Jyotirlinga
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One of the 12 shrines across India where Shiva is believed to have manifested as a pillar of light — Baba Baidyanath Dham among them.
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Rudrabhishek without a priest: how to do it yourself
To a listener near the twelve Jyotirlingas who is charged ₹1100 for a Rudrabhishek, the speaker says: if you lack the means, do not have it done — do it yourself, learn to do it yourself. Abhishek need not be with milk; do it with water. Mix Bhasma, white chandan powder or ashtagandha into the water; if even that is not there, mix mishri into plain water and make it sweet. Do it at home if you keep a Shivling, or go to a temple. Bhagwan is not displeased because you could not have the Rudrashtadhyayi recited — he will be pleased; the point is to do it. The vidhi is on the channel.
Dwadash Jyotirlinga abhishek and the Shami leaf for past-life sins
For those who know that sins of body, mind and speech are happening or have happened in this life, or whose kundali shows yogas under paap-grahas that jyotishis read as heavy sin, and who see this blocking success — the speaker prescribes abhishek of Sadashiv in the name of each of the twelve Jyotirlingas, twelve abhisheks per name (vidhi on the channel). If that is not possible: do an ordinary abhishek in a Shivalaya, sit there holding a single Shami leaf, recite the jyotirlinga-stotram ("Saurashtre Somanatham cha…") 12 to 108 times, and offer the leaf on the Shivling. The stotra alone is said to destroy the sins of seven births; with the Shami leaf, he says, they surely will. Never pick Shami on a Saturday — pick on Friday and keep it in water.
Mahashivratri: the first Jyotirlinga, and Sadashiv's Panchanan form
Everyone knows Mahashivratri as the day of Shiv and Parvati's wedding, the speaker says, but the Vishveshwar Samhita of the Shiv Puran tells more: it is also the tithi on which Sadashiv first appeared as the Jyotirlinga — first took murta form, giving himself the shape of a pillar. By kalpa bhed another account places it on Margashirsha Krishna Tritiya in Ardra nakshatra; neither is wrong. And his first svaroop was not single-faced: Sadashiv's complete form is Panchanan, five-faced — as Kameshwar Mahadev of Kamakhya is also held to be, Kameshwari five-faced and Kamakhya six, with further bhed of name and form in the Shri Vidya dhyana mantras. Know only this, he says: Mahashivratri is exceedingly special, and sadhana through all nine days before it bears special fruit.
How many Shivalingas can be kept at home, and is a Narmadeshwar Lingam auspicious for anyone?
Traditional rules prohibit keeping exactly three Shivalingas at home — keep fewer than three, or four or more, with advanced practitioners keeping 12 corresponding to the Jyotirlingas; worship of the Narmadeshwar Shivalinga is auspicious for all and requires no complex extraction or prohibition.
What is Lord Bhairava's theological origin and status?
He is not a lower entity or phantom, but a primary manifestation of Lord Shiva — Mahakala Bhairava manifested directly to uphold cosmic truth when Shiva first appeared as the infinite column of light (Jyotirlinga).
How was the first Jyotirlinga, Somnath, established, and what is notable about its Ban Stambha?
After Chandra Dev was cursed by Daksha Prajapati, he received Mahamrityunjaya initiation from Sage Markandeya, established a Shivling, and Shiva manifested there as the first Jyotirlinga, Someshwar Mahadev — the temple's Ban Stambha bears an arrow inscription stating that only ocean lies along its direction all the way to the South Pole.
Jyotirlinga names and Bhairav's 108 names recited after the daily Durga 108 names
After the daily path of the 108 names is complete, the speaker says, the sadhak must recite Bhagwan Sadashiv's dwadash Jyotirlinga names — the names of the twelve Jyotirlingas — at least twelve times, and recite the 108 names of Bhairava ji once. The path of guru and Ganpati, he notes, was already done at the beginning.
