Purushottam Maas
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The extra intercalary lunar month (Adhik Maas), considered especially auspicious for spiritual practice.
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What should be accepted as guru on Guru Purnima?
If you wish to remove the doubt of your mind, then remove it, remove the darkness, and on the day of Guru Purnima accept those divine shaktis themselves as your sadguru, as your param guru, and do japa of their mantras — especially since Purushottam maas is running.
From the day Savan starts, the first work is something done not for oneself alone.
Savan is beginning from 4 July, and Purushottam maas is going to set in from 18 July. From the day Savan starts, the speaker says — as he also said at midday — the first work is that we have to do something not for ourselves alone but on behalf of our family too.
That one person should arrange things so the remaining family members can take part.
If in the whole family God has given even one person the sadbuddhi to do seva-puja, or by Jagadamba's kripa there is one such person in the house, then it is they who should make a little arrangement so that the remaining members of the family also have their kalyan this year.
What should be added for Purushottam maas?
If you want it more divine and have the time, then if possible do the path of the fifteenth adhyaya of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, the Purushottam Yoga — it is Purushottam maas. It is small, very small; it will take four or five minutes.
Can kuldevi pujan be done during Purushottam maas?
In neither the Krishna Paksha nor the Shukla Paksha of Purushottam maas will the pujan of the kuldevi and kuldevata happen, the speaker says — keep this in mind. It is an adhik maas; in it the nitya pujan and special pujan of Narayan and Bhagwan Shiva, or of one's ishta-aradhya, will happen.
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.
How should the sadhana of Bandi Hanuman be done?
Why do you wish to do the sadhana of Bandi Hanuman, he asks — do that of Bandi Mochan instead. If you must do the sadhana of Bandi Hanuman, then go away to Purushottam Kshetra. Only at that place is his sadhana done; only at that place should it be done.
Why should no prayoga be done during Sawan?
He says the sixty days of Sawan are so tremendous because Purushottam Maas is on top of Sawan — a wondrous time of Harihar — and two sava lakh japas will comfortably be completed. He then says repeatedly: this time do not do prayoga vidhi, do not do prayoga. Do not make the sankalpa that you are undertaking this for the fulfilment of such-and-such a desire.
What should Bhairav sadhaks do with their mantras in this Sawan?
Those who have been doing Bhairav ji's vidhi vidhan till now, and those doing the Mahabhairav mantra, are told not to do a prayoga. This time the Mahabhairav mantra is not to be used in prayoga but to be strengthened. Everyone should strengthen their mantras in Sawan, which is better because Purushottam Maas is alongside — the mantra will bear fruit much more, and siddhis too will come at once. Whether it is the ashtottara shatanam of Bhairav ji, the Batuk Bhairav hriday, the Mahabhairav stotra or the Mahabhairav mantra, do the same vidhi vidhan you did before, in the same place — the Shiva temple if that is where you did it, at home if that is where. This whole sixty days will be dedicated, and there is no restriction of hour in Sawan.
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