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

According to the scriptures, there are 21 types of sages. Very few people know about this. They're classified as follows: 1) Vaikhanas - This group of sages was born from the nails of Lord Brahma. 2) Valakhilya - This group sages had appeared from the body hair of Lord Brahma. 3) Samprakshal - This group of sages empty and clean the utensils after meals and do not save anything for the next time. 4) Marichip - This group of sages only live by consuming the rays of the sun and

१.ईश = शुक्ल यजुर्वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् २.केन उपनिषद् = साम वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ३.कठ उपनिषद् = कृष्ण यजुर्वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ४.प्रश्‍न उपनिषद् = अथर्व वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ५.मुण्डक उपनिषद् = अथर्व वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ६.माण्डुक्य उपनिषद् = अथर्व वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ७.तैत्तिरीय उपनिषद् = कृष्ण यजुर्वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ८.ऐतरेय उपनिषद् = ऋग् वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ९.छान्दोग्य उपनिषद् = साम वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् १०.बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद् = शुक्ल यजुर्वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ११.ब्रह्म उपनिषद् = कृष्ण यजुर्

He comes down into our world as the Hero with his shining horses And slays darkness and division with his lightnings, Pours down the life-giving heavenly waters, Finds in the trace of the hound, intuition, the lost or hidden illumination and Makes the Sun of truth mount high in the heaven of our mental plane. - Sri Aurobindo 🙏 Jayatu Indra 🙏 🙏 Namo Narasiṁha 🙏

We will give here several phrases indicating Indra's help in guiding the intellect and thoughts of jivas. 1) "Indra the seer, is the supporter of all actions in the universe", (1.11.4); kaviḥ amitaujā ajāyata indro vishvasya karmano dhartā (1.11.4) क॒विरमि॑तौजा अजायत । इन्द्रो॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ कर्म॑णो ध॒र्ता । 2) "Thoughts shaped for you", (brahma kriyamaṇa), (5.29.15); indra̱ brahma̍ kri̱yamā̍ṇā juṣasva̱ yā te̍ śaviṣṭha̱ navyā̱ aka̍rma . vastre̍va bha̱drā sukṛ̍tā vasū̱yū ratha̱ṃ

Rig Veda mandala 1 sukta 75 ju̱ṣasva̍ sa̱pratha̍stama̱ṃ vaco̍ de̱vapsa̍rastamam . ha̱vyā juhvā̍na ā̱sani̍ .. 1.075.01 athā̍ te aṅgirasta̱māgne̍ vedhastama pri̱yam . vo̱cema̱ brahma̍ sāna̱si .. 1.075.02 kaste̍ jā̱mirjanā̍nā̱magne̱ ko dā̱śva̍dhvaraḥ . ko ha̱ kasmi̍nnasi śri̱taḥ .. 1.075.03 tvaṃ jā̱mirjanā̍nā̱magne̍ mi̱tro a̍si pri̱yaḥ . sakhā̱ sakhi̍bhya̱ īḍya̍ḥ .. 1.075.04 yajā̍ no mi̱trāvaru̍ṇā̱ yajā̍ de̱vām̐ ṛ̱taṃ bṛ̱hat . agne̱ yakṣi̱ svaṃ dama̍m .. 1.075.05 जु॒षस्व॑ स॒प्रथ

Rudra's name means howler or crier, he is the god of destruction, thunder, disease, medicine, chaos, wildness, anger and hunting. He is the father of the Maruts and is the most terrifying god in the Rig-Veda. Contrary to popular belief his main weapon wasn't the trident/trishul, they are the bow- Pinaka and arrow with the trishul/trident and the Vajra as secondary weapons. Rudra as the god of hunting is known as Mrgavyadha which means beast hunter. He is known as Triambaka fo

Born from the eye of Brahma, Rudra was born neither male nor female. Brahma told him to procreate through love, and so Rudra then split him-self to create the Rudras/ Rudraganas/ Pramathaganas through sexual union as male and female. Brahma saw that Rudra had created beings resembling him-self and then requested him to create mortal beings and not just immortals. But Rudra refused and so the Grand-sire later on gave birth to the Prajapatis to procreate and populate the world.