Rudrabhishek
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A ceremonial bathing of the Shivling accompanied by Vedic Rudra chants.
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Worship of the shivling with its full mandal covers every deity
It is held, the speaker says, that when the Shivling of Sadashiv is worshipped together with its argha, Nandi ji, his serpent and his trishul — the whole mandal connected with him — the pujan of all devi-devatas is done in it. So if we do only Shiv ji's abhisheka daily, it is held that every shakti in the whole brahmand has been given abhishek and pujan; the pujan of his pind is the pujan of the whole universe, and is complete.
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.
Dakshina for a priest, and giving in good faith
The speaker says the upkeep of those who have studied the Rudrashtadhyayi, learned Sanskrit and taken on acharyatva is our responsibility — ₹1100 is little. Two kinds of brahman exist today: those who learned the vidhi properly and also clear the yajman's doubts (the high kind, since a doubting yajman does not get the full fruit), and those who did not. If you cannot afford the Dakshina asked, say so humbly and it will be accepted; quarrel and he will rightly be angry, for it is his livelihood. A doctor who spent lakhs on training charges ₹500 for five minutes — how is a trained brahman asking dakshina any different? Lacking the means is one thing; the mindset that "brahmans loot" is another, and by that logic everyone loots. On giving: money given in trust and misused costs you nothing — your vishvas bears fruit, with only a small dosh for not checking — while the misuser suffers badly. And dharma does not mean putting everything in a temple: give to the poor of Sanatan.
Bark argha around the shivling: astra-mantra abhishek, and the neem-bark remedy for illness
Recalling a vidhi from the previous Sawan lives, the speaker describes an argha made of bark: the outer bark of an old mango or bel tree, pulled off whole, is soaked in water until it swells, bent gently into an argha shape, fitted around the Shivling, and the abhishek done through it. In that vidhi Astra Mantra mantras are used — the Mahamrityunjay Mantra, and in tantrokta form the Aghorastra and the separate Nilkanth astra, for shatru-nash and abhichaar-nash; other Mahamrityunjay samput mantras serve Lakshmi-prapti. That vidhi is somewhat involved. The small home version for rog-nash: a little argha of neem bark set around the shivling, and abhishek of Shiv ji with mattha (buttermilk).
A young child's kundali is not read; parents may do rudrabhishek on the child's behalf
Parents ask whether they can do Rudrabhishek and nine days of pujan for their four-year-old whose kundali shows Kaal Sarp Dosh. First, the speaker says, a four-year-old's kundali is not shown. The dosh of the bal-grahas is told once, when the janma kundali is first made at Shashthi and the like: the pandit says that at such-and-such ages up to thirteen, this shanti is to be had done. In between, no kundali is shown and nothing is read. Still, granting the dosh, the parents can do everything themselves — rudrabhishek and any pujan they wish, taking sankalp; and if it was told at the time of birth, that is fine, and a rudrabhishek by a pandit ji on any day of Shiv Navratri can be had.
When to take refuge in Sadashiva for a Brahma dosha: Rudrabhishek if one can afford it, the sacred-thread vidhan if not
The speaker says that when destiny has fixed that a Brahma Dosha must be suffered, one should accept the sharanagati of Sadashiva. If one still has the financial capacity, he says, get a Rudrabhishek done with the Sankalpa that it is for the peace of this dosha. If one cannot manage even that and has no capacity left at all, then this thread vidhan should be done. He stresses that it is to be done only when the Brahma is displeased and angry and is not being pacified by any means.
Raw milk over the Shivling for the Brahma's peace, then a water abhishek
The speaker says that after the threads have been offered to Shiva, the raw milk in which they lay is poured over Sadashiva's Shivling, offering it with the words: O Sadashiva, accept this and pacify that Brahma. After that an abhisheka with water is done. If one wishes, a Deepak and Dhoop may be lit; then one bows and comes away.
What atonement should be performed for accidentally killing a cat (e.g. in a road accident)?
Make a formal resolution (Sankalpa) and donate a small gold-foil cat (Swarna Vidalika, roughly ₹1000–1500) to a Brahmin or submerge it in the Ganges, followed by a Rudrabhisheka or short Mahamrityunjaya recitation of 21,000–27,000 chants.
Which four guardian deities (Veers) must be worshipped alongside the Goddess during Saptashati recitation?
Ganesha, Bhairava (as Batuk Bhairava), Narasimha and Hanuman together, and Shiva are the four guardian powers that must be worshipped alongside the Goddess during Saptashati recitation.
Mahamrityunjay 108 names during the abhishek of the Daridra Dahan anushthan
The speaker says that, if possible, along with the Daridra Dahan path one should do Shiva's abhishek at the temple while reciting the 108 namavali of Mahamrityunjay Mahadev: take a somewhat larger lota, light both lamps before the shivling first, then pour the water in a thin stream while reciting the 108 names — easy, he says, and doable. Or else fill the lota that hangs over the shivling's jalhari through its hole, from a bucket of the temple's own water plus the water brought from home, and then do the path. If this too is done, he says, Bhagavan Shiva hears one very quickly.
What are the mainstream scriptural remedies for planetary afflictions and life obstacles?
Navagraha Shanti, Shri Durga Saptashati (Chandi Path with Samputa), and Rudrabhisheka (Shadang Rudri) — fostering disrespect toward Shiva or Mahakali deprives one of their spiritual efficacy, and one's Kuldevi and family deities must be respected for lineage stability.
What remedies address repeated untimely deaths or severe ancestral blockage (Preta Dosha) in a house?
Perform Narayana Bali and Tripindi Shradh at recognized sacred sites, conduct systematic Rudrabhisheka of Shiva with buttermilk on Panchami Tithis, and seek refuge in Mahavidya Sadhana and Lord Bhairava under proper guidance.
Bagalamukhi's 108 names in eleven eleven-day rounds, the Mahamrityunjaya kavach, three Maha Bhairav observances and the Hanuman Chalisa come before any advanced samput is attempted.
Before an advanced Samput — such as the Saptashati encased with Bagalamukhi's 36-letter mantra, whose Nyasa alone can take 1.5-2 hours daily — the recommended foundation is: Bagalamukhi's 108 names (11 observances of 11 days), Mahamrityunjaya Kavach, at least 3 Maha Bhairava mantra observances, Hanuman Chalisa or bajrang-baan, then empowering the Saptashloki.
Daily observances during the Mahabhairav anushthan: Shiva abhishek, ghee lamp, red flower to Jagadamba, feeding dogs
The speaker sets four daily rules from the day the anushthan is taken up until it ends. Shiva's abhisheka twice a day, at least with milk mixed with water and Mishri (kewra or rose water may scent it) — once before the puja and once, essential, after the path, then a bath of pure water and kshama-yachana, with Bilva and Shami leaves offered; half a lota each time is enough. A ghee lamp near Shiva before the puja. After the puja, 108 names of Bhagavati and one red flower to Parvati (or to Shiva himself, who is her form), asking Jagadamba to accept the puja and free one of any dosha in the vidhan, the flower left on the argha. And dogs fed every day — biscuits, roti or milk-roti — before one eats oneself. All this, he says, is so that this very intense Sabar Mantra has no Tiryak Prabhava and the devata's full grace comes. Morning is best; evening only if the temple allows milk then.
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.
Daily vidhi of the Panchakshari purashcharan: materials, lamps, sankalp, smaran, abhishek, japa and aarti
For the daily sitting the speaker asks for yellow cloth and a yellow asan, a Shivling for daily abhishek, Bilva patra, kaner, aakavan and shami leaf or flower, and cow's milk — or a gandhodak of roli, crushed camphor and agar or rose water in water. Sit facing east or north in yellow or white, light two lamps — mustard oil for the protective shaktis (Bhairav, Hanuman, Kali, the yoginis), ghee for Shiva, Parvati, the nourishing shaktis and the kul devi-devatas — and do Achamana, pavitri dharan, shikha bandhan, bhumi sparsh and asan shodhan. Then Swastivachan (or the Mangalam Bhagwan Vishnu mantra), guru smaran — Dattatreya if you have no guru, since Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh are in him, or Shiva or Narayan — and the day's Sankalpa with akshat, flower and water, naming yourself, Gotra, tithi and nakshatra: for Shiva's pleasure, for the siddhi of the Panchakshar mantra, for the destruction of sins of all births and of all known and unknown doshas, for the pleasure of the Pitr devas, I resolve to do yathashakti japa today. Then Ganesha by the Sankat Nashan Stotra, Batuk Bhairava by his stotra and shatanamavali, and Bhagwati by the Saptashloki or her stotra — five minutes in all — then abhishek of Shiva by the names of the twelve Jyotirlingas and shringar, optionally a Shiva Kavach, stotra or the Rudrashtakam, and the japa itself on a Rudraksha mala kept inside a Gomukhi. Afterwards samarpan, a stuti such as the Shiv Tandav Stotra or Lingashtakam, and camphor Aarti. Three hours at most, he says.
Remedy for prolonged financial distress: a Shivling at home, daily water and the Rudrashtakam
For someone who has been in severe financial trouble for some twenty years, the speaker says the most solid remedy, if one is able, is to have a Rudrabhishek done at night at Shivratri. If one cannot afford that and wants something simple, keep a Shivling at home if possible — it can be done at home — and regularly offer water to it while reciting the Rudrashtakam; even that much will be a great deal. He does not prescribe more without knowing what the person already does, and invites them to describe their situation in the Telegram group for closer guidance.
From which animal may a shringi for abhishek be made?
Whether it be nilgai, gauvansh, or Nandi ji — meaning those that are called bulls — of those whose death has occurred of itself, having attained the full span of life: at the time of their death, before they are given a place in the ground, the horn should be obtained by proper vidhi-vidhan, and only then should a shringi be made from it for abhishek. The kind made anyhow, he says, does not do.
How much water is used for the daily sankalpa, and where does it go?
