the speaker answers: no — there is no need to purify a stotra or a kavach. It is the dikshit mantra, especially the one called the kula mantra, that needs purifying: the paramparagat gurus give the kula mantra, that is, the mantra which has been coming down in their kula from before. Second, the ishta mantra whose nitya japa you are doing. A stotra, a stuti, a kavach, a mala mantra — if you are doing a mala mantra a great deal — the Saptakshari, the Sahasrakshari and the rest, these do not need purifying.
Which stotra or mantra should be done for Ma Jai Durga of Jharkhand?
He says the complete vidhi-vidhan and puja of Bhagavati Jai Durga is a separate form of tantra with an entirely separate vidhan, and can be done if you live there. Ordinarily one may do it with the ashtakshari mantra; there is also the saptakshari mantra of Parvati ji which he has given on the channel. In fact, he says, two mantras given on the channel — one of Samb Shiv and the second the saptakshari — are both mantras connected with Jai Durga, taken from the khand of her own tantra. They are from the Jai Durga Mishra Tantra.
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