We pacify the six headed being, of fiery birth, who is lost in the embrace of the beautiful daughter of devendra. May His lethal darts not harm us and instead strike our foes. 🙏 Namo Skandaaya 🙏 🙏 Namo Narasimha 🙏

The lore of Kapīśa Bhairava and Rakta-cāmuṇḍā are found in Brahma Yāmala as per the Śaiva tradition. The six Srotas of that is of Narasiṁha Tantra-s. Another like that is recorded by Abhinava Gupta and Jayaratha stating that srotas were that of Hāṭakeśvara. The homology of Hāṭakeśvara with Narasiṁha was expounded by the now lost Ānandādhikāra Tantra. Further evidence for this is suggested by the Eka-pañcāshana narasiṁha nāmas of the Kāli-kula. jvālāmālī karālaśca bhīmaś caiva

ॐ नमो ब्रह्मादिभ्यो ब्रह्मविद्यासम्प्रदाय कर्तृभ्यो वंशऋषिभ्यो महद्भ्यो नमो गुरुभ्यः। सर्वोपप्लवरहित: प्रज्ञानघन: प्रत्यगर्थो ब्रह्मैवाह्मस्मि।। oṃ namo brahmādibhyo brahmavidyāsampradāya kartṛbhyo vaṃśṛṣibhyo mahadbhyo namo gurubhyaḥ | sarvopaplavarahita: prajñānaghana: pratyagartho brahmaivāhmasmi || I start this article by bowing down and offering obeisances to our Kula pravartaka bramharishis Angirasa (Brihaspati), Baarhaspatya(Bharadwaj), Bhaaradwaaj, who are the very de

देवाद्या ऊचुः ॥ शरणातुलमातुलगाधिपते करुणाकर कामद कामहन्तः । शरकाननसम्भवचारुरुचे परिपालय तारकमारक नः ॥1 हरसारसमुद्भवहैमवतीकर पल्लवलालित कम्रतनो । पुरवैरिमुकुन्दहृदम्बुनिधे परिपालय तारकमारक नः ॥2|| शरदिन्दुसमानषडाननापार सरसीरुहलोचनया विलोचनया । निरुपाधिक निजबालतया परिपालय तारकमारक नः ॥3|| गिरिजासुत सायकभिन्नगिरे सुरसिन्धुतनूज सुवर्णरुचे । शिखिजात शिखावलवाहगते परिपालय तारकमारक नः ॥4|| जय विप्रजनप्रिय वीरमनोजय भक्तपरायण भद्र नमो । जय शाखविशाखकुमार नमो परिपालय तारकमारक नः ॥5|| पुर

Prayogoas for destroying one ̍s enemies play a central role in invocation of Skanda. Indeed that is one of the prime purposes the devatā of war Skanda is invoked in ancient times before his original identity got some what obscured amongst the Saiddhantic traditions in Southern India. It is said by authorities that there were many śatru saṁhāra prayogas in Kaumāra Tantras, out of which most are lost nowadays but fortunately some have survived to this day. However these paddhat

This is the outline of puja paddhati which if followed by anyone in any Kamya prayogas or anushthans, will result in complete achievement of the desired goal. Here only steps are being given. The mantras and the details should be known by the doer as this is on a slightly advanced level so we are not writting everything in detail. Procedure: 1) Trivaara pranavoccharana 2) Pavitrikaran 3) Vaidka achamana, puranokta achamana, Narasimha beejokta tattvachamana 4) Saamanyarghya or

There cannot be salvation without enjoyment (no moksha without bhoga). If the one to whom God has given all the means for enjoyment, indulges in the worship of God while enjoying and gives up the illusion of enjoyment, then the salvation is certain. If one who has scrumptious food available, fasts on Ekadashi, then the individual will certainly get the material and spiritual benefits mentioned in the shastras, but the one who is deprived of food and doesn't have anything to e

Grahas are the afflictions which affect the various aspects of human life. Graha basically is a Sanskrit adjective derived from the word 'grasana', i e. to consume something. Like how a crocodile drags it's prey into the waters and consumes it, likewise grahas also afflict the jivas and consume their physical and spiritual energy. Every narcissistic being which inflicts harm upon others for their selfish motives is the form of a graha. Grahas are of different categories: Bhoo

Kālikā purāṇa, unlike popular purāṇas is not a mere purāṇa, rarther it can be considered as a fusion of a regular purāṇa and a tantra śāstra manual. First forty five adhyāyas of the text dominantly contains the paurāṇika legend while remaining forty five adhyāyas contains the tantra śāstrika portion with a clear spatial connection to śākta yoni pīṭha in Kāmākhyā. Together it contains ninty adhyāyas comprised of 8394 ślokas. As is the usual affair with all the purāṇas it appe

- When the Sadhana is not coming from a genuine Guru and the parampara. - When the auspicious time (muhurta) is not followed. - When even basic spiritual rules, discipline and pre preliminary practices are ignored. - When the thoughts of the mind are not pure and emotions like pride, greed, lust and anger are stronger in the aspirant. - When there's a presence of fear, phobia, doubt about the mantra, guru and devata which absorbs all the spiritual energy in the same way as a