Keep the pronunciation clear, he says. Asked by Deepesh Sharma ji how much the water of the daily sankalpa is, he answers that there is only a little water. Even if you put it in a plate near Shiva ji, near the Shivling, the water will dry up. People also put it into the Tulsi; there is no problem in that either.
May the Argala's first mantra be dedicated to the kuldevi, and which water for abhishek?
Absolutely, he answers: the japa of the first mantra of the Argala may be dedicated for the sake of one's kuldevi. To Vidyasagar ji, who writes that he lives in Delhi where supply water comes and an RO is installed, and asks which water to use for abhishek since there is no hand pipe though there is a submersible — he answers that if you use the water of the RO it will be more excellent.
Why does an incomplete pujan happen when one deity is left out?
Just as the pujan of Batuk Bhairav ji is necessary in Navratri — it is not that merely doing Bhagavati's pujan is enough — and just as people do Ganesh ji's and Bhagavati's pujan but leave out Shiva ji's abhishek, which they do not perform daily, so the pujan remains incomplete somewhere. In the same way, at the time of Diwali the pujan of Kuber ji is very necessary.
When does the Chaitra Trayodashi fall, and what should be done on it?
The Shukla Paksha Trayodashi tithi falls on the fourth day after the Chaitra Ram Navami we observe. If on that day the Purva Phalguni nakshatra ever falls and it is a Sunday, then if Shiva pujan is done on that day and, if possible, rudrabhishek and the like performed, then many, many of our masses of sin are destroyed and by Shiva's grace punya increases. All this, the speaker says, we should keep in mind.
How can abhishek be done when the murti at home is not fit for it?
Asked how, when the murti of Ma at home is not fit for abhishek, one may do abhishek symbolically, and whether weekly or monthly, he says you may place a flower before her and do the abhishek upon it. It can also be done weekly.
Is it right to recite the Siddh Kunjika Stotra daily before leaving home?
A listener says she does not leave the house every day without doing the Ma Siddh Kunjika Stotra. Do it, he says. Asked whether the arghi of a Narmadeshwar shivling can be given abhishek in the form of Ma, he says absolutely, it can be done.
Is the puja of Shiva an essential part of Navratri worship?
Reminded by the same listener, he says: absolutely, the puja of Shiva ji should be done — it is an essential part, and the abhishek of Shiva ji should certainly be done. He apologises to the listener, saying he had thought the listener was saying that someone had forbidden it, and asks his pardon.
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.
Why do many family members not do the puja themselves?
We do our own rudrabhishek anyway, the speaker says, but there are many members in a family who do not listen to what you say and do not want to do seva-puja or rudrabhishek — because they want everything made ready for them. Everything should be fixed, and they should come and pour the water.
What is the household abhishek setup he suggests?
Whatever Shivling is in the house — be it a Narmadeshwar ji, be it of sphatik, whichever Shivling you do pujan upon — seat Shiv ji in one large thali, with the stand, or without the stand if you do not wish to keep it.
What goes into the water vessel for the family abhishek?
In some one large kalash, in a gagra, in some large vessel, keep water. Into the water crush camphor and mix in a little roli and a little ashtagandha and the rest, and keep it. And keep one lota there.
What is offered along with the water in the family abhishek?
If bel patra can be had, decorate and keep bel patra there; let one bel patra be offered. If there is bhang, let a little bhang be offered upon Bhagwan Shiva. After that let them do a dandvat pranam, a sashtang pranam, however their wish is, and come away taking Mahadev's name.
Those who wish to do it well may be told the Rudrashtak path and given aarti.
To those who wish to do it well, tell them the path of the Rudrashtak too, or have them do it along with you. If they wish to do aarti, make the arrangement for that as well. Keep a small setup.
Should Shiva be worshipped only on the Savan Mondays?
Those who are going to do Shiv ji's pujan only Monday to Monday — there are eight Mondays, they will worship on all eight and not on the remaining days — he asks: where is this, that we will trouble Shiv ji only from Monday to Monday? The Savan Monday has great importance, but that does not mean this.
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.
On what does the manner of Shiva's pujan depend?
It is said that Bhagwan Shiva is worshipped with varied upachar, the speaker says. It depends upon the upasak: whatever is available to him, let him do Bhagwan Shiva's pujan with that very dravya.
What is the fruit of bathing Shiva with kapila panchagavya and kushodak?
If, mixing kushodak into the panchagavya of a kapila cow — kushodak meaning the water of kusha — Bhagwan Shiva is given a bath, then from that ananta phala is obtained.
What does cold-pressed til oil abhishek give?
Til oil that has come out of the kolhu — with that the abhishek of the Shivling is done, by which the attainment of the Shiva pada happens.
What does camphor and agaru water give?
He who bathes the Shivling with water mixed with kapur and agaru becomes free of all sins and attains Shiva sayujya.
What should be done for an affliction medicine cannot cure?
If there is some very particular dosha or rog in our body or life for which no remedy is being found and which is not possible by medical treatment, then somewhere it is the prarabdha of our past births — such papas as have come to fruit. In that case begin from Ashadh Purnima itself and continue daily till Shravan Purnima.
What goes into the vessel for the sixty-day abhishek?
Camphor; agaru if it can be got — sandal water is called agaru, and there is a separate one too; if not, then sandal water, ashtagandha and the rest mixed in, with a little of the roli kumkum that there is. With that do the abhishek of the Shivling yourself and have the people of the family do it too.
What does cloth-strained water give?
He who bathes the Shivling with water strained through cloth — that is, having purified the water — has all his kamanas fulfilled and attains the Varuna loka.
What does offering cloth to Shiva give?
If we offer vastra — beautiful, coloured, soft cloth offered to Bhagwan Shiva — then from that the attainment of Shiva loka happens.
What does lepan with sandal, agaru, kapur and kumkum give?
Those who do archan and lepan of the Shivling with sandal, agaru, camphor and kumkum — that is, Bhagwan Shiva being wrapped about with fragrant dravyas and decorated on all sides — it is said, obtain residence in svarga for crores of kalpas.
What does offering fresh flowers and leaves give?
A flower that is completely fresh, a leaf — if we offer that to Bhagwan Shiva, then the fruit of swarna daan, that is, of the daan of gold, is obtained. From offering only a leaf and a flower.
What does offering bel patra with the Panchakshar give?
Those who offer bel patra to Shiv ji with the Panchakshar mantra attain the pada of Shiv ji, that is, the attainment of Kailash happens. Take the bel patra, utter Shiv ji's mantra, saying it in the mind, and offer it upon the Shivling.
May dried or stale bel patra be offered?
The bel tree's leaf is so dear to Bhagwan Shiva that if someone washes and offers even a dried and stale bel patra, that person too becomes free of all pataka. So if we are not getting bel patra daily, we can offer the old one — only it must not be broken.
What does guggul dhoop mixed with ghee give?
He who offers dhoop to Bhagwan Shiva mixing ghee into guggul attains the Rudra loka and obtains the pada of Ganapati.
What does naivedya of ghee, jaggery and kheer give?
Those who offer to Bhagwan Shiva substances made of ghee and gud, kheer, and all such naivedya obtain the Rudra loka for thousands of years, and durgati does not happen.
What is the offering of five fragrances?
Five fragrances — elaichi, kapur, kankol, that is, the pan ka beeda that we make — if that is made and offered to Bhagwan Shiva, then from that too the attainment of Rudra loka happens.
What does offering musical instruments give?
If we offer to Bhagwan Shiva the damru, bheri, mridang, all such instruments for playing music, then the attainment of Rudra loka happens. Though we are offering them, the speaker adds, only if someone plays them will the thing be complete.
What is said about pradakshina of Shiva?
Then it has been said about pradakshina: from doing the pradakshina of Bhagwan Shiva, the attainment of Shiva loka happens.
What is the fruit of a dandvat pranam to Shiva?
If dandvat pranam is made to Shiv ji, it has been said that on doing puja of Shiv ji by dandvat pranam, fruit greater even than that of hundreds of yajnas is obtained, and by dandvat namaskar all kamanas are fulfilled.
What forms of rudra japa are done to remove disease?
For rudrabhishek it has been said that to remove rog, the japa or abhishek of the Laghu Rudra, Maharudra and Atirudra is performed.
What does each rudrabhishek substance yield?
By rudrabhishek with water, rain; by abhishek with kushodak, the pacification of vyadhi; from curd, the obtaining of cattle; from sugarcane juice, the obtaining of shreya; on performing abhishek with honey and ghee, the obtaining of wealth; from tirtha water, the obtaining of moksha; and from kheer, the obtaining of a son.
Why does rudra japa remove disease?
The papa of the old birth, of the previous birth, is what takes the form of rogas, the speaker reports. From rudra japa or abhishek the destruction of papa most definitely happens; and on the destruction of papa, the diseases of our body too are destroyed of themselves.
What does a formal rudrabhishek cost to have performed?
It is not possible for everyone to have a special daily rudrabhishek performed, the speaker says. If you go to have even one day's rudrabhishek done, at minimum ₹3000 to ₹4000 will be spent. One can do it oneself — but do it.
Is the rudrabhishek done at home enough on its own?
Otherwise, do the vidhi that has been told for doing it at home. If there is some very particular affliction, very great affliction, and you are trying from yourself and it is not happening, and there is the wish and the capacity, then tell him and it will be arranged. If not, do it yourself — there is no difficulty.
What is lost by not knowing the Rudrashtadhyayi?
This much will certainly be so, the speaker says: if while doing rudrabhishek you do not know the path of the Rudrashtadhyayi and the rest, you will not be able to do that whole vidhi-vidhan so well. But you will do it with bhav at least — do that much.
Should a jaladhari be left dripping on the Shivling for twenty-four hours?
Some people hang a lota over Bhagwan Shiva for twenty-four hours and give a jaladhari, but sitting there all day is not possible. If you are making such an arrangement at home for the whole month of Savan, then either arrange that the supply of water continues all twenty-four hours; or else keep the arrangement only for as long as you are doing the puja and abhishek and are present.
Is it right to leave an empty lota hanging over the Shivling?
