Purnahuti
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The final, complete offering that concludes a Havan — not required at every single daily Havan for a practitioner maintaining it as a fixed daily discipline.
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Grain donation of a tenth of one's body weight on the last day of a Bhairav sadhana
The speaker says that on the last day, after the havan and purnahuti, one sets aside, if possible, grain equal to at least a tenth of one's body weight — 7 kg for 70 kg, 8 kg for 80 kg — of one kind or five kinds, touching it and making a mental sankalp. If the havan is at night there is no problem; do this the next morning after bathing. Give it to any worthy Brahmin or a poor person for their own use. With this the sadhana is complete; the more dan-punya one does, the better; and the daily feeding of dogs must be kept up with special care.
Why is Tulsi never offered to Lord Ganesha, and what should be avoided in the final Havan offering?
Tulsi leaves or rosaries must never be offered to Lord Ganesha; black pepper should not be used in the final complete offering (Purnahuti) — use standard Havan Samagri, ghee, sweets like modak or kheer, and Devdar wood instead.
What if the exact havan item — honey, coconut — isn't available or practical?
Where honey is genuinely unavailable, kishmish (raisins) may be offered instead without stopping the path; where the kund is too small for a coconut's purnahuti, supari (betel nut) may be used instead, or for a Devi's havan specifically, jaiphal (nutmeg) as well. The requirement is a purna (complete) fruit, not any one particular item.
Tripura Sundari's mantra needs diksha; kamalgatta serves as a purnahuti bija
Anyone wishing to do japa of Bhagavati Tripura Sundari's mantra should do so after taking diksha. Separately, asked whether kamalgatta (lotus seed) can be used for the purnahuti of a daily havan when a purna fal is wanted, the speaker says it can — it is itself a bija — with no objection.
Lemon bali and the standing purnahuti that close the Durga 108 names havan
After the jaiphal ahutis, the speaker says, comes the Bali of two lemons — one in the name of Durga ji, one in the name of Bhairava ji: each lemon is cut upright and put into the havan kund. When both are in, the sadhak stands up and does the Purnahuti. Its vidhi: cut open a dry coconut (gari), fill it with curd and jaggery, wrap it in red cloth and set it on a paan leaf; if one can, make five ghee puris, place them with kheer or jaggery on top, then read the purnahuti mantra and place it all in the middle of the havan kund. With that, he says, the vidhan is complete.
Eleventh day of the Bajrang Baan siddhi: final havan, gari-coconut purnahuti, temple puja and prasad
The speaker says that on the eleventh day, whatever weekday it falls on, after the 11 paths and the Havan (daily, or the last day's havan for those who did not do it daily) comes the Purnahuti, for everyone alike: after the lemon Nimbu Bali, take a small gari coconut — the kind gari oil is made from — cut it open at the end that was attached to the tree, fill it with kheer or with jaggery, wrap it in red cloth, set it on a paan leaf, speak the purnahuti mantra and place it in the fire last. Keep the gari small, since the havan vessel is small, so that it burns quickly and nothing is left. After dedication and aarti, go to the temple that day, do Hanuman ji's full puja there, and offer at least sava kilo (1.25 kg) of Laddus as one can — bring only a few home and ask the pandit to distribute the rest, or distribute them oneself to all present. The coconut kept since day one may be broken at home after the purnahuti, or offered at the temple, and eaten as Prasad by everyone — no restriction of woman or man. Done this way, he says, the bajrang-baan becomes awakened, siddha and chaitanya for the sadhak.
The purnahuti may fall in the Diwali maharatri itself, or up to the Dwitiya — but a havan in the Diwali mahanisha is not to be missed.
The vigil runs from the Monday night to the Tuesday morning. After that, do your sadhana for the two days that follow. The purnahuti you may, if you wish, do in the Diwali maharatri itself; or if you have further havan and the like to do, you can do it according to your convenience up to the Dwitiya tithi, on the Wednesday. But do this much without fail: perform a havan in the Diwali mahanisha.
How many principal ahutis, and what is used for the purnahuti?
After that, for the 100 paths of Batuk Bhairav you have done, give ten ahutis with each name; or if you do not wish to, give only one — the principal ahutis with the 108 names. The samagri in the ahuti stays the same. And since it now has to be done for 40 days, there is no need to give the purnahuti with coconut gari; do the purnahuti with supari.
What is done with the ash after the havan?
After the havan, when the purnahuti and the rest have taken place, the ash of the havan that remains — after the fire has cooled — should certainly be collected in some small kalash of yours, the speaker says, and kept at that place, wherever it is that you keep your money and the like. It will be exceedingly excellent. In this manner, he says, you should take the benefit of Sharad Purnima.