There's a concept of 14 vidya and 64 kala in santana dharma. To become a complete being i.e. mastering both material and spiritual aspects of life, one needs to possess these 14 vidyas and 64 kalas. Only highly realised men, sages and the divine or heavenly beings are known to have all 14 vidyas and 64 kalas. Even Rama was born with 12 kalas and Krishna with 16 kalas. Few people amongst who possessed 14 vidya 64 kalas are Hanuman, Narada, Shiva, Vishnu, Indra, brihaspati, Shu

jayati vyomakeśo ̍asau yaḥ sargāya bibharti tām | aindavi śirasā lekhāṁ jagad bījāṅkurākṛtim || Let there be victory unto Him whose disheveled hair spread filling the space. Who has manifested the world and maintains it, who bears crescent moon on his head and who is the seed of this universe. By the periodic closing and opening of the eyes he has manifested the day and night. Spreading his lashing, bristly mass of hair he has covered the sky till horizons drinking the cloud

Among different forms of Bhairava, Vaṭuka is the form of Bhairava in the form of a Brahmacārin, or a young celibate boy. In the Skanda Yāmala Tantra it is stated that the worship of Guru, Gaṇapati, Vaṭuka are of prime importance for attaining siddhi of any Śākta mantra. Bhairava Vaṭuka is described as of having sāttvika, rājasika, tāmasika forms. However, the popular dhyāna of Vaṭuka runs thus... vaṭukaṁ bālaveṣaṁ ca nāgayojñopavītinaṁ kapāla śūla bhūṣāḍhyāṁ svayūthaiḥ parive

Wish you all an all empowering, righteously strengthening, self enlightening, spiritually awakening and materially prospering MahaKalabhairavashtami !!! श्रीभैरवसर्वफलप्रदस्तोत्रम्!! ॐ भ्रं भैरवाय अनिष्टनिवारणाय स्वाहा। मम सर्वे ग्रहाः अनिष्टनिवारणाय स्वाहा। ज्ञानं देहि धनं देहि मम द्रारिद्रयदुःख निवारणाय स्वाहा। सुतं देहि यशो देहि मम गृहक्लेश निवारणाय स्वाहा। स्वास्थ्य देहि बलं देहि मम शत्रु निवारणाय स्वाहा। सिद्धिं देहि जयं देहि मम सर्वॠण निवारणाय स्वाहा । ॐ भ्रं भैरवाय अनि

पाञ्चरात्रं भागवतं तन्त्रं वैखानसाभिधम् | वेदभ्रष्टान् समुद्दृश्य कमलापति उक्तवान् || pāñcarātraṁ bhāgavataṁ tantraṁ vaikhānasābhidham | vedabhraṣṭān samuddṛśya kamalāpati uktavān || This is a prominent and insightful quote by one of the great Shakta vidwans of our age, Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin. When such quote is coming from the ardent and hardcore shakta then it becomes even more influential. He's basically saying that Vishnu created the Pancharatras, Shri mad Bhagwat, Tant

In the Sanat-kumāra-saṁhitā it is stated that "One's iṣṭa-devatā should be worshipped with sixteen upacāras, if not with the former then with ten, or of that's also not possible then atleast with five". The Jñānamālā quoted by Rāghva Bhaṭṭa states " the different classes of Upacāras used in arcanā is thirty eight, sixteen, twelve, ten and five". The gandharva tantra and the sānkhyāyana tantra says that the para devata should be worshipped with sixty four upacharas called the

It is a very beautiful stuti of lord Shiva, in every stanza it is asked to lord Shiva that Hey! Lord Shambhu! Who else will save me if not thou ? This is a commonly chanted stotra in the households of Goa and Maharashtra. It is amongst the 12 stotras, taught to children as their nitya karmas, amongst which this stotra is recited on Mondays. This is a blissful and soulful composition on lord Shiva. Describing his guna, karma, tattva and praying him for salvation in material an

Generally, Narasimhadev is considered to be the fourth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, and in Vaishnav sect, many of his forms like Yoga Narasimha, Lakshmi-Narasimha, ugra Narasimha etc. are worshipped. But in the tantrik scriptures we also find that in the Guhyakali form of adi shakti, there is a provision to perform the worship of Lord Narasimha in place of Shiva in the form of her Bhairava, guardian deity and guru in her upasana, which may sound strange to general folks. But i

Question in General: Indra, the King of Gods, is one most misunderstood. Foolish people refer to him as Demigod, a Position, a vile God & What not, but what do the Vedas say? What do the Scriptures say? Indra, the Most Powerful: भूय इद्वावृधे वीर्यायँ एको अजुर्यो दयते वसूनि । प्र रिरिचे दिव इन्द्रः पृथिव्या अर्धमिदस्य प्रति रोदसी उभे ॥१॥ “Again has Indra increased (in strength) for (the display of) Valour; he, the chief of all, the Eternal, bestows riches (on his votaries); I

This is a divine blessing for the age of Kali. It's said "Kalau Chandi Vinayako", which means Chandi and Vinayak are the deities of the kaliyug who respond quickly. Their worship proves to be more potent than any other deity in the age of Kali. Durga is said to be the bestower of all the auspiciousness and the destroyer of all evil. She's the adi Mahamaya who creates, preserves and destroys the mayik world. She's like a protective fortress to her devotees and hence called 'Du