Misconception: Shiva first appeared as the agni stambha on Mahashivratri
Citing the Vidyeshvara Samhita of the Shiv Puran, the speaker says Sadashiva first appeared as a Jyotirlinga, a pillar of fire (agni-stambha), between Brahma and Vishnu when the two were contending over who was greater. The tithi at that moment was Margashirsha Krishna Paksha Tritiya and the nakshatra was Ardra Nakshatra. He says many people, and much written content, wrongly state that Shiva first appeared as the pillar of fire on Mahashivratri; he says that is not so, Shiva appeared in Margashirsha Maas.
Fierce kul deities bound by Shiva's oath: Rudrabhishek and 14 days of bilva havan
Taking the example of a family whose kul deities are Sokha Baba and Banni Mata, the speaker says people get offended — who could bind them? — but repeats that by Shiva ji's shapath and dohai even these two shaktis will stop. If it seems that the fierce shaktis among your kul deities — even Virabhadra himself, Bhadrakali herself — are being held back, it is because they keep the honour of a devotee's vachan: someone has laid a laag saying "Prabhu, do not hear", so they do not hear. Then you take refuge in Mahadev: do Rudrabhishek, or abhishek by the names of the twelve Jyotirlingas, and with Mahadev's ashtottara shatnam, the Tatpurusha mantra, or the Vedic Shiva mantras with Gayatri for those who wear the yagyopavit — whatever you can manage — offer ghee and til on Bilva samidha from Pratipada to Chaturdashi, 14 days, at least 108 ahutis daily. Such deities will come out of bandhan; if savari used to come on anyone it will come again; and if you had received a sign of the binding, you will receive a sign again that they are free, and the family will prosper.
Where is Lord Dattatreya found across sacred sites, and what role does he play in authentic Guru lineages?
Across all 12 Jyotirlingas, 51 or 108 Shaktipeethas, and Siddhapeethas, Dattatreya and Baba Gorakhnath are invariably found nearby — and in authentic Guru lineages, practices concerning him are mandatorily imparted to disciples during initiation up to Purnabhisheka.
The Brahma-Vishnu quarrel, the jyotirlinga, the Ketaki testimony and the boons
The speaker recounts from the Shiv Puran that Brahma and Vishnu fought over which of them was superior, and Bhagavan Sadashiva appeared between them as a Jyotirlinga; to find its beginning and end, Brahma went upward and Vishnu downward. Brahma had the Ketaki flower give false witness, for which he was punished while Vishnu received a boon. Brahma was later given many boons again: he would have no murti or mandir anywhere in the world, but no yajna or similar rite would ever be complete without him and his worship, and he was established in the form of Vishwakarma.
Rudra and Maheshwar are never deluded by Mahamaya, while Brahma and Vishnu were
The speaker says Rudra and Maheshwar are vibhuti forms born from the direct, complete form of Bhagavan Sadashiva; Mahamaya never deludes them to excess, so their buddhi stays steady and they have never received punishment anywhere. Brahma and Vishnu, by contrast, had forgotten their earlier karmas or were somewhere deluded by Mahamaya, and that alone is why they fell to fighting over who was superior, for which Sadashiva appeared before them as a Shivling.
Can a shivling be taken to a jyotirlinga kshetra for abhishek?
Asked about taking a shivling to some jyotirlinga kshetra and performing its abhishek there, and what the rules would be: brother, to take the house's shivling into other kshetras and wander about with it is, according to me, not proper. If you are going into that kshetra, then do it there at the shivling and the temple that are present there.
What are the twelve Jyotirlinga names given to be recited?
Tell them the Panchakshari, or else do this: the names of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Bhagwan Shiva — Somnathaya Namah, Mallikarjunaya Namah, Mahakaleshwaraya Namah, Omkareshwaraya Namah, Vaidyanathaya Namah, Bhimshankaraya Namah, Rameshwaraya Namah, Nageshwaraya Namah, Vishweshwaraya Namah, Trayambakeshwaraya Namah, Kedarnathaya Namah, Ghushmeshwaraya Namah.