Can the purnahuti of the ghee sadhana be done at a temple?
Asked whether the purnahuti of the hot ghee sadhana can be done at a temple, the speaker answers: you can do it, there is no difficulty.
What is the difference between yajna, havan and agnihotra?
He says the vidhi of agnihotra is according to the nitya krama; its vidhi-vidhan is nitya, and in it there is no need to look at agnivas — it belongs to agnihotri brahmins, to agnihotri people. Yajna and havan have their own vidhi-vidhan: a yajna is the large organised event; havan is what you do daily, weekly or monthly. The largest form of havan, he says, is the yajna.
How should the purnahuti of a daily Bhairav Mahamantra havan be given?
Asked about doing a havan of one mala of the Bhairav Mahamantra daily, he says that if you are doing the purnahuti daily as well, then you can give the purna phal — that is, by means of a supari.
How long does the Navchandi Mahayagya run and how does it conclude?
That whole anushthan is running for two days, today and tomorrow, he says. Tomorrow the Chandi Yag will run the whole day long. Tomorrow, after the feeding of the brahmins and the sadhus and saints, the purnahuti is also to take place tomorrow itself.
Can the Kshetrapal nikari be done by itself?
Asked by Umashankar ji, who wants to begin from the initial vidhi from Kartik Shukla Chaturthi and also do the purnahuti and Kshetrapal nikari, how to do only the Kshetrapal nikari, he says: only the Kshetrapal nikari you can absolutely do. It should also be done after the havan. The subject of only the Kshetrapal nikari can absolutely be done just so; they are putting out a separate video on it.
In a daily Saptashloki Havan, seven Ahutis per mantra for 108 recitations; Kshetrapal Bali and Purnahuti are not daily
Kshetrapal Bali is not performed daily, and Purnahuti is not given daily either, if the Havan is a daily one. For 108 recitations, seven Ahutis from each mantra is best — five, seven or eleven all work, and one is acceptable.
Navami in the householder Navratri: havan early, then kanya pujan, Siddhidatri at night, and the paran only on Dashami
The speaker says that on Navami the Havan is done early in the morning, because the Kanya Pujan has to follow; do Bhagavati's havan in the morning and then the kanya pujan, and that part is complete. But the paran is not taken yet — this is according to the vidhan he sees in the Vindhya region, and whoever offers other proofs, that is their own matter. On Navami night one japs nine Mala of Bhagavati Siddhidatri; the Purnahuti has been done, but the night sadhana that was running must still be done. The Paran is taken on Dashami.
Which is more intense, havan or japa, if only one is possible?
The speaker says both have their own importance, and that the full fruit of japa is obtained from havan. If only one is possible, choose according to your desh, kaal and circumstance; you may do havan, you may do japa — both have their own importance.
Which woods may be used for this Havan, and which may not?
Do not use mango wood. Use Navagraha woods, Bel wood, or Sal wood — which is fragrant and burns very well — and cow-dung cakes. Bel is best of all, and Purnahuti follows at the end.
Closing havan of the Ganpati sadhana: ghee and guggul, twelve ahutis with each of the twelve names
The speaker says that on the Chaturdashi, once the day's 108 paths, or 27 if that was the daily count, are complete, a small Havan should certainly be done if possible. Only two things are used: a man offers Ahuti of ghee mixed with Guggul. The ahutis are given by name: the Sankat Nashan Ganesh Stotra carries twelve names of Ganpati, and with each name twelve ahutis are offered. He says he will put the twelve names in a separate PDF linked with the video. After the havan come Purnahuti and Aarti.
Special case: havan samagri for a woman sadhika in the Ganpati sadhana
The speaker says a woman sadhika, instead of the ghee-and-guggul ahuti prescribed for men, should if possible do the Havan with havan samagri: the havan wood and fragrant dhoop mixed with black til, panchmeva, gud and a little honey. Jau need not be added, but rice must be. All of this is mixed together for the havan, after which the Purnahuti and Aarti follow as usual.
Kul yogini awakened by the Datta sadhana: dreams first, then more divine with each purnahuti
The speaker says the effect of sitting at that place was so divine that the sadhak's own kul yogini shakti — the shakti of his kul — became fiercely awakened. First he began to have darshan and experiences in dreams; he would report what he was seeing, and the speaker told him it was fine, keep going calmly for now. As he completed the purnahuti of each anushthan one by one, his experiences grew more and more divine.
What are the rules for offering nutmeg and coconut in a Havan, and when is Purnahuti required?