Keeping it too is no difficulty, but do remove it, the speaker says. An empty lota should not be kept like that over the head. Or remove it after midday.
What should be done in the evening after a day of family abhishek?
During the day you may be doing puja at 5:00 and some family member will come and do Shiv ji's abhishek even at 10:00. So in the evening do this: at around 5:30 or 6:00, having done the abhishek of Bhagwan Shiva again, do his shringar.
How should Shiva be settled for the night?
Make his tripundra and the rest, place bilva patra, dry the flowers, remove all the water, and settle him in one place for rest for the night. Do not leave him in water for twenty-four hours.
Whatever time the rudrabhishek finishes, give him his full shringar in the evening.
In the morning, according to people's convenience, whoever is completing the rudrabhishek at whatever time — after that, in the evening, at the least remove everything, have his full shringar done well in whatever five or ten minutes it takes, and then have him seated. He is not to be left like that.
Can a tantrokta rudraksha be given abhishek?
Anand ji, you can do abhishek upon a tantrokta rudraksha, the speaker answers. In the vidhan told to you, keep a small lota of camphor-mixed water and do a small abhishek. And if you also wish to do a full rudrabhishek, do that too — no particular effect will fall from it.
What is the fruit of writing Ram's name on a bel patra?
Writing the name of Bhagwan Ram ji on a bel patra and offering it has ananta phala, the speaker says. From the bel patra the attainment of the Shiva loka happens.
For how long should the home rudrabhishek run?
Do the rudrabhishek of the Shivling at home for the whole, whole month, the speaker says. Do it for all sixty days.
May the Shivling be lifted and washed each day before puja?
A listener says he lifts the Shivling and washes it with water before puja every day. Yes, absolutely wash it, the speaker answers — but also keep in mind where you wash it. It should not be that to wash it you take it to the basin, or wash it in the washroom. Do it at your own pujan sthan itself.
Why is bathing the Shivling called an abhishek and not a washing?
People do make such mistakes, the speaker says, and one should not make them — and it is not "washed", he will be given abhishek. You are taking the Shivling to be an object, which is why you say you wash it. If your bhav is such, then say that we do the abhishek of Shiv ji. And do abhishek once or four times; there is no difficulty. You may absolutely lift him and do it.
Can a Laghu Rudri of sixteen mantras be done daily instead of the full vidhi?
A listener says he has learnt the Rudri path by vidhi but doing it daily by the full vidhi takes a great deal of time, and asks whether he may do abhishek daily with the Laghu Rudri of sixteen mantras. Yes, absolutely you can, the speaker answers. And the Shiv Manas Puja may absolutely be used for pujan daily in Shravan.
Go daily to a Shiv temple, or to the Shivling at home, and do the abhishek.
Along with that, do one small thing every day in the month of Shravan, the speaker says. As told at the beginning of today's video about how Shiv ji's abhishek is to be done — go to a Shiv temple, or if there is a Shivling at home, then mixing camphor, roli, water and the rest, do the abhishek of Bhagwan Shiva with fragrant water.
What is done with the roli left on the Shivling after abhishek?
After doing the abhishek, the roli and camphor and the rest will remain stuck upon the Shivling. Removing that same roli — wiping it with your ring finger from off the Shivling — apply a tilak upon your forehead and upon your throat. Do this work, and along with it do the path of the Rudrashtak.
Can a Laghu Rudra puja be done with the pauranik texts only on Savan Mondays?
Asked whether a Laghu Rudra puja may be done with the puranokta rudrabhishek stotra and the puranokta Purusha Sukta, and whether it may be done only on the Savan Mondays, the speaker answers: yes, it can be done.
After the pratishtha and abhishek it is seated on the guru mandala's asana for daily seva, as shown in the trayomukhi rudraksha abhishek video.
The vidhi of pratishtha has been given, he says — perform the pratishtha, perform the abhishek and the rest, and seat it on its asana, on the asana of the Bhagwan's guru mandala, and do their daily puja. He refers to the video they had posted of the abhishek of a trayomukhi rudraksha, in which they had also shown how the asana for the Datta mudrika is made and how their daily seva is done.
An abhishek of Shiva with jaggery and curd brings forgiveness at once, even where some dosha of tantra has attached.
Begin the abhishek of Bhagwan Shiva with jaggery and curd, he says. Even if some doshas of tantra have attached — the possibility of which is very small in these things, though there are many cases in which there is difficulty — forgiveness will come to you at once, and you will not need to make so much fuss. Do not become agitated. It is a matter for great patience; it is not a joke.
Where an offence is felt, the next day brings japa of 'Kshama rupena samstha' and an abhishek of Shiva with milk, curd and jaggery.
Then do not delay, he says: the next day catch the feet and do japa of the "Kshama rupena samstha" mantra. Do not make the mistake knowingly — he says he is saying it again and again. And perform the abhishek of Shiva ji with milk, curd and jaggery, and ask forgiveness repeatedly.
What should be done if energy from a paath becomes excessive?
Answering Akanksha ji, who is doing a Sanskrit paath of Hanuman ji, he says that if the energy is becoming more than needed, then do the vidhi of abhishek. And for regenerating energy that has been spent, do a havanatmak vidhan, do havan — the effect will be immediate.
What should be done when a paath stops bearing fruit?
He says that when it feels that our paath is no longer bearing fruit in that way, then at once do the abhishek vidhi related to Shiva ji; and if you are doing Hanuman ji's, then do japa of Bhagwan Shri Sitaram ji to the best of your capacity, or the paath of a kavach related to them. Or, if you are doing Hanuman ji's, do the paath related to his mother Bhagavati Anjana, so that this bandhan dosha is cut at once and the effect begins again.
Can the Kali Hriday Stotra be recited?
The Kali Hriday Stotra can be done, the speaker says, but he warns: hriday means the nearest, so if you do it the experience will be somewhat vikat and vikaral. If you do Shiva pujan well, then do it while doing Shiva pujan — perhaps the questioner does perform Shiva pujan and his abhishek well. Do it in the Kali temple itself, if you wish to do it, and do not do it in greater quantity.
What should be done with the shivling first thing in the morning?
Asked whether the shivling should be lifted from the arghi and wiped after abhishek, the speaker first sets out the morning order. Suppose the seva, puja and shringar were done today; then next morning at dawn, when you do pujan before sunrise or as your state allows, the very first thing is to take off the nirmalya and give the lingam one round of abhishek right there and then — bathing away all the chandan, bhasma and whatever shringar was applied — without any of the rest of the preparation.
What is the order of pujan after the shivling's first bath?
After that, complete your entire crama of pujan — the Gauri-Ganapati pujan and the rest that follows, whatever you do. Then, when you again do the abhishek of Shiva ji, do the abhishek with milk, with curd, in whatever way you do abhishek, and perform the abhishek and shringar.
Is it necessary to wipe the lingam before applying bhasma?
The speaker says that if after the snan you feel they should be wiped for the lepan of bhasma, then you may lift them and wipe them — but he does not have to wipe, and does not wipe. After abhishek, applying agar, gulab jal, itra and the like on those worshipped in the home makes them fragrant by itself and very well, and the bhasma and the tripundra then form nicely and they are beautifully adorned. If they are somewhat larger, it is easier still.
Wiping is permitted for the shringar, but his own heart does not accept lifting the lingam again once the abhishek is done
He says that if you feel wiping is necessary for the shringar you may wipe — but his own mind does not accept it. Once the abhishek of Shiva ji has been done, he says, we then see people taking them in hand and making the whole tripundra with a salaka and the rest, making various designs. That it should be done again — that they should be lifted again and placed on the arghi again after the abhishek has been done — does not please his heart. If you do it, do it, he says; we do not. This is a matter that stands differently for me and for you.
At which point of the sixteen upacharas does the abhishek fall?
Asked by Jignesh ji whether, after padya, arghya and achman, the abhishek happens in the place of the snan, the speaker says yes. One thing is that the sixteen upachara pujan is done first; but when you have a special abhishek to do, then at the time of the snan you will do the abhishek after the snan and then carry out the whole of what follows. Many people do this twice over, he says, but it is proper that the abhishek take place at the very time of the snan, and only then the further pujan.
What should be done for the pitrs on the Shravan Amavasya?
The speaker says many subjects concerning the pitrs are already present on the channel. If one wishes to do something particularly on the Shravan Amavasya, then the pitrs are certainly pleased by the pujan of Bhagwan Shiva. Do rudrabhishek with milk. Do the "satachan" of Bhagwan. And if you wish to do it separately and in an extensive form for the pitrs, then do panchbali.
What follows if you keep a large murti at home anyway?
The speaker says that if you keep a large murti, then you will have to abide by all the rules that are described in the shastra along with that murti. What you see nowadays in temples — a temple built anywhere, its rule going away, a Shiva ji temple built and a pot of water poured and one lamp lit and that taken as the puja done — is not the reality.
How many Shaligram shilas should be kept at home?
Asked whether there should be as many Shaligrams as there are pots of tulsi, the speaker says he has not heard of as many Shaligrams as tulsi pots; param Vaishnav people who can do that much seva do keep them. There should be one Shaligram shila — that first of all. And the rule is that of living as a param Vaishnav: just as a Shivling should be bathed every day, so a nitya abhishek of the Shaligram shila should take place.
How should Nandi ji be worshipped along with Shiva ji's abhishek?
The speaker says that whenever Shiva ji's puja is done, Nandi ji's pujan should be done first of all — just as Bhairav ji and Langur Veer walk before Bhagavati, foremost of all. On Bhagavati's right side, he says, are Hanuman ji; on the left are the kul Bhairav or Batuk Bhairav; and there are two more veers, in front and behind. In the same way, Nandi ji walks first before Shiva ji, so Nandi ji's pujan and abhishek should be done first and only then Shiva ji's.
What anushthan is prescribed alongside that tula daan?
Do, or have done, an anushthan of the Mahamrityunjay kavach for the father, or of the Hanuman Chalisa, or of the kavach of whoever is your aradhya. If some capable learned person of that kind is found, have even a laghu anushthan of Mahamrityunjay done — but have it done. Or have a Rudrabhishek performed, so that the alpayu dosha and the like are destroyed.