How should those names be displayed for the family?
Write them out like that and stick them up there in front. Write by hand; otherwise, if a print-out is to be taken, make it in a format and put it up there in front.
What if a family member cannot read the names while pouring?
If you cannot read while looking, then first pour the water from the lota over Shiv ji saying Shiv Shiv, taking Bhagwan Shiva's name, and after that read the twelve names that are written. Read them sitting or standing — no matter. Just do this much work.
What is the minimum for the other days of Savan?
Do not drop it altogether, the speaker says — that we will only keep the fast of the Savan Monday and on the remaining days will not even go to ask after Shiv ji. This should not be. So do his abhishek on the remaining days too.
What may be recited by those who do not know the Rudrashtadhyayi?
If at home you do not know the mantras of the Rudrashtadhyayi and cannot do the Ashtadhyayi path, and know no particular pauranik mantras — do it with the Rudrashtak if you know it, do it with Shiv ji's 108 names, do it with the twelve Jyotirlinga names, or do the abhishek reciting any stotra or his ashtottara shatanama.
Can one parthiva Shivling be worshipped through the whole of Savan?
No, brother, the speaker answers: according to the rule of the parthiva Shivling, the visarjan will have to be done every single day. You cannot do pujan of one and the same Shivling for a long time, through the whole of Savan. Make it daily, immerse it daily. This same description is found in the Ghushmeshwar katha.
Which place in Kashi holds Bhagavan in the Harihar form daily?
The Kedar kshetra of Kashi ji, the speaker answers: Bhagavan Gauri Kedareshwar ji, who remains seated daily in both these forms — directly in the Harihar form and in the form of Shiva and Shakti. If a path is done there it gives full fruit; if a puja or anushthan is done for Bhagavan Shiva there, it too gives full fruit, and seven times more fruit is obtained there on ordinary days; and upasana done for Bhagavan Shri Hari Narayan there is also many times more fruitful.
The daily order is approved, with Shiva ji added back into it
A listener gives his nitya pujan order: Ganpati Atharvashirsha, Badvanal, Bhairav Namavali, Navarna mantra, Sarva Shloki, then Navarna mantra, and at the end the first mantra of the Argala. The order is entirely proper, the speaker says. But you are doing nothing of Shiva ji: at the very least utter the names of his twelve Jyotirlingas. You have skipped Shiva ji altogether, saying that Bhairav is Shiva himself so we are doing Bhairav ji — that is fine, but do Shiva ji's as well.
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 the shiv kshetra around a temple, and why does it matter?
The speaker refers listeners back to his previous live, in which he discussed the five tantric vigrahas and the shiv kshetra — the field that lies within a radius of a hundred dhanush from a shivling or a Shiva temple. Knowing it, he says, one understands at each step which field one is entering, whose gaze falls there and which swaroop is adhipati there.
Where is the full nitya pujan sequence of Shiva, as described in the Shiv Mahapuran, actually performed?
The speaker says this much pujan is to be done regularly — but where is this pujan happening? It happens only where the jyotirlinga kshetra is. At all other places they merely pour a pot of water and think in that itself that the whole pujan has been done. The prescribed length of a home murti, he says, exists precisely so that you need not perform any special vidhi-vidhan pujan.
A Deoghar-region household can take Baba Vaidyanath as the Bhairav and Bhagavati Jay Durga as the Shakti in place of unknown family deities
Take Baba Vaidyanath as the Bhairav and Bhagavati Jay Durga — where the Goddess's heart is held to have fallen — as the Shakti, and worship them as your Kul Shakti. Offer pink, red or yellow cloth and Shringar to her, yellow cloth to Shiva, and kheer-puri as Naivedya at both places.
How long does the brihad trikon take, and where does it run?