A nutmeg offered to Hanuman in Havan should be small — one or two pieces; coconut sacrifice can be performed in any Havan, but daily household Havans don't require a full Purnahuti or coconut every day — a betel nut suffices.
Completing the Navratri navgrah vidhan: havan ahuti counts, kanya pujan on Navami, parana on Dashami
The speaker says that when the nine days of jap are complete, a Havan is done on the last day, the Navami tithi; the basic havan vidhi has been given on his channel. Five Ahutis each go to guru and Ganesha; nine ahutis each from the separate mantras of the nine Durgas that were japped; nine each from every one of the nine graha mantras; and nine each in the names of the mothers of the nine grahas. On Navami one also does Kanya Pujan and so on, and then on the Dashami tithi the Paran.
The Dashami havan of the eclipse guru sadhana
The speaker says that when the japa is completed on Dashami, one does a round of Ahuti, a Havan, on that day. The havan is done only and only with ghee, mango wood and cow-dung cakes; nothing else is to be used, and the ghee must be pure desi ghee. Give 108 ahutis, which is plenty, and then do the Purnahuti. Here, he says, the first charan of the sadhana is complete.
Can havan be done every day of the ten?
If there is a wish to do havan daily, do it daily — but do not do the purnahuti daily; do the purnahuti on the last day, that is on the day of Anant Chaturdashi. The bhog will change every day, but the heap of rice that has been placed upon the paan leaf is never to be moved and never to be removed; it will be removed only on the day of Anant Chaturdashi.
What is the purnahuti given with?
Asked whether, when purnahuti in the havan is done with almond and one pair of cloves and one pair of cardamom, the nimbu bali is to be squeezed or not, he answers: give the purnahuti in the havan with gari gola, with dry coconut and the like. If you give it with gari, filling it well with jaggery and so on, it is excellent. After that, give with all these things. The nimbu bali will be given first, and the purnahuti after that.
Are the eight paan leaves and supari to be immersed?
Asked whether the eight paan leaves and supari are to be immersed in the Ashtavinayak puja, he answers yes — on the last day, when the purnahuti and so on is done, you can do the visarjan after that.
How does one keep a long single-deity sadhana when festivals intervene?
He calls it a very good question. He says he repeatedly says to do the sadhana of one deity for a long time — you have begun Ganpati now, so do Ganpati's sadhana the whole year. But Navratri will come in between, Shivratri will come, Diwali will come. For that: continuous sadhana done unbroken is possible for men, not for women. So take up sadhanas of twenty-one days, of eleven days, of twenty-one days in this manner. As soon as you learn that Navratri is about to begin, then before it, whatever number of days the sadhana is, take it that far and do its purnahuti and so on; then for the remaining days go on doing the ordinary recitation of it.
Go once on the final day and make the samarpan in sight of the shikhar
On the last day, when the purnahuti of the japa and so on takes place — if you are doing a havan, or whatever you are doing — then after the samarpan, for the sake of samarpan, go once without fail if you wish. Do the samarpan looking at the shikhar. As at Kamakhya ji, he says, the shikhar will be visible from your own asana there itself; do the samarpan right there.
How is the purnahuti of an ordinary havan done?
In the havan people ordinarily perform, purnahuti should be done at the end. For the purnahuti, if you are doing a special havan — a havan of a Satnamavali and so on — then do it with a coconut gola; otherwise it can also be done with supari or with jaiphal. Placing it upon a betel leaf and speaking the Purnamadah Purnamidam mantra, if you know it, then stand up and cast it in, having placed it upon the betel leaf.
Is purnahuti to be done in an ordinary havan?
Asked whether purnahuti is not to be done, since it was not spoken of in the havan live, he answers that it has been told in the ordinary havan: it is to be done.
The daily havan of the kul prayog: the rot, the thirty ahutis and their order, and the ash
The speaker says fire is kindled in the earthen pot or kund with cow-dung upale or mango wood. Beforehand, after bathing, a Rot is made from wheat flour, Gud and ghee with a little black Til, cooked in ghee, then crumbled and divided into thirty pieces: twenty-seven for the Kuldevi and three more. Facing out of the house and working quickly, with the mantras said in the mind, the first three Ahuti go to Ganesha, the kul guru and Hanuman; if the Kulguru is known he comes first and Ganpati second, otherwise Ganpati first. The remaining twenty-seven are offered in the kuldevi's name with namah added and no Om, for example Durgaya namah, swaha being optional; if her name is unknown one says kuldibbe namah swaha. He says namah is compulsory here and the usual havan rule of swaha without namah does not apply. Afterwards water is taken in the hand, circled three times round the kund and poured there, the fire is left to burn out, and the ash is removed and collected in one place.
