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
spiritually uplift and show us the way to philanthropy, austerity and Salvation. Lord Vishnu has been taking birth in several forms (incarnations) duing the time immemorial and is saving the mankind from the hardships and miseries..Read More
striyo va yadi va sudra brahmanah ksatriyadayah
pujayitva sila cakra labhante sasvatam padam
show Ram-bija
mudra and chant
"Raam-Raam-Raam"...
.And
then show Tham-bija mudra and chant "Tham-Tham-Tham." This procedure
burns off impurities and nectarizes the offering.
Cakra
and dhenu mudras, 8 times chanting Deity's mula-mantra, then matsya-mudra. Then
We ring the bell, chant the offering prayers, first line of gayatri, and chant
Purusa-sukta
This
is a general mudra. One could use it for any item. We show it when it is time
to offer water after naivedya.
Punaracamaniya
mudra.
The
general mudra again, now shown for tambula.
Malya
mudra.
Showing
the sarva mudra, which is a gesture made with the right hand on both sides of
the Deity, starting on the left.
Summary
of the rest of the worship
We should worship the lotus feet of Srimati Radharani,
which stand next to SSJS, with mantra-mudra of dhupa, dipa, puspa and mala. Then
I chant Her gayatri and offer prayers to SSJS and Srimati Radharana together.
We should worship Sri-Sri Laksmi-Sesasayi by offering the same mantra-mudras
as to SSJS. However I do not offer physical naivedya. Since SSJS are the main
Deities, all other silas share the physical naivedya that They receive.
We should worship Sri Giriraja by offering mantra-mudras for bathing, dressing,
ornaments, gandha, garlands, flute and everything.
These
pictures show the offering of tulasi that is made at the end, to all silas. We
chant Tulasi prayers at this time. Her leaves are applied to each of the silas
Here,
prasadam from the snana-vedi and the tulasi offering is placed in a brass pot
that is then offered to Srila Prabhupada and Sri Guruparampara. Garlands are offered
by mantra-mudra to all acaryas.
After the puja We
offer a fire yajna. But this, too, on most days we do by mantra-mudra.
Instead of physically offering ghee into a fire, We offer the Ram-bija
mudra and the dipa mudra to the yajna-vedi. The Yajna-purusa silas
preside over the fire sacrifice. Actually, this yajna constitutes
the specific worship for these two silas.(Text taken from - http://www.suhotraprabhu.com/puja.php).