Rising above Kali Khoh, having darshan of Bhagavan Shri Krishna at Girva talab and of Sakshi Gopal ji, you go on to Mukteshwar Mahadev; past Rin Mukteshwar Mahadev runs the way up the Vindhya mountain to the Bajrang tantra sthan where Shri Hanuman ji has been seated in direct form from ancient times. Those practised at it take at least twelve hours, new people sixteen, and some as much as twenty-four — begun at dawn today, the brihad trikon is completed at dawn tomorrow.
What are scholars now claiming about Mahashivratri?
That the wedding of Shiva and Parvati did not happen on Mahashivratri and is described in no Purana; and, from others, that Shiva appeared for the first time as a Jyotirlinga that night. The speaker says the second group is speaking wrongly too, because he did not appear on that day either.
When did Shiva first appear as a Jyotirlinga?
On the Tritiya tithi of the Krishna Paksha of the month of Margashirsha, he says — which they had already learned in the opening Vishveshvara Samhita while listening to the Shiv Mahapuran katha — and not on Mahashivratri.
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.
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 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.
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 mantra should be used if you cannot recite the full Rudrabhishek vidhi?
The twelve Jyotirlingas are the supreme mantra, he says. It is written in that stotra that merely by remembering the twelve Jyotirlingas the sins accumulated over seven births are destroyed. And when sin is destroyed, the bhoot, pret and abhichaar are destroyed too, because it is on account of sin that they have taken hold.
In what sequence are water, milk and bhang offered to the shivling?
First one lota of water for Shiva ji, and after that the abhishek with milk, in which you go on taking the names of the twelve Jyotirlingas — "Somnathaya Namah, Mallikarjunaya Namah, Mahakaleshwaraya Namah" and so on. After that, if you have brought bhang, mix the bhang into water and do the vijaya abhishek with it.
How much japa should accompany the daily Shravan abhishek?
If you are not doing japa and do not have the time for a hundred malas, then do only five malas — do at least ten malas, he says; what will five malas accomplish, ten malas at minimum there must certainly be. And do the abhishek in the names of the twelve Jyotirlingas without fail, with gandhodak if there is no milk.
Should a cap, hat or pagdi be worn before one's aradhya?
In his view, he says, one should never go before one's aradhya wearing a pagdi or a cap. If you wear a rudraksha crown with the bhava that you are wearing rudraksha on the head, that is a different matter. But going with a pagdi tied, wearing a cap, wearing a hat — people wear hats in tirtha kshetras and even go inside for darshan at Kamakhya wearing a hat. Nobody stops them, but this is an offence.
A Rudrabhishek yajna may be held on the Krishna Paksha Pradosh if the shivvas has been looked at and is proper
The speaker says that on 30 August there will be the Krishna Paksha Pradosh. If the shivvas is proper, then you may have it done — you may have it done on the day of shivvas, having looked at it. But if you are around a jyotirlinga kshetra, there is no need to look at the shivvas.
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.
How is the sankalpa to be taken and in what language?
Instead of writing the Sankalpa in Sanskrit he has written it in Hindi; take the sankalpa in Hindi. Take akshat, pushpa and jal in the hand and speak it: Hari Om Shri Vishnu Vishnu Vishnu, remembering Shrimad Bhagavan Narayan, in the Shri Shwetavaraha Kalpa, the Vaivasvata Manvantara, the 28th, in the first charan of Kaliyuga, in Bhulok, Jambudweep, Bharatkhand, Aryavart, Bharatvarsha — then say your own state and place.
What is the order of the preliminary recitations?
Guru and Ganpati are done, then Bhagavati; guru, Ganpati, Bhairav, then Bhagavati, and only then the names of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Bhagavan. The vidhan for performing abhishek with these twelve Jyotirlingas has already been given on the channel, so you can also do the abhishek with all these names.
Where can one learn the abhishek and shringar of Shiva?
For doing the abhishek and shringar of Bhagavan Shiva there are already three to four separate dedicated videos made on the channel; he says he will put the links to all of them again, and that watching them you can do it in a very simple and easy way. Since abhishek with the twelve Jyotirlingas is dear, abhishek must certainly happen.
