Namaste Devotees ! I Rajiv Krishna Dasa welcome you to the world of Saligramas. Shaligrams are the divine gift of Lord Vishnu to the mankind, whose worship can
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striyo va yadi va sudra brahmanah ksatriyadayah
pujayitva sila cakra labhante sasvatam padam
Remember1
Using left hand, ring the hand bell
(ganti) with each offering.
Remember2:
Lord Vishnu NEVER feels any discomfort.
As God He is "atmarama" or 'always in bliss'. Even if muslims
come to smash the Lord's Sri Murti, still, He is never in even the
slightest distress. He is SAT CHIT ANANDA UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.
Worship by Mantra-mudra
We must do mantra-mudra puja for our salagrama silas. This constitutes
the usual form of daily worship. We must offer upacaras like snana
(bathing) and dhupa-dipa-puspa (incense, lamp and flower) in the form
of mantra and mudra. But on days when we resume worship after an interruption
(for example, after a long journey), and on special holy days like
Ekadasi and Janmastami,we must offer dravya (physical items). That
takes more time to prepare and execute. Srila Prabhupada said that
daily cooking and Deity worship should be completed within an hour's
time. So generally we try to keep to that instruction by offering
mantra-mudra puja.
The mantras
There are 16 upacaras (items of offering), thus there are 16 offering
mantras. Below is a list of 20 mantras. This list contains more than
16 only because there are some repetitions. What this list shows is
the order in which the upacaras are offered during the puja; accordingly,
acamana (purification of the mouth) is offered at 3 different times
(after the first time the acamana mantra changes to idam punaracamaniyam,
"We should again offer acamana.") Also, at the end an offering
of sarvam (all upacaras) is made to conclude the puja to each worshipable
personality. In this way, though there are only 16 upacaras, in the
course of my puja we must chant 20 offering mantras.
1. idam asanam--offering a seat (all these
upacara mantras are to be spoken together with the mantra that addresses
the Deity, such as klim gopijanaballabhaya namah).
2. etat padyam--offering water to the lotus feet
3. idam arghyam--offering water to the hands for washing
4. idam acamaniyam--offering acamana
5. esa madhuparka--offering a sweet drink
6. idam punaracamaniyam--offering acamana a second time
7. idam snaniyam--bathing
8. idam sottariya vastram--offering cloth
9. imani abharanani--offering ornaments
10. esa gandhah--offering sandalwood and scented oils and purfume
11. esa dhupa--offering incense
12. esa dipa--offering a lamp
13. etani sacandana puspani--offering flowers
14. etani sacandana tulasi--offering tulsi leaves
15. idam naivedyah--offering foodstuffs
16. idam paniyajalam--offering water to drink
17. idam punaracamaniyam--offering acamana a third time
18. etat tambulam--offering mouth freshener
19. idam malyam--offering garlands
20. idam sarvam--offering everything
Outline of the steps of worship
At the start, We should do a preliminary acamana, chanting the om
apavitra verse and doing pranayama mudra
We must offer obeisances and wake Their Lordships
Offering prayers to the spiritual master (Sri Guruvastakam etc.) and
Panca-tattva and Hare Krsna mahamantras we should clean the altar,
change the Deities' water, set up the puja items
Full acamana (om kesavaya manah etc.), visnu smaranam, mangala santi,
bhuta-suddhi, obeisances, om apavitra acamana with pranayama mudra.
With mantras and sprinkling of water we must
draw a protective circle around the place of puja, show khadga-mudra
for dig-bandha (closing the directions), and purify everything within
the circle with Nrsimha-mantra.
Worship of Ananta-Nrsimha Deity and Nrsimha-sila (bathing, cloth,
ornaments, gandha, throne, offering everything, chant Nrsimha-gayatri,
arati of dhupa-dipa-puspa while chanting Nrsimha prayers. This is
done with mantra-mudra.
Worship of Srila Prabhupada with all upacaras except tulasi and mala
which will be presented later to HDG as prasadam. The whole worship
is done with mantra-mudra.
Worship of Gauranga, 16 upacaras with mantra-mudra.
Worship of Sri-Sri Jagannatha-Sudarsana silas. This is the main worship.
16 upacaras are offered. Most are mantra-mudra offerings except for
naivedya. Tulsi and puspa offered to feet of SSJS silas during the
offering of these upacaras; more tulsis and flowers are offered to
all silas at the conclusion of the worship.
The mudras, as they are offered to Sri-Sri Jagannatha-Sudarsana
when the upacara mantras are chanted
Sacred
