Parthiva Shivling
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A Shivling made of clay or earth — per the Shiva MahaPurana, the form assigned to Brahmins and their spouses, and worshiped in enormous repeated counts (100 million) said to bestow sovereign rulership.
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What Shivling materials did Vishwakarma construct for different deities?
Divine Architect Vishwakarma constructed distinct Shivlings by material for each deity — Ruby for Indra, Gold for Kubera and Brahma, Sapphire for Vishnu, Diamond for Agni Dev, Pearl for Chandra, Copper for Surya, Quartz for Lakshmi, and clay (Parthiva) for Brahmins, among many others.
What specific benefits are tied to particular flower and leaf offerings in Shiva worship?
Lotus, Bilva leaves, and Shankhapushpi attract wealth; 100,000 Bilva leaves or Lotus flowers absolve major sins; Tulsi bestows both worldly enjoyment and liberation; Champak and Ketaki are strictly prohibited; and specific flowers like Jasmine, Kaner, and Harsingar each carry their own distinct benefit.
The Panchakshari is done in exactly the Dattatreya diksha vidhi, with Shiva placed there instead.
Taking a listener, Akash Vishwakarma ji, as his example, the speaker walks through it: he performed the Panchakshari mantra of Bhagwan Shiva properly, in exactly the vidhi told for the Dattatreya diksha, only placing there a pratima of Bhagwan Shiva or the Shivling that is in the house.
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.
How should one learn the parthiva Shivling vidhi properly?
See, Sameer ji, the vidhi of the parthiva Shivling is better if done by proper vidhi-vidhan, the speaker says — how the pran pratishtha happens in them, then how the abhishek is done, by which mantras the vajra and the rest is established. Call some brahmin and learn it once.
Why should the parthiva Shivling vidhi be learnt in person?
If you learn it, it will be of use to you for your whole life, the speaker says. Doing the full vidhi-vidhan like that will not be impossible, but if you learn it once from someone in front of you, by calling them, it is much better. He would say: learn it, if you must do pujan by making a parthiva Shivling.
Does dosha attach if home puja of a shivling stops while one is away for a month?
The speaker says the matter is plain and clear: when you go, go having prayed mentally that your devatas go with you. Wherever you are, you will keep doing their seva and puja mentally. No dosha at all is going to attach in that.
Is there a genuinely simple vidhi for parthiva pujan?
However simple the vidhi of parthiva pujan is made, he says, praan pratishtha and the vajra vidhi and all such things will remain in it. That is why it is better to call someone and learn it.
Where can a parthiva shivling be immersed if there is no river?
If there is no river, lake or pond for the visarjan of a parthiva shivling, do the visarjan at the root of a bel tree.
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