How little time do the namavalis actually take?
One abhishek and second the japa of Panchakshari, he says. Taking the 12 names of Bhagavan will not take you even a minute. How long will taking the 108 names of Bhairav ji take you; how long will taking the 108 names of Bhagavati take. It will take less time than the number of times you remember your beloved through the day — to take the name 108 times, to read the 108 names. And do 21 mala of japa. Take the enjoyment.
Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga: origin in Shiva and Parvati's grief and the remedy for couples who keep losing sons
The speaker says Parvati, pained by separation from Skanda, asked Shiva to go to him too, and the two went to Krauncha mountain as a single form and were established there as the Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga — second in the order of jyotirlingas after Somnath. Because it manifested out of separation from a son and excessive love for him, anyone suffering putra viyoga — not only a son leaving home, but couples whose children die in the womb or after birth, or where daughters survive and sons die — should take refuge in it; he names Ghrishneshwar alongside it. Such repeated loss of sons is some kind of Shraap; his remedy is that in whatever Rudrabhishek one gets done, the Sankalpa should be made "for the pleasure of Bhagavan Mallikarjuna Mahajyotirlinga", and then Mallikarjuna certainly removes the separation. Shiva and Parvati are ever present there and devotees still receive darshan.
Is a muhurta needed at a Shakti Peeth?
No. In the Shakti Peeth territories, the Tantra Peeths and Bhagavati's Siddha Peeths where Jagadamba is daily seated — as with the twelve Jyotirlingas, the self-manifested lingas, and the Kashi-like places where Shiva has declared his daily presence — you do not particularly need to look at a muhurta at all. Not even for Deeksha.
May a woman touch a Shivling?
The right to touch a Shivling belongs to everyone — woman or man, of any Varna. Bhagavan Shiva has nowhere forbidden it. There is no restriction on touch, and whoever said so has wrong information.
When should one begin visiting tirthas, and how often?
When you have done the purashcharana of the mantras for a year, or for six months, properly and in sequence as far as possible, he says, then begin coming and going to the tirtha kshetras near you — a Shakti Peeth, whatever kshetras there are of the twelve Jyotirlingas. Go every six months, every year.
Which Jyotirlinga should a householder worship in Savan?
Repeating a sadhana he taught in last year's Shravan, the speaker says there are twelve Jyotirlingas, and of those twelve you should perform worship in the name of whichever Jyotirlinga kshetra falls nearest to your home. For example, if you are in the Gujarat region, the temple of Somnath Mahadev is in Saurashtra; Somnath is taken as the first Jyotirlinga, so perform abhishek at home in his name.
What sankalp should accompany the daily abhishek at home?
Take whatever sankalp is yours, the speaker says — if you wish to take it for the destruction of disease, take it; if you have some other sankalp, take that — and offer the milk with that sankalp. You may do it at home if you do not wish to go out; whichever sadhaks have installed a Shivling at home may perform abhishek upon it, or go to a temple.
What should be done if some special work is stuck in life?
If there is some work without which your life cannot proceed — someone's marriage is held up, someone has a problem connected with job or business — then, the speaker says, do japa of the name mantra of whichever kshetra falls nearest to you, at least sawa lakh, to the best of your capacity. For example, if you live in the Kashi kshetra, or the kshetra of Bhagavan Vishwanath falls nearest, then the mantra Vishwanathaya Namah — with the pranav if you are initiated or wear the janeu, and if not there is no difficulty, only his name with namah attached — should be done to sawa lakh with a rudraksha mala.
What should those who want special siddhis do in Savan?
Apart from this, for those who want special kinds of siddhis, whose wish lies in some dev kripa, in siddhi, the speaker says he will try to explain the full vidhi vidhan separately if he gets time. In brief: there are twelve Jyotirlingas, and you should perform twelve thousand japa of each Jyotirlinga's name through the whole Shravan month. It gives wondrous benefit, he says — you cannot imagine how much benefit it gives.