What fruit comes from abhishek and shringar of Jagadamba?
Do abhishek of Jagadamba, he says: the more shringar you do, the more she will adorn your life — for when you read the Shri Devi Bhagavat Mahapuran you will find described what fruit belongs to each thing done in Jagadamba's service, whether the shringar of flowers, offering shringar materials, offering flowers, or offering cloth. And do archan too, whether by twenty-seven or twenty-eight names, by thirty-two, by a hundred and eight, or by a thousand and eight; archana is exceedingly dear to Jagadamba.
What should be done if a shakti is taking some kind of bhog from us?
Whenever you do mantra japa, different kinds of effect increase in the body, the speaker says. If the effect increases at the Muladhara, then both kaam and krodh increase. If you do sadhana connected with Bhagavati Kali, then krodh will also increase within you and there will be an increase of kamanas as well — that is, you will be very much afflicted by kaam. To control it, who will control it? Shiva will. Therefore the abhishek of Shiva, the abhishek of Bhairav, is necessary.
What should be done for a Chandra-Ketu conjunction in the eighth house causing mental suffering?
If a Chandra-Ketu conjunction stands, even in the eighth house, and there is very great mental trouble, then you should do the upasana of Bhagwan Sadashiva, the speaker says: do daily dhyan and pujan of the Chandra upon Sadashiva's head. It is called the dooj moon — on the dooj, on the second tithi of the Krishna Paksha and also on the second tithi of the Shukla Paksha, you should particularly perform the abhishek and pujan of Bhagwan Shiva. Also, the two-mukhi rudraksha of Sadashiva should be got made with Chandra, or, if there is a Ketu-Chandra yoga, the nine-mukhi and the two-mukhi rudraksha got made along with Chandra and worn after pujan, and worn for life.
Durga Saptashati samput anushthan or Navchandi with rudrabhishek for a heavy maran prayog
If the Abhichara is very heavy and the danger has clearly not passed after the six vidhans, the speaker says the seventh step is to have suitable sadhaks perform a Durga Saptashati Samput anushthan — one paath or nine, one day or five or seven — or a Navchandi Anusthan, as one's capacity allows, together with a Rudrabhishek, ideally of a Parthiva Shivling, all at home, if one has the means.
Is it a dosha not to do daily jalabhishek of a parad shivling at home?
Absolutely it is a dosha, he answers. He says it again and again: if you are to keep any form of Shiva at home, and especially if you keep a shivling, then the abhishek of the shivling is the most necessary thing of all. The abhishek of a shivling and of a shaligram shila must both take place daily. It is not even five minutes' work — take one lota of water, bathe them while doing simple naam jap, apply tilak, place unbroken rice above, put on the crown, and it is done.
One who cannot give five minutes out of twenty-four hours to his ishta should stop calling himself a Sanatani.
If out of 24 hours you cannot give even five minutes to your ishta aradhya, he says, then you should stop calling yourself a Sanatani. What is the use of a human body given for 24 hours if a man is not capable of giving even five minutes? A parad shivling, he says, is held to be the shivling itself, the form of Shiva; there ought to be a great deal of vidhi and niyam for it, and you are not even giving it a bath. It is wrong.
How should an ordinary person keep Mahashivratri?
An ordinary man should keep Mahashivratri in the beginner's way, he says. Do not take yourself into the idea that Mahashivratri has a great scientific importance, and that one should stay awake that night playing the veena and dancing, doing the big disco dancing of the foundation people. Those people have become jeevan mukt and a great deal of money has come to them. You should do the abhishek of Shiva in the four prahars and the path of the Sahasranama, seated near him in solitude.
With what may a shivling be washed?
There is no need to wash a shivling with soap or detergent, he says; it should never be washed with soap or detergent. The abhishek of Shiva should be done with pure water, with Gangajal, with pure milk, with panchgavya, with panchamrit — with all of these. Cow's milk is held to be amrit; you speak of amrit and panchamrit, and in its place you would use a chemical soap. Do not make this mistake.
May dugdhabhishek be done on a bel tree on Somvati Amavasya?
Asked by a listener who wishes to do dugdhabhishek on a bel tree, and about Bhagavan Dattatreya, on Somvati Amavasya, he says it is very good indeed and to do it by all means. Others too should do it, he says: tomorrow is Somvati Amavasya, and on tomorrow's day do it as your strength allows.
How is a Brahmdev to be pacified?
Asked how Brahmdev is to be pacified, he says it depends on which kind of Brahm they are. There are 52 kinds of Brahm. Without seeing, the things that are common in it are the abhishek of Shiva and the path of the Gita.
What does the Shiv Mahapuran say about Panchayatan pujan?
For Panchdev pujan, for Panchayatan pujan, it has been said in the Shiv Mahapuran too, he says — they had discussed it — so there is no difficulty. Do we, who do the seva of Bhagavati Vindhyavasini, not do the seva of Mahadev the next day, he asks. Everyone does. Those who are great Param Vaishnavas — all of them performed rudrabhishek and the rest.
Apsaras and paris keep far away from one who wears bhasma and does the seva of Bhagavati.
Asked for a video on apsara sadhana or pari sadhana on the channel, he says he has said before that apsaras and paris keep so far away from him, keep displeased with him — let them not give him a curse. We shall do the seva of Bhagavati, he says, we shall do the seva of Mahadev, the seva of Rudradev, we shall do rudrabhishek. What will apsaras and paris come and do — as if one who applies bhasma and lives day and night in this fashion could hold any attraction for them.
Does the festival worship of a month displace your own sadhana?
No — both run. Through Savan the daily Abhishek of Shiva is compulsory, done in the morning; then after resting the limbs for ten or fifteen minutes you sit again on your asana and do your own ten mala or your Anushthan, morning, evening or night as suits.
Do the weekdays give different fruits for the same worship?
Yes. Thursday for obstruction in marriage and money trouble — release from debt, gain of wealth and grain, and jaundice relieved by Shringar and Abhishek. Friday for afflictions relating to children and, for a man in particular, trouble in his marriage. Tuesday for the obstruction of an enemy.
What is the biggest error people make with a permitted alternative?
Bringing it into the main current. The speaker calls this the greatest irony among Hindus. The alternative given for a difficult time — washing only the toe where there is no water, or only Abhishek, Naivedya and Aarti where full worship is impossible — becomes the whole of the practice.
What is the central Shravan vidhan for a household under attack?
If some kind of upheaval is running in your house, or some abhichaar is upon you that is not being destroyed while you do sadhana, then this time go daily to the temple of Bhagwan Shiva from the first day of Shravan up to Shravan Purnima and perform Rudrabhishek. You need not know how to do the full vidhi vidhan with mantra recitation and the Ashtadhyayi path — that is no difficulty.
Why must milk never be poured from a copper lota?
Never do abhishek by putting milk into a copper lota, the speaker says, however loudly anyone insists that Shiva will be pleased by it. Milk in a copper lota becomes like poison, and you cannot offer poison to Bhagwan Shiva in this way. Use a brass lota, a phool lota, and do the abhishek with that.
In what order are the deities of the temple bathed?
Inside, first bathe Nandi ji — but if the vigraha of Ganapati ji is being given for bathing, then bathe Ganapati ji first, and Nandi ji after, with water. The karma sakshi deepak will already have been lit. After that bathe Bhagavati Parvati ji, Skanda ji and Kumar ji; then bathe the jaladhari of Bhagwan Shiva and perform the abhishek of the shivling.
How much water should you carry, and what about the kalash above the shivling?
Take two lotas with you. Check beforehand that the temple has an arrangement for water, bring water from there and do everyone's abhishek — take one bucket of water and do everyone's abhishek from it, a lota each. And into the kalash established above the shivling, from which water is falling on it, you must certainly pour water.
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 is gandhodak made for the abhishek?
Gandhodak means water into which you put a little roli and camphor powder, the camphor crushed by hand, and mix in aguru to make it fragrant. If you make gandhodak and do Shiva ji's abhishek with it, that is most excellent — and it is what to use in the absence of milk.
What is offered to Shiva after the abhishek?
Then perform his abhishek with pure water, and after making a tripund and so on, offer the bilvapatra and whatever flowers you have taken upon the head of Bhagwan Shiva.
What is the simplest path if you can do nothing else at the temple?
When you have completed the shringar and everything else, the simplest and most ordinary vidhan there, if you do nothing else, is the path of the Rudrashtakam. For the rest, if you can do a full abhishek with panchamrit, or an abhishek with curd and jaggery, then do as much as you are able.
Must a householder do Shiva's abhishek in Shravan even if he worships another deity?
You may worship any mahashakti — if you were doing japa of Bhagwan Datta's ekakshari, do that; if you were doing an anushthan of Bhairav ji, do that. But along with it Bhagwan Shiva's abhishek must certainly happen. If a householder does not perform Bhagwan Shiva's abhishek in the month of Savan, the speaker says, there is no more unfortunate creature in the whole world.
What if an ugra shakti worshipped in your home is displeased?
If some fierce shakti is worshipped in your house and an offence has been committed by you on account of which she is displeased and is not relenting — then in Shravan too, doing abhishek of Shiva ji with curd and jaggery and performing all the rest of the vidhan, and kindling a jyot, you may do the japa of their nama mantra or whatever japa and tapa you do. From that too they become gentle, their fierceness ends, and they are pleased.
What is the remedy for a mantra shraap or deva shraap?
First of all, if the problem is very great, let a Rudrabhishek be done with the Rudri path, having taken a sankalp. Let the sankalp be that whatever mantra or deva shraap or dosha has attached, whatever offence has come about, forgiveness for it be obtained and the anger be pacified. Then daily let the abhishek of Bhagwan Shiva be done with curd and jaggery, with the karma sakshi deep kindled, and the Rudrashtakam recited while asking his pardon.
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.
Can a Savan anushthan be done in the year of a death in the family?