Closing the kul havan: a silver lamp lit from the last fire and taken to the puja sthan
The speaker says that when the final Ahuti of the whole prayog is given, one should if possible buy a small silver lamp, make its wick from red Mauli thread, fill it with ghee, light it from that same havan fire after the last ahuti, and carry it to one's puja sthan and place it there in the Kuldevi's name. Until that last day, he says, one simply keeps doing the daily rite continuously.
Does the pranava go only on the first shloka in the havan or samput?
If you are doing the samput with the pranava itself, the speaker says, then it will apply to all of them. There are two methods: you may give each mantra nine ahuti in turn, or, if you have done a hundred paath, do the havan of eleven paath as the dashansh. It is not necessary to give one ahuti of each mantra in sequence. You may give nine ahuti of the first mantra, then nine of the second, then nine of the third — and this is better. The pranava applies when you continue nine ahuti of each mantra in this way.
How is the havan done for a Sahasranama anushthan?
If you perform a Sahasranama anushthan then the havan will be with the Sahasranama itself; a full 1008 ahuti is excellent. And if you cannot do that much, then give 108 ahuti of the ahuti belonging to its first name. Having recited the Sahasranama, if you do not wish to give ahuti with the Sahasranamavali, then give 108 ahuti of the first name alone.
At what hour should a Gupt Navratri anushthan be done?
Since before sunrise is not possible, the anushthan should be done in the night hours, or in the evening around six or seven o'clock. Many kinds of anushthan have been given on the channel and any of them may be done. The third chief and special point is that when you have completed the purnahuti and some fruit comes to you, some pleasant experience occurs, you should not discuss that fruit at once — you should keep it limited to yourself. That is why it has been called gupt.
When should the havan be, and what if one cannot judge agnivas?
Asked by Uday Pratap ji whether, if the sadhana mantra and stotra are done at night, the havan will be at night or in the morning, and how to proceed when one is unable to know agnivas, the speaker says that if you are doing it in Navratri and the rest, then there is no need to look at agnivas on the Navami tithi. Nor is there any need to look on Dashami. On the day on which your full days are being completed, you may do it.
Seven-day Janmashtami anushthan for siddhi of the Krishna kavach
The speaker gives a roughly seven-day anushthan run from the Dwitiya of the Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada up to the Navami after Janmashtami. Only the kavach mula — shlokas one to eight, without purva pithika and phalashruti — is written on a white bhojpatra in gopi chandan, or in ashtagandha ink mixed with kesar and gorochan using a silver, white-chandan or red-chandan pen, or at the least a tulsi pen, in very small letters. It is placed at Krishna's feet and 108 paths are done daily for seven days, with as many as possible on the Janmashtami night so that 1100 paths are completed. The bhojpatra then goes into a silver khol bearing Krishna's form, his names or Radha's name; on the day after Janmashtami a havan is done with Krishna's 108 names or the sahasranama (men with plain ghee, women with mixed paushtik havan samagri), makhan mishri and the like is fed to at least five small boys and to small girls, and the kavach is worn on the neck — best placed on the neck or arm by the hand of an innocent child of up to five or seven years. Worn thus, he says, it is said the Sudarshan Chakra and the gopis protect the wearer wherever he goes.
What Havan may be done on Guru Purnima?
If you wish, use the maximum quantity of Paushtik material that day, and guggul with ghee in particular — a hundred and eight Ahutis on Peepal wood is excellent. Then at least one mala of Ahuti with the Guru mantra itself, and the Purnahuti.
With what is the purnahuti of a daily Harihar 108-name havan done?
Asked with what the purnahuti should be done in a daily havan with the 108 names of Harihar, he says the purnahuti is done with that with which it is done; nothing separate is to be done for it.
Closing rites after the Kali kavach havan: lemons in the kund, purnahuti, kanya bhojan and annadaan
Once the havan is complete, the speaker says at least two lemons must be offered in the havan kund whether you did 1100 or 108 paths — each cut upright, squeezed into the kund and then dropped in, one in Kali's name and one in Kaal Bhairav's. Then the purnahuti as usual: a dried coconut cut and filled with jaggery, on a paan leaf, and everything dedicated. Feed at least one kumari kanya — nine, five or three if possible — with proper kanya pujan, foot-washing, clothes, bhog and dakshina before seeing her off. Then give annadaan as you can at a temple, and dedicate the whole punya to Bhagavati, asking that as prasad its energy be established in your aura for daily protection.
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