What is the mahima of Somnath, and for whom is his japa?
If there are many kinds of disease in the body from which no release is being obtained, or someone in the household is afflicted, then Bhagavan Somnath — whose mahima will be known to you, the speaker says, from how it happened when Chandra was cursed. Chandra received a curse of being afflicted with kshaya rog; then, in the Saurashtra region, Bhagavan Chandra Dev established a Shivling there and performed tapasya. The Mahamrityunjay mantra was at that time taken as kilit; Markandeya Muni was present there and it was spoken of by him — but even so, through special mantras, which then becomes a tantrokta mantra, Chandra Dev performed the aradhana, Sadashiva manifested, and became situated in that Jyotirlinga forever.
Which Jyotirlinga is for disease, and which for bhoot pret and pitru dosha?
Whoever has much disease, distress and affliction should do at least twelve thousand japa, or sawa lakh japa, of Somnath Mahadev through the whole Shravan month. Those who have problems connected with bhoot, pret, pishach and abhichaar, or who have considerable pitr-related dosha, should do the japa of Mahakaleshwar Mahadev — sawa lakh, or at the least twelve thousand japa.
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.
Can the Bajrang Baan be sidhed in Savan?
Asked whether a vidhan may be performed in Savan to sidh the Bajrang Baan, the speaker says it absolutely may. Along with it, certainly do a small Shiva pujan as well: at the very least perform abhishek while reciting the twelve names of Shiva ji, the names of the twelve Jyotirlingas. Do this much alongside without fail, and after that sidh the Bajrang Baan.
Which stotras give Shiva's special grace, and in what order?
Asked which stotra paths bring the special grace of Bhagavan Shiva and in what order, the speaker says that in the month of Shravan he considers it best that you first take the Dwadash Jyotirlinga Stotra, the short one — Saurashtre Somnatham cha Shrishaile Mallikarjunam Ujjainyam Mahakalam Omkaramamaleshwaram — and that this entire paath should be recited a hundred and eight times every day.
What balances the japa of a devi mantra?
That you do mantra japa is excellent, the speaker tells her. Whosever mantra you are doing japa of — if, for instance, you are doing Durga ji's — then the japa of a Shiva mantra should be done alongside, by which balance comes. Asked what to do if no benefit is obtained from sadhana, he says that when benefit is not being obtained from the puja and sadhana of Shiva ji, the Dwadash Jyotirlinga anushthan that has been described should especially be done in the Shravan month.
Are the mantras of Bhagavan Dakshinamurti keelit?
Asked whether Dakshinamurti's mantras are keelit, and whether the Mahakal jyotirlinga is called Dakshinamurti because the jyotirlinga is south-facing, he answers that in the field of tantra the subject connected with Bhagavan Dakshinamurti cannot be fully accomplished without a guru. Many mantras connected with him are being circulated today as things one can do — but he is the Mahabhairav of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi, who is the fifth vidya among the ten Mahavidyas, and he is her Bhairav. Leave aside the question of keelit or akeelit.
Is the Dakshinamurti form the same as Shiva facing south?
On the jyotirlinga question he says that between the Dakshinamurti swaroop and Dakshinamurti in the sense of Bhagavan Shiva looking toward the southern direction there is at least some difference. And secondly, he says, he has nowhere read in an authentic, shastric way that that very form of Bhagavan Shiva is in the form of Dakshinamurti, if the jyotirlinga itself is meant.
He has read a different account and will not assert an identification he has not heard confirmed
In place of that, he says, he has read an entirely different subject. It is possible that he does not have the information; if some learned person is stating with proof that this very form is Bhagavan's Dakshinamurti, then you may accept it. But in his own understanding, in his own intellect, in his own svadhyaya, and from the learned, he has not heard such a thing — so he cannot speak this matter at all.