A listener says his father passed away in May 2024. The new samvatsar had already begun, so the death occurred in this same samvatsar. Only if his varshik shraadh has been done should you perform the Savan anushthan, the speaker says; otherwise there is no bar upon Shiva ji's abhishek — do Shiva ji's abhishek, give arghya to Surya Bhagwan, and recite the sahasranama and the like.
Can Hanuman ji be given abhishek in Shravan?
Asked whether, since Hanuman ji is a Rudra avatar, his abhishek may be done in the month of Shravan, the speaker says no doubt should be kept about it at all: you may absolutely do Hanuman ji's abhishek, puja, shringar and everything, and the offering of chola and the rest. But keep one thing in mind — along with it, the abhishek and pujan of Shiva ji must certainly happen. Never bypass Shiva ji in the month of Shravan; do not replace him with anyone.
Until what time is Shiva's abhishek proper?
Asked until what time it is proper to do Shiva ji's abhishek, the speaker says: the earlier in the morning you can do it, the more proper it is.
Can the Panchanana mantra be used for Shiva's abhishek?
You may make use of the Panchanana mantra for the purpose of the abhishek, while performing the abhishek of Shiva ji.
What can be done for success in a competitive exam during a Rahu mahadasha?
Absolutely something can be done, the speaker says, but it depends first on which bhava Rahu stands in and what the lagna is. If Rahu is going to give a good effect he will create concentration and cause very little wandering; if he is going to give a slightly negative effect, the person will prepare less for the exam and imagine the result far too much — that if we become an IAS we will become the DC here, the magistrate there — and will not study. That is Rahu bad effect: the person imagines a great deal. Since Rahu is the foremost devi upasak, do the path of the stotra and satnam of Bhagavati, which is best, and perform abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva. If the suffering is very great, then Kirtimukh Shri Maharaj will catch hold of it directly, but his method becomes somewhat tantric.
Can a yantra received at the Kumbh be carried while travelling?
Asked whether the yantra received at the Kumbh may be carried in a bag while travelling for its nitya abhishek, the speaker says one can — but the place where you do the abhishek is not to be like the viral video of people doing rudrabhishek in a moving train, with people saying how fine a thing it is. No, brother, this exhibition is not to be made. Carry it along while travelling, and at the auspicious place where you arrive, purify that place and keep all your things there, do the abhishek there — and do the visarjan of the abhishek water too in a proper place, not into a drain.
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 is abhishek done with the namavali?
Take more time or less, he says, and develop your own capacity — much happens through sadhana, and it will happen when you do it. Second, perform the abhishek with this same namavali. For the abhishek he will not tell you to offer water with 108 lotas; you can offer with a spoon, not a lota, or else make a stream in the lota so that the stream keeps falling upon Bhagavan Shiva while you go on reciting. Do as many recitations as you can — do 11, do five — but the effect is divine.
What becomes the daily nitya niyam after those counts are done?
Taking these two independently — forget the samput matter told before — you completed Panchakshari five lakh and Mahamrityunjay 1100 minimum. Now go on daily, as a nitya niyam, reciting at least Panchakshari and Mahamrityunjay 11 times each day; keep it in your niyam. And once the Mahamrityunjay Stotra is committed to memory you can perform the abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva while reciting it, or with the Ashtottara Shatanamavali.
What should be done in Shravan if there is great distress in the house?
Besides this there is one more subject, he says: if there is some very distressing matter in the house, then what else to do in Shravan. The first work will be the Rudrabhishek of Bhagavan Shiva — certainly perform the abhishek. A Rudrabhishek is also being done by his own Grihastha Tantra family, with full details in the description; but the second subject is how to do it oneself at home. Have it done anywhere or do not, he says, but do it yourself without fail.
Does a sponsored rudrabhishek elsewhere suffice?
Whether your Rudrabhishek is being done in Kashi in Shravan, or in Ujjaini, or on Kailash itself — if you are not performing the Rudrabhishek of Bhagavan Shiva at home with your own hand, if his abhishek is not happening in Shravan, then nothing is going to be obtained, he says. If you do not perform the abhishek because of some special circumstance, some disease, some such event, that is a separate matter; but if out of laziness, negligence and frivolity you are not doing Shiva's pujan in Shravan, then there is no man more unfortunate than you.
Is abhishek compulsory even for those doing nothing else?
Only the abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva is compulsory, he says: do anything else or nothing, the abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva must certainly be done through the whole of Shravan, and at least one Bilva patra must certainly be offered to him, whether anything else happens or not. Everyone should do it at home or do it in a temple. And do not raise the question that there is no shivling and whether it can be done on a photo — abhishek does not take place on a photo; if there is no shivling at home, do it in a temple.
When is the rudrabhishek to be done, and what about aarti?
The Rudrabhishek is necessary at the morning time, he says; certainly do the aarti at both times, morning and evening. The aarti has also been given in this same PDF.
When should one begin, and what about packet milk?
Be ready, he says: from the day after Guru Poornima you have to get to work. There should be no shortfall in the puja of Bhagavan Shiva. And if you do not have milk available — that milk to offer is not obtainable in Shravan and only packet milk is there — then do not offer packet milk. However much useless talk anyone may speak, that no, offer only packet milk, do not offer it.
What is gandhodak and how is it made?
In place of milk, perform the abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva with gandhodak. What is gandhodak? Into water, put in the kumkum or roli that there is and dissolve it. Put in a little camphor powder, having powdered the camphor. Put in agaru — agaru is had for 20 to 25 rupees; agaru is the liquid extracted from agar, and it will be like sandalwood water. Mix it in, mix in rose water. This becomes gandhodak.
What must never be left off the shivling?
Do his shringar, make the Tripundra on him, he says. And never keep his forehead empty: a mukut should certainly remain upon the shivling of Bhagavan Shiva. If you cannot give one of silver or gold, then certainly keep a mukut even of the artificial kind; and if not that, then at least keep unbroken rice. As your capacity is, so.
Why must Shiva's head never be left crownless?
He is Rajadhiraj, the speaker says; he alone is the king of the entire brahmanda. If a king's head is without a crown, the loss of it will have to be borne by the praja. For this reason a king should never be kept crownless. He is our king.
Which kundali doshas does this Shravan anushthan address?
Now in anyone's kundali, though the Doshas may be a thousand, if you are performing this anushthan in this Shravan then Bhagavan Shiva grants relief from those doshas — this Shravan and then the next Shravan, and you will see the difference yourself. Suppose in the birth kundali some so-called dosha is present: Marakesh is running, there is Kaal Sarp Dosh, or here a sarp dosha attaches on account of the panchamesh, and many kinds of such subjects. For all those things the abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva is supreme.
What abhishek is prescribed for one who feels prayashchitta for past harm?
If you have knowingly done harm to someone in your life, if someone's life has been ruined on account of you, and you are afflicted by such a dosha — whether you remember your paap or not — but a feeling of Prayashchitta is arising in your mind, then perform the abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva with gur and dahi, daily. You will obtain forgiveness very quickly, he says. Set the dahi at home from cow's milk and do not use packet dahi.
What is prescribed for matters connected with marriage?
For the matter connected with vivah, great benefit comes from performing abhishek with shriphal; if possible one should do it, he says. And along with it, if you are doing the japa of Panchakshari, then it is good if you also do a dashansh of japa of the Saptakshari. If you are doing 100 mala, 10 mala of Saptakshari takes five minutes. Even if you do not do it there is no difficulty; if you do it, it is excellent — particularly for those with marriage matters.
What if raw milk cannot be arranged in Sawan?
If the arrangement of raw milk cannot be made in Sawan, he repeats, the alternative has been told: do it with gandhodak.
How should the rudraksha shivling be treated daily?
Keep it fragrant, and if you do nitya abhishek then that too is like a shivling, he says — because the mahima of the abhishek of Rudraksha and of everything else is in the Rudraksha Mahatmya, so the full effect is there. And if not, then merely show them dhoop and deep — even that is good. Do abhishek, do archan, according to your own wish. So no shivling matter is applying here, and therefore no such dosha is going to attach to you.
What is the irreducible minimum for Shravan?
1250 mala are to be completed in the full 30 days, he says. There is no need to sit comfortably doing havan and the like. And if you do not want to do the abhishek of Shiva ji either, if there is laziness even in that much, then brother, do the japa. But he will say that the abhishek of Shiva ji is very necessary; if you do it, it will be very good, and if you do not do it, the loss is yours.
Daily milk abhishek of Shiva during the remedy month
Along with the daily lamp and japa, the speaker says one more thing is needed: from the same Tithi, go to a Shiva temple every day and do abhisheka with milk — even a small brass vessel filled with milk and mishri is enough — with the Sankalpa "O Shiva, O Mahadeva, I do this milk abhishek for the removal of the dosh; please be pleased and remove it." Done this way, he says, one is soon freed from this Shraap and dosh. He adds that other vidhans exist beyond this, but it would not be proper to tell them to a new sadhak who is still caught up in experiences.
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.
Indra, Kartikeya the commander of the Devas, and Shiva's chief Ganas were ordered into the battle next
Shiva, greatly angered, ordered in the fierce Indra — held in the Rudrashtadhyayi's third chapter to be a form of Shiva himself — with Kartikeya, the commander of all the Devas, and all of Shiva's principal Ganas, the Bhuts, Prets and Pishachs, to surround the boy from every direction.
Keep each deity to the rite made for them — the speaker rejects the Rudrabhishek done in Radha's name
Doing a deity's rite in another deity's name — he cites videos telling people to perform the Rudrabhishek in Savan taking Bhagavati Radha's name in place of Shiva's. Please avoid these things, he says; let what was made for which deity remain limited to them.
How is the jayanti of a goddess honoured if she has no place at home?
The speaker says you may do the shringar, pujan and abhishek of Bhagavati Pitambara at home where you have given her a place. If not, then use whichever vigraha of Bhagavati you have — Bhagavati Durga, for instance — and do her abhishek and shringar that day with yellow cloth. Bhagavati will certainly accept that, he says, because fundamentally this is Jagadamba's own form.
