Kuldevi Saptami
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17 Oct: The tithi was present at sunrise on two days (vriddhi); the earlier is kept.
Computed for New Delhi. Sunrise decides which tithi a day belongs to, so these can differ elsewhere.
The seventh lunar day dedicated to worship of one's family or lineage goddess.
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What did Sati offer in Ashadh and Shravan?
On the Ashadh Shukla Chaturdashi, with black cloth and with the flowers of bhatkaiya. In Shravan the Krishna Saptami and Krishna Ashtami and the Shukla Saptami and Shukla Ashtami — the speaker notes that Shravan Saptami is specially observed in many places for kuldevi pujan — and then on the Shravan Shukla Ashtami and the Chaturdashi she performed the pujan of Shiva with the yajnopavit and pure cloth.
When is kuldevi and kuldevata pujan done in Shravan?
In the month of Shravan the pujan of the kuldevi and kuldevata is done especially, on the day of Saptami and on the day of Ashtami. In some places it happens in the Krishna Paksha, in some places in the Shukla Paksha.
Shukla Paksha families use the paksha running after 16 August; Krishna Paksha families keep to before 18 July.
If the bhog-pujan of the kula devi-devata happens especially in the Shukla Paksha, then do it in the Shukla Paksha — that is, in the paksha that runs after 16 August. And if it happens in the Krishna Paksha, then do the Saptami and Ashtami in the paksha that runs before 18 July.
Why do so few families still know who their original Kul Shakti was?
Because a lineage branches with every generation, and the most fundamental Kul Shakti is now scarcely worshipped anywhere. In roughly 90% of households the original power has been let go and something else has taken her place.
Who may eat the Saptami Prasad, and who may perform the worship?
Only the household. Where a family's rule is that daughters do not take the Prasad or touch the Kul Devta, or that only the men of the house cook, worship and eat it, that rule is to be kept — do not have it transgressed on the strength of modern preaching.
Which day should Kuldevi worship be performed on?
If you know your family's own tithi for it, that is best — use it. If you do not, perform the worship of your Kul Shakti on the Saptami of the Shukla Paksha of Shravan, in whichever year you are watching this.
What is offered to the Kuldevi and the Kul Bhairav at the annual worship?
For the Kuldevi, the sixteen Shringar as far as your means allow — saree, saya, blouse cloth, bangles, sindoor, mehndi — without compromising on quality even if buying cheaply. For the Kul Bhairav, a dhoti and gamcha in red, yellow or pink as you please.
What should be done on Saptami by someone who cannot afford the full worship?
The Khappar method: a large dried coconut split lengthwise into two bowls, filled with cashew, raisin and camphor and kindled — one for the Kuldevi on your right, one for the Kul Bhairav on your left. The whole thing costs about two to three hundred rupees.
What is the minimum observance for someone who can afford almost nothing?
Five betel leaves, five supari, ten cloves, ten cardamom, and any sweet you can make at home. Light the Karma Sakshi lamp and five small ghee lamps, offer everything on the betel leaves, and perform camphor Aarti at least nine times.
What should a household with ample means do on Saptami?
Worship at home, perform service of living creatures, and give to Brahmins, learned people, those you are devoted to, or a temple — with the whole purpose held as the Kuldevi's, that she should grant grace. Do according to your means.
Should Muhurta, Rahu Kaal and Nakshatra be checked for this worship?
His own view — stated as Bhava, not scripture — is not to look at tithi, Nakshatra, Muhurta, Rahu Kaal or Ketu Kaal during Shravan, and simply to do it. Those who prefer principle over person should check the Muhurta; the essential thing is that it gets done.
What should a family do whose Kuldevi Saptami tradition has been lost entirely?
Do exactly what has been described in this session — the whole live is on this. A listener from Madhya Pradesh is told the same: look for the Shakti Peeth nearest your area and take that. For the Karma Sakshi lamp, the channel already has four or five videos.
Can the Kuldevi's worship be done by donating at a temple instead?
Yes — seven Shringar, seven kinds of sweet and seven kinds of fruit may be given in donation at a temple in the Kuldevi's name. The speaker is careful to say this is not offered as a workaround: it is a Vidhan by which her grace comes.
What if a household already worships its Kuldevi on a different tithi?
Keep your own. If your household has always performed the Kuldevi worship on Purnima, perform it on Purnima and do an ordinary worship on Saptami. Those who know their tithi use it; those who do not, all use Saptami — which is why it is called Kuldevi Saptami.
How does one obtain the kuldevi's grace in Shravan?
Perform the seva of the kuldevi especially through the whole Shravan month along with Sadashiva, the speaker says. Shravan Shukla Paksha Saptami is Kuldevi Saptami: those whose kuldevi puja falls in the Krishna Paksha should do it in the Krishna Paksha, and those whose falls in the Shukla Paksha should do the kuldevi puja on the Shukla Paksha Saptami. For the kul pitr, for all the pitr situated in naag form, perform special naag pujan on the Panchami tithi; the full vidhi vidhan has been made separately on the channel, and it costs two hundred to three hundred rupees.
What does it mean to see yourself sweeping and gathering rice in a dream?
To Meenakshi ji he says: do the puja of Lakshmi ji. If you are seeing yourself sweeping or gathering rice, there are two kinds of thing — either, if your kuldevi is Sheetla Mata, do her puja well; the grace of Bhagavati is somewhere present and you should offer her the bhog that is offered, the rice bhog, on Ashtami. In every month, the Ashtami of the shukla paksha is called Durga Ashtami and the Saptami is called Sheetla Saptami; whichever tithi is accepted in your place should be done. Otherwise you should do the seva of Bhagavati Lakshmi well.
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