In a temple nothing but Shiva ji should be touched; the shringar is left to the shringariyas.
His own belief, he says, is that whoever's mantras you are initiated by, if you are going into any temple, do not touch anyone other than Shiva ji. What is the need to touch the murti? The shri vigraha should not be touched: that much purity, that much divinity, is not always and forever present within us. Only those who are initiated, who have the knowledge of all those things, should do the touching and the shringar.
Can the Rudrashtakam be used for gaining wealth?
Absolutely, the speaker answers. Doing the paath of the Rudrashtak over nag kesar, that nag kesar is offered upon the shivling. It is among the unfailing upays for gaining wealth — but this work should be done continuously for at least seven days, beginning from the Tritiya or Panchami tithi of the Shukla Paksha.
Is a Rudrabhishek on the Saptamesh's Nakshatra the right method for marriage?
The speaker's objection is procedural: how would doing it on that particular day work without looking at the Shivvas? If the prayoga belongs to a Jyotirlinga kshetra — do it in that territory — then there is no difficulty and it can be done.
What is the importance of the Ekalinga kshetra?
The speaker says to understand the importance of the Ekalinga kshetra as equal to a Siddha Peeth itself. As to how one is to know of it in the present time, he says it will be known by searching.
What is the shortest acceptable form of the Shiva abhishek before japa?
The vidhi of Shiva's abhishek has been shown live on the channel, he says. In it he told listeners to pour 108 spoons of milk with each of the names of the twelve Jyotirlingas — milk poured with a spoon, for the sake of the niyam. If you do not want it that long, then equally, pour one lota of water with each name. Or go to a temple; or pour at home and do his shringar to whatever extent you know. After that, begin the japa of this mantra.
What should a kanwariya keep in mind on the yatra?
Those who are going to a Jyotirlinga kshetra, carrying a kanwar to offer water to Baba, should follow the niyam of the kanwar, and should keep in mind that there be maximal japa of whichever mantras they have done sadhana of till now. Do not merely create a rowdy commotion. Wherever you go to do the abhishek, at that time the water and your body should both be clean and pure, and the mind pure as well, and abhimantrit along with it. Old sadhaks, especially of astra mantras, will keep this in mind when they go.
What anushthan of the twelve Jyotirlingas can be done at home?
An anushthan of the twelve Jyotirlinga stotra, or of the mantras of the twelve Jyotirlingas. The Dvadasha Jyotirlinga stotra that begins — as the transcript has it — "सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम्". You may do the anushthan of this stotra daily at home too. If you do 108 paths, in the morning or the evening, or 54 and 54 at both times, through the whole of Sawan, that is most excellent.
The Rameshwar Jyotirlinga, held to be the central point of the Vindhya kshetra, is broken and still worshipped.
Go to the Vindhyachal kshetra, he says, where the Jyotirlinga of Bhagwan Rameshwar is — the Rameshwar Jyotirlinga, held to be the central point of the Vindhya kshetra. The Giri pujaris do the pujan there, and that shivling is entirely broken; you can tell just by looking, quite clearly. But there is no shivling that large in the whole Vindhyachal kshetra. It is a divine shivling. From outside you will wonder what there could be there, but the moment you enter the temple, on seeing it your mind will go completely blank at what an astonishing place it is. So it depends.
In what form are the twelve Jyotirlinga names used in abhishek?
Asked about the abhishek of the twelve Jyotirlingas, he confirms that it is to be done in this way — as the transcript has it, "सोमनाथाय नमः, मल्लिकार्जुनाय नमः". It is to be done exactly like that.
What is the daily Rudrabhishek rule for a householder?
A householder, he says, should put grain into his mouth only after performing a Rudrabhishek every day — that is, only after having Bhagavan Shiva bathed and given abhishek; otherwise no grain should go in. If there is no shivling with you and no temple nearby, but you have water, then take the thumb itself as a shivling and perform his abhishek.
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