How should the rudraksha be strung and worshipped?
If one wishes to wear them, the speaker says it is best to have all the rudraksha on a single thread, or to have a silver chain made. If they are to be kept for puja, then in the place of puja their abhishek is to be done, along with dhoop and deep.
How should rudraksha be cleaned after abhishek?
Because abhishek is done with milk, curd and ghee, residue remains inside a rudraksha even after cleaning. The speaker says to clean it lightly with a soft brush, then leave it in mustard oil for a day, then wipe it well, perfume it and wear it. This process should be repeated once every month or two, which keeps the rudraksha hard and strong and keeps purifying it.
What is the simplest daily practice for a deity's yantra?
The fourth thing is the deity's yantra, upon which all the japa is done, on which their abhishek, tarpan and pujan are performed and the deity's entire family is satisfied and blessings obtained. The simplest vidhi with which one can carry one's aradhya's yantra, he says, is: if nothing else, do their abhishek as a daily rule. It will not take more than five minutes.
What liquid should the abhishek of a yantra be done with?
If possible, the raw milk of a cow. Do not perform abhishek with packet milk, he says, because it is already heated and cooled — it is the pasteurisation process, so it is boiled milk and not raw milk. If cow's raw milk can be had, use that; otherwise there is no difficulty at all with gandhodak.
Is abhishek alone sufficient as a pujan of the yantra?
Yes. Begin the recitation — "Om Mahasiddhaya Namah Dattatreyaya Namah" — go on reciting your own mantra and keep pouring the stream of water over the yantra; the abhishek is done. By abhishek alone, he says, the complete pujan of that yantra takes place. If you know nothing else and do not wish to do anything, do nothing — just perform the abhishek of the yantra, and the abhishek of all the deities present in it happens together.
How the extra abhishek for the prayoga is done
When the prayoga is to be done, first the daily rule of seva-puja is completed. After that, again, comes the abhishek: now you will perform an abhishek — since the person has some disease or suffering, if you are doing the abhishek with milk itself — and in it you will now take the sankalpa: yes, whether it is your brother or some other person, for their sake we are now doing this complete pujan; kindly quell these diseases of theirs.
What does forty-one days of nitya abhishek make possible?
If you have done the nitya abhishek of the yantra, their daily seva and daily pujan by rule for forty-one days continuously, then know this: when you perform the prayoga, if there is any daivi badha it will be uprooted at once. If there is a special badha, the number has to be increased. It is not that having done it once and it not working, you sit down and pull a face, he says — increase it further. Many times the calamity is such that the suffering will be according to that person's prarabdha, and to cut it you will have to use a capacity of that same order. Quite good people have to do a great deal. If it happens in one go, that is very fine.
What is the simplest remedy for Kaal Sarp dosha?
If you accept that Kaal Sarp dosha is here and you wish to have its removal, he says, then you should do the Sahasranama paath of Bhagavan Shri Narayana or of Bhagavan Mahadev Sadashiva, and do abhishek with that very paath — this is the most easily available and simple upay. If while doing the Sahasranama paath of Bhagavan Sadashiva you do abhishek with milk-mixed water, with sweet water, even every Monday, then you will get mukti from this dosha very swiftly indeed; mukti from sarp dosha and the rest comes very swiftly.
What is the remedy if naag dosha has attached?
Even so, if naag dosha has attached, he says, then meeting some good acharya — and he has told this before too — on the Panchami tithi a pair of naag and nagin should be offered upon the Shivling. Have it done continuously on the Panchami tithi of both the Krishna paksha and the Shukla paksha. A pair of naag and nagin made of wire is easily available for a hundred or a hundred and fifty rupees. Making a sankalp, it should be offered upon the Shivling — that for freedom from the naag dosha that has attached — and to your capacity you will do the abhishek of Shiva ji.
How often should Rudrabhishek be done for naag dosha?
If it is possible, he says, have a Rudrabhishek done once in every three months; and if you are financially capable, then have a Rudrabhishek done every month. Within a year, he says, these doshas will be entirely finished.
At a new Shiva temple, ghee was poured over the Shivling while Jaunpur was being discussed
He describes going to a newly built temple to perform a good shringar for Baba, and finding women already there: where had you gone, oh I was in the village at Jaunpur, when did you come, I came just now — all this while Shiva ji is being bathed and a full anointing with ghee is being done. Shiva ji, he says, is listening to the story of Jaunpur; my wife is pregnant, and so on.
Should rudrabhishek and Shaligram pujan be done each within its own discipline?
Doing rudrabhishek and all these subjects: let the seva, puja and abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva be within his own niti niyam, in that discipline, and let the pujan that is to be done of Bhagavan Shaligram ji be within his discipline, the speaker says. Take the charnamrit in that manner. Do not take charnamrit having seated him on his crown.
Doing rudrabhishek with the feet placed upon Bhagavan Shiva is neither arrogance nor foolishness but atmavimugdhata
The video of doing rudrabhishek with the feet placed upon Bhagavan Shiva went viral, the speaker recalls; that video will still exist. That one cannot even be called arrogance, he says, nor can it be called foolishness — it is called atmavimugdhata. When people become self-enchanted, so extremely self-obsessed, they do not even understand that they have become that very Bhagavan; they then call themselves God. They compose their own puja, their own stuti, their own stotra. That is the state that then occurs. After that, these people will consider Vishnu ji as nothing either — and will Vishnu ji leave them if he hears such a thing? He will strike them with the Kaumodaki gada if anyone does such a thing.
In which direction should one face while offering water to Narmadeshwar?
Offer it from any direction, brother, they are all excellent, the speaker says. If you go into the niyam, then one should not offer water or do puja from the north side, the side toward which the arghya runs. The southern direction is the most excellent of all — that is, in the direction exactly opposite to the arghya. But at home this is not possible for everyone, at least because offering the arghya to the north means the whole arrangement of keeping Narmadeshwar ji will be toward the north, and then your house walls are on the south side, so how will you do their abhishek from there. In a temple, however, since it stays open on all four sides, if you do the abhishek there facing the southern direction, from the southern direction, then it is the most excellent of all.
What should be done when the mind is very unsteady?
Chandra Mama has got somewhere or other out of place, brother, if the mind is becoming very unsteady, the speaker says. See where Chandra Mama is in gochar. Please him. Although by giving arghya to Chandrama — the Krishna Paksha is running, so he will not even be visible now. The darshan of Chandra Deva stays constantly upon the head of Bhagavan Shiva ji, so do the abhishek of Shiva ji with milk.
Is it necessary to offer milk on Shiva in Savan?
Taking up Savan, the speaker says there are a thousand questions about milk — is it necessary to offer milk, will Shiva not be pleased without it? The first point is: if you have the capability, perform the abhishek of Shiva with cow's milk. If you do not have the capability, do not do it; there is no difficulty at all, perform the abhishek with water.
Why is jalabhishek necessary in Savan?
Jalabhishek is necessary, the speaker says, because it is described in the puranas that this was the very time when Bhagavan Maharudra, Mahashiva, drank the poison, and because of its heat such fire arose in his body that in order to keep him cool, to make him cool, abhishek was performed through the whole of the Shravan month by various devatas and by Bhagavati, by which his poison was quieted, his body came into a saumya form, and he could do the welfare of creation.
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 should a family do when a relative has cancer?
Asked what to do when a relative has cancer and everyone in the household is distressed, the speaker says that first of all the medical treatment that is going on should proceed properly. Alongside it, if you are able, have the vidhi vidhan of rudrabhishek performed by qualified and learned acharyas. In cancer, he says, poison is produced in the body — it has been called a vishghati rog — and the quieting of poison is possible only through Bhagavan Sadashiva.
Should an Ekadashani or a Shatrudriya be done?
The treatment you must have done, the speaker says, but alongside it, take counsel from some learned person as to how the rudrabhishek should be done — whether an Ekadashani is to be done or a Shatrudriya. Take their counsel and do it properly; something or other will certainly be obtained by you.
What should a daughter who dreams of Shivling worship be taught?
A listener says his daughter always dreams of a Shivling or of worship connected with it and asks which sadhana should be done. First of all, the speaker says, your daughter is having such a good dream: inspire her to perform Shiva pujan. Teach her to sing the stuti of the Rudrashtak — not to recite it but to sing it, and to sing it well. Let her do abhishek of the Shivling every day, do its shringar, and recite the Rudrashtak alongside. Begin her from here.
What is done when a household is troubled by oots?
If in your body, in your house and family, or in the body of any woman of your family, distress is spread on account of the oots — then if an abhishek of Shri Ganesh is done with milk, they will be pacified quickly by it. Ganpati pacifies them at once.
What follows the panchagavya bath?
After the panchagavya bath, reciting the Shri Ganpati Atharvashirsham, do an abhishek with raw cow's milk, made into a continuous dhara that falls upon them. If it falls from a dakshinavarti shankh that is most excellent, or if it falls from some silver vessel that is most excellent. Do their abhishek with that.
What is the very first thing to do for bandhan vimochan?
Whenever such a matter arises — someone tells you, or you understand, that a bandhan process has been done and uchchatan is happening to you or to a family member — the first work to be done for bandhan vimochan, the speaker says, is that one should certainly take the sharanagati of Bhagavan Shiva. The one who is all-capable in freeing from every kind of shaap is Bhagavan Mahadeva Sadashiva. Then, in a Shiva temple, while performing abhishek with milk, with raw milk, do the japa of Panchakshari according to your own adhikara as you perform it — and from the very first day the heaviness in the body begins to lighten.
Why begin every undertaking with Shiva's abhishek?
Whenever you begin — whether you are working in the field of tantra or some calamity has come upon you and you are acting — certainly keep the abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva in it, the speaker says. Because in today's time it is not possible that you, entirely new, will do everything by the full vidhi vidhan; there will be a great many errors. Bhagavan Shiva will forgive all those errors in any case, and the process of vimochan that has to begin will begin from Shiva's nirmalya itself.
