Having bowed to the one sleeping atop the coils of the snake of time we salute the greatest of his weapons. ll Om urugaayaaya hum phat ll That supreme emanation of the shakti of Vishnu manifested with a predominance of it's tejas, is as bright as many millions of suns, moons and fires in profusion. It pervades the tryambaka vidya of the 7th mandala of the Rugveda. It is described as the supreme udyama, foremost praana and all weapons and shaktis of the hordes of Vishnu and Vi

The powers of great god, who envelops the universe with his 3 strides, dwelling in the ocean of existence, sleeping on the snake of time, watched upon by the epitome of the female kind, are put forth as deadly 105 astras. The head of the vaishnav astra vyuha is the chakra known as sudarshana: dhyaatam sakrud bhagavaaneka kottyaghaugham haratyaram | sudarshanasya taddivyam bhargo devasya dheemahi || Astras of the great god are divided into 2 categories viz. 1) offensive or ini

What is there in a Brahmin that all The world is after Brahmins. The answer is as follows. Goswami Tulsidas in Ramcharitmanas has written that Lord Shri Ram told Bhargav Parshuram that - "देव एक गुन धनुष हमारे। नौ गुन परम पुनीत तुम्हारे।।" "deva eka guna dhanuṣa hamāre| nau guna parama punīta tumhāre||" Oh Lord, we are Kshatriyas, we have only one quality that is the bravery or fighting skills (dhanurved) but you are a Brahmin, in you there are 9 qualities. The most sacred

हरीः ॐ सृष्टि स्तिथि लयात्मकं निग्रहानुग्रह कारकं । सर्व तत्त्व सार परं श्री नृसिंहं प्रणमाम्यहं ॥ सर्व क्लेश निहन्तारम् वज्र देहम् महाबलम् । पुरातनं परेशानं वन्दे त्वाम् दितिसुतान्तकम् ॥ महाभीमम् महारौद्रं सर्वशक्ति समन्वितः I संसार दुःख त्राणाय दिव्य सिंहाय ते नमः II भक्तानुकम्पिनम् देवम् सद्धर्मप्रतिपालकः I स्मरणात सर्व दोषघ्नं नारसिंहाय ते नमः II सर्वज्ञाता सर्वकर्ता सर्वभोक्ता निरामयः I विशुद्ध तत्त्वबोधाय परमहंसाय ते नमः II सुराsसुर नमस्कृत्य ऋषि-सिद्ध सेवितः I प्रल्ह

Raseshwar sect and other Siddha sects say that there is no death upon attaining real liberation. According to them, Jivanmukti means physical immortality. They say, where is liberation from life without overcoming death? Dehasiddhi can be achieved by 1) Hatha Yoga, 2) with the help of Mantra Shakti after Kundalini awakening, and 3) through other methods like rasayan, aushadhi, rajayoga, tantra etc. But it has two directions. One of these is to purify the physical body and tra

Nowadays strange mob tradition is being observed in the religious circles or pilgrimages, temples etc. Relatives and family are given more importance in a temple or a pilgrimage site over traditions and rituals, but if one does not have the proper authority and right then how will one get the fruits of one's religious or austere actions. At many places, even prohibited acts are being performed by the priest as per the wish of the host. People perform anointment and touch the

।। श्रीराम ।। रं रं रं रक्तवर्णं दिनकरवदनं तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राकरालं रं रं रं रम्यतेजं गिरिचलनकरं कीर्तिपञ्चादिवक्त्रम्। रं रं रं राजयोगं सकलशुभनिथिं सप्तभेतालभेद्यं रं रं रं राक्षसान्तं सकलदिशयशं रामदूतं नमामि॥१॥ खं खं खं खड्गहस्तं विषज्वरहरणं वेदवेदाङ्गदीपं खं खं खं खड्गरूपं त्रिभुवननिलयं देवतासुप्रकाश। खं खं खं कल्पवृक्षं मणिमयमकुटं मायमायास्वरूपं खं खं खं कालचक्रं सकलदिशयशं रामदूतं नमामि॥२॥ इं इं इं इन्द्रवन्द्यं जलनिधिकलनं सौम्यसाम्राज्यलाभं इं इं इं सिद्धयोगं नतजनसदयं आर्यपू

Cultural aspects: Earth, which we consider as Bhudevi, is also known to menstruate. This festival is celebrated for three days. People of Odisha have a great faith in the belief that Bhudevi is the wife of Lord Vishnu and she menstruates on three days of the month of Ashadha. This time is celebrated with great pomp and show as “Raja” or “Rajo” festival by stopping all agricultural work in the state for these three days. Broadly speaking this festival starts from Mithun Sankra

There was no place for mere sentimentality in Sanatan Dharma, animal sacrifice, Vrishotsarga on the twelfth day of the deceased and use of meat in Pitru Shraddha were mandatory, but then Buddha came and filled unnecessary sentimentality among the people, then Adishankar (disguised Buddhist) came, he then refined Buddha's sentimentalism and propagated among the Hindus, after Shankar, Vaishnavs took the lead, who exaggerated this inert sentimentality and propagated it among the

श्री कृत्यानन्दनाथ विरचित बग़लामुखी ध्यान: तप्त चामिकर स्वर्णाभाम् पीतवर्णां शुभाननाम् l चतुर्भुजां पीतवस्त्रां स्वर्णसिंहासनस्थिताम् ll वरदाभय हस्तांग्रौ गदा मुद्गर पाणये l असाध्य साधिनीं देविं ध्यायेत त्वं परामम्बिकाम् ll बगले परवैष्णवीं माया सुधाब्दि मध्य निवासिनीं l सर्व बाधा प्रशमनिम सर्व शत्रु निशुदिनिम् ॥ सर्व विघ्न स्तम्भनकरीम्, ऊर्ध्व गति दायिनीम् l ध्यात्वा बगला कल्पतरुम् सर्वमंगलकारिणीम् ॥ इति श्री कृत्यानन्दनाथ विरचित् बग़लामुखी ध्यानं सम्पुर्णम् l śrī kṛtyānandan