What should be offered to Bhagavan Shiva in the daily puja?
He answers that for Bhagavan Shiva, in the nitya puja, his jalabhishek and shringar are the most necessary. Abhishek is dear to him, so abhishek should be done daily. Beyond that, whatever you are able to offer, along with bilva patra.
Abhishek of the shivling with honey, in a small quantity, is the simple Shravan remedy
Since Shravan is running, he gives one ordinary subject again: perform abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva's shivling, and especially do his abhishek with honey. Let it be with only a little honey, not so much that a whole bottle is needed, 250 grams daily — let the abhishek be of just one spoon, but let it happen.
If nothing else, the shivling's abhishek must be done daily without fail
If you do not have it done for all of them, he says, there is no difficulty; but at least do it for the shivling without fail. The matter of Shaligram ji is according to you, how you perform his seva; but the abhishek of the shivling should be daily. The sprinkling of water and applying tilak, if done daily, should all be done together, and then sit on the asana and carry out your further programme.
A more special observance is being prepared for Ganapati and Shiva on the Monday Chaturthi
He says that for the Chaturthi and Monday falling together this time there will be a somewhat more special preparation from his side for Bhagavan Ganpati ji and Bhagavan Shiva ji, because after that only one more Monday will be obtained.
From which vessel is the abhishek of each deity performed?
A listener says that Shiva ji is bathed with a gomukh shringi, the Devi with a yoni patra, Narayana with a shankha, and Lakshmi ji with a gajamukh shringi, and asks from which special vessel Devi Saraswati's is done. He answers that for all the forms of Bhagavati it is most excellent if you do it with a Shri-yukta shankha — a white one for Saraswati ji.
What Shiva puja follows from that connection for a Shukra remedy?
So if you perform their seva-puja, he says, then do Shiva ji's abhishek too, and applying sugar boora upon him, doing a good full lepan, then perform the abhishek with water. Very soon benefit will begin for you. And if you do puja at home and there is a sphatik shivling, then that is most excellent.
A Brahm rakshas does not let puja-path be done — what remedy?
To Rakesh Dubey ji, who says a Brahm rakshas does not let puja-path be done and that it feels as though a mountain has been placed there, he answers that a remedy will not work here. They will be the Brahm of the house, he says — Brahms have got into the houses of Brahmins nowadays. If they are of the house, then see what the proper vidhi-vidhan is; do not just do something. And in an ordinary way, do the upasana of Bhagavan Sadashiva; there you will not have much difficulty. By upasana he means: go into a temple of Bhagavan Sadashiva and do abhishek with raw milk — by that his fierceness will be pacified. And get it properly resolved. Do not spoil your life by falling into the business of remedies.
What is the first remedy for lack of wealth in householder life?
The first thing, the speaker says, is that whoever your ishta is — whoever you are doing seva-puja of, whoever's tantra sadhana you are doing — you should certainly do their abhishek with sweet water once in a month, or at the very least once in each paksha. Whichever shakti's sadhana you are doing, first learn to make them shant and saumya.
Does every deity have a form that relieves money problems?
Whichever shakti you do sadhana of, the speaker says, they will certainly have one form that helps remove every difficulty related to wealth — there will be a stotra, a mantra, a form of theirs. He gives Bhagavan Shiva as the example: he is both the greatest householder and the greatest vairagi, and the wealthiest as well.
Should praan pratishtha be done for a shivling kept at home?
Praan pratishtha of a shivling should not be done in the house, nor does it happen, the speaker says: the form of the shivling of any kind, achal or otherwise, itself holds divine shaktis within it. An ordinary pratishtha you may have done, but in his reckoning a very elaborate vidhi of it should absolutely not be done. Narmadeshwar is the best, and needs no praan pratishtha at all.
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.
Can Rudrabhishek be done at home every day, and what is its benefit?
Answering Ayush Pandey ji, he asks first what he is calling Rudrabhishek — reciting the full eight adhyayas of the Rudrashtadhyayi, or reciting the namak-chamak, or an ordinary abhishek. If you wish to do an ordinary abhishek and the like, you may do so. And if you are so capable, Ayush ji, that you daily recite the Rudrashtadhyayi and do abhishek by it, and Bhagavan has made you so entirely capable, then you may do that too; there is no difficulty.
When is it necessary to look at Shivvas?
If you do it now and then, reciting the Ashtadhyayi and so on occasionally, then there is need to look at Shivvas. And for the abhishek we do in nitya pujan, there is never any need to look at Shivvas. Keep this in mind, he says.
Can Rudrabhishek be done every Monday without seeing the panchang, and havan with coconut oil?
A listener asks whether Rudrabhishek can be done every Monday without seeing the panchang, and whether a havan can be done with the Shiv Sahasranama using coconut oil. Why, brother, he asks — why do you wish to do it with coconut oil? Do you want the attainment of Lakshmi? Do you want to do akarshan, or what is the reason that you wish to do it with coconut oil?
When should coconut oil be used at all?
Coconut oil should be used when there is no availability of ghee, he says. So make the attempt to do it with ghee; and if there is some special reason, then he cannot give a suggestion just like that. As for whether Rudrabhishek can be done, he asks again in which manner the Rudrabhishek is going to be done — it will depend on that.
There is strife at home and money does not stay — what should be done?
First of all, the abhishek of Shiva ji, he says; and there are two or three videos related to kalah on the channel. Is that the situation in your house? Search once on this very channel, or look in the playlist, or look at the videos on the channel — there are videos related to household kalah; there will be three videos. First listen to all three. He thinks that in them itself you will come to know and will reach the root cause; and when you reach the root, you will solve the problem yourself.
Does one's ishta worship change with the month?
Whatever the month, the speaker says, your own shakti must remain the same. If you do the seva of Narayani, of Jagadamba, then in every month it is her puja that will happen. Along with it, do the pujan of that month's devatas as far as your capacity allows. In Shravan the Rudrabhishek and Shiva ji's puja and daily abhishek certainly happen, but Bhagwati's puja will also happen alongside — she is principal and cannot be left.
What should be done instead after an error in the Aghorastra?
Either a mantra dosha has attached to you, some mistake has occurred in your japa — then if you had been reciting the Neelkanth Aghorastra and a mistake occurred, go and pacify Shiva ji by doing his abhishek. Offer him a bhog of fruit and sweets. Make the request to him: O Prabhu, forgive me.
What should be done if the mind is in uchchatan?
If there is uchchatan of the mind, the best work is that you perform the Rudrabhishek of Mahashiva. If possible, have it done by a vipra with the recitation of the eight adhyayas of the namak-chamak; or if you wish to do it yourself, then suppose your weight is 70 kilos — if you are able, 7 kilos of milk, meaning everything mixed into it, milk as well as sugarcane juice; in that much your Rudrabhishek will be done. If not, then abhishek should be done with at least 700 grams of milk.
What if no prayoga works at all?
When no prayoga at all is working, the speaker says, it is Shiva ji first of all who frees one from every kind of dosha. This is why Shiva ji's pujan becomes the most necessary of all. By performing the abhishek of Shiva ji with gud and dahi, every kind of dosha is pacified. So one should make the effort and should do sadhana for a long time — this is why we say take up at least a forty-day sadhana.
The third adhyaya of the Rudrashtadhyayi calls on Indra himself
Indra has been made into something always to be reviled, for the sake of so base a work. But when the path of the Shukla Yajurveda is done, when the path of the Rudrashtadhyayi is done — if you have ever had a rudrabhishek performed — listen to what is said to Bhagwan Shiva in the first shloka of the third adhyaya: it calls Indra, saying O Indra, destroy all my enemies, run with the vajra behind all my enemies. Why has that been said?
What should be done if the dream of teeth breaking recurs?
If it seems that the teeth have broken, whatever you have seen in the dream, and if you are seeing it more than once, then most certainly do the abhishek of Shiva ji. If you have a rudrabhishek performed, that is very good indeed — for a whole year all the things of this kind that come to you will be set right. Otherwise, according to your strength, go yourself to a temple of Shiva ji that is old, at least twelve years old, and do abhishek in that temple.
Pratyangira's energy strikes the sadhak and the household first, and must be digestible
The speaker says bhav and kriya are two different things: bhakti done from bhav is one path, but in tantra bhav comes later and kriya comes first. When one recites the Mahapratyangira svarup of Bhagavati Bagla, the tattva of the eight shaktis named in Pratyangira falls first on the sadhak's own body, Aura and Sukshma Sharir, and everything depends on whether the sadhak and the family members of the house have the capacity to digest that energy. If no Rudrabhishek of Sadashiva was ever done in that home, no Shivling ever kept, no Shiva pujan, no Shivratri vrat, no kalash sthapana or special puja in Navratri, not even an aarti, and one went straight to Pratyangira upasana out of over-enthusiasm, then the energy that forms will do what it does.
With which mantra may a Saraswati yantra be given abhishek?
Yes, he answers, on a Saraswati yantra you may perform abhishek with this mantra — "नमो भवाय सर्ववाय रुद्राय" — there is no difficulty. You may also do it with the Rudra Sukta if you wear the janeu.
Is abhishek with pomegranate juice and ghee effective?
Absolutely — abhishek with pomegranate juice, ghee and all such things will have a positive effect.
What if pure curd is unavailable for the Abhishek?
Arrange cow's milk for at least a week and set curd with a starter — even a quarter litre a day is enough. There is no substitute for curd in this. Curd with jaggery is the most excellent of all, by which forgiveness is obtained at once and any deity-fault or mantra-fault is immediately remedied.
How is buffalo-curd starter purified for use?
Put the starter into cow's milk on the first day; the next day take the starter from that set curd and put it into cow's milk again; the third time, when it has been put into cow's milk once more, it becomes pure. Three rounds of setting are needed.