There are 108 upasana murtis of lord Narasimha deeply hidden across the Veda samhitas, puranas and agamas. Out of which 74 are accessible with sadhana and thorough reaserch. Remaining 34 are only obtained through lord Narasiṁha's blessings or anugraha only. The 74 upasana murtis we are revealing here today. They all have their mantras and tantra patal or kalpas. Some have complete panchang upasana paddhati (kavach, sahasranama , stavan, hruday, stotra/Gita) but for others gen

Hello friends, We are glad to announce that guruji will be giving the rarest of rare " Divya Mahayoga tantra paksha Jagaran diksha" on every shivratri of the month. This is jewel of a diksha. If one receives it then no one can stop him/ her from becoming an accomplished tantrik/ mantrik/ sadhaka. With this diksha gurudev will open one's higher annals of consciousness so that your jivatma can connect with Shiva or paramatma. In this special shaktipat diksha one's kundalini wil

Vindhya vasini is none other than the yogamaya of lord Vishnu. When he manifested in the form of Krishna his yogamaya manifested as his sister named Ekanamsha. She got released into her energy form as soon as her child form was hurled at a stone by Kansa with an intent of killing her. She was the one who warned Kansa about the lord taking avatar as Devaki & Vasudev's 8th child and fulfilment of the prophecy regarding his death. She was given a place at Vindhyachal. The Lord p

निशुम्भ शुम्भ गर्जनी, प्रचण्ड मुण्ड खण्डिनी। बनेरणे प्रकाशिनी, भजामि विन्ध्यवासिनी॥ त्रिशूल मुण्ड धारिणी, धरा विघात हारिणी। गृहे-गृहे निवासिनी, भजामि विन्ध्यवासिनी॥ दरिद्र दुःख हारिणी, सदा विभूति कारिणी। वियोग शोक हारिणी, भजामि विन्ध्यवासिनी॥ लसत्सुलोल लोचनं, लतासनं वरप्रदं। कपाल-शूल धारिणी, भजामि विन्ध्यवासिनी॥ कराब्जदानदाधरां, शिवाशिवां प्रदायिनी। वरा-वराननां शुभां भजामि विन्ध्यवासिनी॥ कपीन्द्न जामिनीप्रदां, त्रिधा स्वरूप धारिणी। जले-थले निवासिनी, भजामि विन्ध्यवासिनी॥ विशिष

He was one of the most revered gods in the vedic culture and was the mightiest Asura! Born to Kashyapa and Aditi, being the elder brother of Indra and Vishnu, hence he is also known as an Aditya. In the Rig-Veda he is addressed as Samraj- the lord of all! He and Soma are the first rulers or prajapatis who had successfully done rajasuya and ashwamedha yadnyas. Varuna was worshiped also in Iran as Ahura Mazda which is from the sanskrit word Asura Mahat-almighty Asura. Its evide

Indra was the one of the greatest gods in vedic culture. He was the god of rain, thunder, war, wealth, protection and destruction...in fact it was for this reason that he was known as the all powerful king of gods!! When the world was in peril and dominated by rakshasas.. and everyone had given up.. One day Indra was born, and his mother Aditi, fed him the divine soma juice before even feeding him with the her breast-milk.. and in that day it-self Indra determined to fight th

यदा तु मानवा भूमौ स्त्रीजिता: कामकिंकरा: । द्रुह्यन्ति गूरूमित्रादीस्तदैव प्रबल: कलि: ।। Shiva tells Parvati: when the man will be lost in his sexual desires letting go off his masculinity and will start tailing his wife like a dog whose noose is in it's mistress's hand and start behaving against the gurus, friends, parents and society, then surely ghora Kaliyuga is about to arrive. महादेव पार्वति से कहते है :- जब मनुष्य कामविह्वल व स्त्रैण होकर (पत्नी से मिलकर) भाई-बन्धुओ क

He's known by many names such as Murugan, Arumukham, Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha, Guha, Devasenapati, Kumara and Mahasena. According to Vana Parva of Mahabharata, Skanda was born to Agni and Swaha.. for the purpose of destroying the growing army of demons and their leader Taraka,and to mary the beautiful cousin of Indra, Devasena .. Swaha was in love with Agni and she approached him under the guise of Shiva (the wife of Angirasa,not to be confused with Shiv who is Rudra/Sa

Hiranyakashipu (golden-haired one) after his brother Hiranyaksha (golden-eyed one) was killed by Vishnu, he vowed revenge on the Gods. Hiranyakashipu performed penance for thousands of years to attain supernatural powers meditating on the self-created Brahma! He asked for the boon of immortality but Brahma refused saying "there can be no creature of a form which can be immortal, I myself am not, so ask for any other boon!" Hiranyakashipu then asked Brahma that he would never

Original utsava mūrti of Jagannātha was the small wooden pillar that is known as Sudarśana in present times. It is still used as the utsava mūrti for specific occasions. In two ways this contributes to the original identity of the deity as Narasiṁha. 1. All Sudarśana mūrtis have Narasiṁha embedded in the back indicating aikya of Sudarśana and Narasiṁha. 2. In the Purī temple for most occasions a Narasiṁha idol is used as the utsava mūrti of dāru sudarśana, implying by extensi