Forgiving the abhichar enemy who begs, and winding down with Rudrabhishek
The speaker says that at the third death in their house the perpetrators caught the family's feet — 'are you people getting something done? Don't' — and admitted their fault to their face, because now the sword hung over their own beloved child, lying near death for the parents' karma. They folded their hands, swore touching Shiva ji and touching Tulsi that the offence would never happen again, and did sit-ups holding their ears. His ruling: if someone asks forgiveness to your face, forgiveness has to be given — punishing is not our work. The winding-down vidhi was Rudrabhishek and the like, praying to Bhagavati to be calm, to still her Kopa, that fitting punishment had been received and there should be no more deaths. Whether that will hold, he says, he does not know; at present those on whom Bhagavati struck are still laid low.
How should a Shiva sthaan be set up at home for the whole family in Sawan?
Make a small sthaan for Bhagwan Shiva on a separate paata, place a thali on it and establish the shivling in it. Do your own abhishek first in the morning, then leave the arrangement there for the other family members and instruct them to bathe and come. Keep a large kalash of water mixed with camphor, roli and akshat, from which they pour into a lota; if milk can be arranged, a milk abhishek too, and belpatra kept ready for everyone.
What should family members do after their abhishek displaces the offerings?
When each family member performs the abhishek, whatever rice or belpatra was offered on the head will be washed off. As soon as it comes off, tell them that after doing the abhishek they should again place akshat and the like on him. They should be told in advance that this is to be done.
Is it right to leave honey or ghee smeared on a shivling after abhishek?
No. He says some people go to a temple, offer honey on Shiva ji, coat him with it and leave him like that without pouring water. Honey is not applied and left. Rub it off and bathe him properly with feeling, then do the abhishek again with at least four or five lotas of water and rinse him clean. Only after that may gandh lepan or a tripundra be done. The same applies to a ghee coating, and the same is to be followed at home.
Can milk be offered to Shiva from a copper lota?
He says plainly: do not offer milk from a copper lota. Keep this in mind. What is done in a temple under a special vidhi vidhan by those who do it, or as whichever pandit ji has said, is a separate matter.
Why is milk in a copper vessel treated as poison?
If you put milk in a copper lota and offer it, he says, that is equal to poison. Milk is not offered in a copper lota. Do not make this mistake. If you have the means, offer it in silver. Where a pandit ji is nonetheless offering it, either he has some special knowledge behind it — such as the use of astra mantras like Neelkanth Aghorastra.
Who may use a copper lota for Shiva abhishek?
He points to his core group — ten or fifteen people who have been with him from before the YouTube channel existed, who have been doing the sadhana of Aghorastra and similar mantras by the brihad vidhi. When they perform the abhishek in a temple, using those mantras, they may use a copper lota. But an ordinary grihastha sadhak, or an ordinary being who goes only with bhakti to serve and worship Shiva for the fulfilment of his wishes, should not fill a copper lota with milk, add honey and do the abhishek with it.
What precedes the japa once one is seated?
After that, sit comfortably and do guru-Ganapati smaran, light the dhoop and deep, and be sure to do Bhagwan Shiva's abhishek in the morning and his shringar; the remaining members will keep doing theirs later. Then take your asan. If you are entitled to do the viniyoga and nyasa of the Panchakshari — that is, if the yajnopavita has been done — do them; otherwise do only the viniyoga; and if you do not want to do even that, do not do it.
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 astra-mantra sadhaks do with their mantras in Sawan?
Take advantage of this time in Sawan, he says: do the abhishek with those very mantras. Those who have used the Khanjan vidya, or have made it siddh by reciting it for so long, are this time also to do only the paath of that mala mantra, and to do Shiva ji's abhishek with that paath.
With what should the astra-mantra abhishek be done, and for what purpose?
In the abhishek, if it is possible for you, do it with madhu while reciting — for the pushti of that mantra, for the pushti of Bhagwan Shiva, and so that whenever you do a prayoga its effect bears fruit entirely and does not go fruitless. The Ravan mala, the Khadga mala, the Neelkanth Aghor astra and the Aghor astra are all to be done in this same way.
What is prescribed for someone severely afflicted by Rahu?
He describes the case: Rahu seated squarely in the lagna, the feeling of being about to die, thoughts of suicide, continual bad dreams day and night, wrong thoughts in the mind, thinking oneself a person of base tendency. In such a state, he says, do the abhishek of Bhagwan Shiva with dahi and gud. Note that when introducing this he had said ghee and gud, and when giving the instruction he said dahi and gud — the transcript carries both readings.
What is the bel-bark prayoga with the shivling for?
He recalls a vidhi told earlier: from the stump of a bel tree — that is, the wood, the bark — if a very large piece of bark is obtained, the shivling is encircled with that bark and the abhishek is done inside it. There are many vidhans, of which this is one: for akarshan prayoga and the like, when the siddhi of some mantra is not happening, or when there is no attainment of wealth at all. Making it in that way and doing Shiva's abhishek with madhu, or with dahi and gud, or with ghee, its effect is obtained with the greatest speed. Such prayoga vidhis may also be done this time.
What should someone who cannot afford milk or camphor for Shiva abhishek do?
Those whose circumstances are extremely bad — who cannot even afford to take extra milk to offer to Shiva ji, or to buy milk, and who cannot even put camphor into the water — should do Shiva ji's abhishek with ordinary plain water, and do 108 and 108 paths of the Dvadasha Jyotirlinga stotra morning and evening. If they wish to light a lamp, they may. Do this whole Sawan and see, he says: your next Sawan will not be empty; God will at least do this much, that you will be in a decently good state.
Two sava lakh japas and a full sixty days of rudrabhishek stand behind a kavach made in Sawan.
Since this time it is Sawan, he says, for all those whose kavach is to be constructed, roughly two sava lakh japas will comfortably be done, and the rudrabhishek will be of the full sixty days. So a very large arrangement has come about this time for kavachs. Whatever you yourself do as well, by that much those things will be strengthened; and after that, wear it.
What is prescribed for financial trouble and lack of barkat?
For financial advancement, he says, do the abhishek of Mahadev with dahi and gud, with sugar mixed in, with khand mixed in; or do his abhishek with madhu, throughout Sawan. And doing the paath of the Rudrashtakam, do the anushthan of the Daridra Dahan stotra in Sawan. That will be the best.
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 protected the three cities of Tripura?
In the katha of the slaying of Tripurasura, he says — an adhyaya of which was done in full on the channel — the three lokas of Tripura, of the three rakshasas, had a Veda path every single day and a havan every single day. All were doing Rudri path and Rudrabhishek daily, and so long as they were doing it nothing could be accomplished there. Bhagavan Vishnu sent a great many bhoots, and all of them were burnt to ash the moment they arrived; no one had the samarthya to do anything there.
Videos of old and famous Vrindavan sants insult Bhagavan Shiva in a roundabout way, from a parampara that does daily Rudrabhishek
He says he has full proof at home: there are very old and famous sants of Vrindavan, whose ancestors were probably from there too, and several of their videos in which Bhagavan Shiva is being insulted in a roundabout way, saying one thing and another. And the inside matter, he says, is that in that very household, or that very parampara, a Rudrabhishek is performed daily; without a Rudrabhishek they cannot put a grain of food in their mouth — and they are spreading confusion in society about Shiva ji himself.
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.
Only a siddha purush with bodily strength and yoga shakti can do Shiva ji's abhishek in the midst of Triveni at the Kumbh
That yes, at the Kumbh, at Prayag ji, in the midst of Triveni ji, we performed Shiva ji's abhishek. And if any among you has that much strength in the body, is possessed of yoga shakti, is a siddha purush, and goes at the time of the Kumbh or Magh and sits there with his own shivling doing the entire Rudri path with abhishek, then it is divine. As in the Saptarishi arti, where the servants of Bhagavan Shiva in the Varanasi region remain in whatever condition it may be, cold, heat or rain — if we were sadhaks who had attained such a state and did that, it would be wonderful and divine.
How did those who knew the Veda mantras keep gaining punya despite wrong karma?
In just the same way, those who had learnt the utterance of the Veda mantras were gaining punya, because the daily abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva was going on with the Rudrashtadhyayi — while on the other side they might do crooked karma of tantra. If Yamraj has a directive that he shall not go where Rudrabhishek is performed and where the Rudra path is done in that manner, the speaker asks, how will the prana be taken, how will the dosha attach?
Can the abhishek of Bhairav ji be done with the Shiv Sahasranama at home?
Do it with Bhairav ji's own names, the speaker suggests. It can also be done with Shiv ji's, and there is no difficulty in that.
What should be done if a sadhana greatly increases the force of desire?
Asked with which mantras and substances Shankar ji should be given abhishek if the force of kaam increases greatly from some sadhana, the speaker answers that the force of kaam increases greatly if the Muladhara is going wrong. At that time, first of all, the pujan of Mahaganapati ji in particular; and along with it, while giving a stream of cool water upon Shiva ji, if you know the 108 names of Mahadev then their recitation, and with a little fierceness. The second thing is the stuti of one's own aradhya: when you do the stuti, or when you recite the charitra and the like connected with them, singing it, the force of kaam will be greatly quieted.
Can abhishek of Mahadev be done upon a rudraksha?
You can, the speaker says — but do not let it remain submerged in water. After the abhishek it should be on a high place and should stay dry; otherwise, if water keeps touching it, difficulty will arise.
How should a rudraksha be handled after an abhishek of curd or ghee?
A rudraksha will indeed be spoiled if you keep it submerged in water, the speaker repeats — it will be spoiled. After doing their abhishek, when you have given abhishek with curd or with ghee and all these, it should afterwards be so that every one of the things upon it has been removed; then wipe them and install them.
What is prescribed for a weak Chandra and Shukra?
Nothing much, he says: special pujan of Shiv ji, and a little practice — at least kapalbhati and bhastrika among the yoga kriyas, these two things to be attended to. Along with that, pujan of Shiv ji, a path of the Rudrashtak, and abhishek of Shiv ji with milk, with water, and with a fragrant substance such as rose water — in a temple, not at home. Begin this from the Phalgun Purnima, that is from this very Monday; if you can continue even for 15 days, there will be much benefit.
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