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Avatars of Lord Shiva

Avatars of Lord Shiva as mentioned in Shiva Puran: 1. Piplad 2. Nandi 3. Veerabhadra 4. Sharabha 5. Ashwatthama 6. Bhairava 7. Grihapati 8. Durvasa 9. Bhikshuvarya 10. Yatinatha 11. Hanuman 12. Krishna Darshan 13. Vrishabha 14. Avadhuta 15. Sureshwara 16. Kirateshwara 17. Sutantarka 18. Brahmachari 19. Yaksheshwara

Beej Mantra - Navgraha

These Nine Planets (Navagraha) Beej Mantras are very useful in Dashas of any particular planet. By reciting these Navagraha Beej Mantras one can remove all malefic effects of planets. Whichever Planet is troubling you in your Horoscope (Janam Kundli), start chanting mantra related to it as per mentioned number daily.  After only 40 days you will experience yourself that you are getting benefited. Chanting of beej mantras of Navagraha also brings following benefits :- Helps remove negative effects of particular Grahas. Improves quality of personal and professional life. Gains the positive blessings of the Navagrahas. Keeps away bad luck and misfortune Keeps away diseases and ailments. Helps to attain salvation (Moksha). Navagraha Beej Mantras सूर्य मन्त्र ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रौं सः सूर्याय नमः ॥  Sun Mantra Aum hraan hreen hron seh Suryay Namah *This mantra should be chanted for 7000 times within 40 days  Who Should Chant One whose dasha or antardasha of sun is going on and su...

Beeja Mantras

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सरस्वत्यार्थ ऐशब्दो बिन्दुर्दुःखहरार्थकः। सरस्वत्या बीजमेतत्तेन वाणीं प्रपूजयेत्॥ Sarasvatyārtha aiśabdo bindurduḥkhaharārthakaḥ| Sarasvatyā bījametattena vāṇīṁ prapūjayet|| The sound (śabdaḥ) "ai" (ai) means (arthaḥ) Sarasvatī (sarasvatī), (while) the dot or bindu (in Anunāsika or Nādabindu) (binduḥ) means (arthakaḥ) destroyer (hara) of pain (duḥkha). This (etad) is the seed-mantra (bījam) of the goddess Sarasvatī (sarasvatyāḥ). One should worship (prapūjayet) Vāṇī (vāṇim) by means of it (tena)|| द दुर्गावाचकं देवी उकारश्चापि रक्षणे। विश्वमाता नादरूपा कुर्वर्थो बिन्दुरूपकः। तेनैव कालिकादेवीं पूजयेद्दुःखशान्तये॥ Da durgāvācakaṁ devī ukāraścāpi rakṣaṇe| Viśvamātā nādarūpā kurvartho bindurūpakaḥ| Tenaiva kālikādevīṁ pūjayedduḥkhaśāntaye|| (The letter) "da" (da) is expressive (vācakam) of Durgā (durgā), and (ca) (this) goddess (devī) (is) also (api) the "u" letter (u-kāraḥ), oh Protector One (raksaṇe)! The mother (mātā) of the universe...

Beeja Mantras - Shiva

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The celebrated Varadātantra explains the meanings of each of the letters forming this Bījamantra in its sixth chapter: Om̐ is the main sound from which all sounds (Bījamantra-s included) have arisen. हकाराः शिववाची स्याद्रेफः प्रकृतिरुच्यते। महामायार्थ इशब्दो नादो विश्वप्रसूः स्मृतः। दुःखहरार्थको बिन्दुर्भुवनां तेन पूजयेत्॥ Hakārāḥ śivavācī syādrephaḥ prakṛtirucyate| Mahāmāyārtha iśabdo nādo viśvaprasūḥ smṛtaḥ| Duḥkhaharārthako bindurbhuvanāṁ tena pūjayet|| The letter (kāraḥ) "ha" (ha) is expressive (vācī) of Śiva (śiva), (while) repha or (the letter) "ra" (rephaḥ) is said (ucyate) to be (syāt) Prakṛti (prakṛtiḥ). The sound (śabdaḥ) "i" (i) means (arthaḥ) Mahāmāyā (mahāmāyā) (and) nāda or half-moon (nādaḥ) is declared (smṛtaḥ) (to be) the Mother (prasūḥ) of the universe (viśvam). Bindu or dot (tena) means (arthakaḥ) destroyer (hara) of pain (duḥkha). One should worship (pūjayet) Bhuvanā (bhuvanām) by means of that (seed-mantra) (ten...

Beeja Mantras - Ganapathi

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The celebrated Varadātantra explains the meanings of each of the letters forming this Bījamantra in its sixth chapter: Om̐ is the main sound from which all sounds (Bījamantra-s included) have arisen महालक्ष्म्यार्थकः शः स्याद्धनार्थो रेफ उच्यते। ई तुष्ट्यर्थोऽपरो नादो बिन्दुर्दुःखहरार्थकः। लक्ष्मीदेव्या बीजमेतत्तेन देवीं प्रपूजयेत्॥ Mahālakṣmyārthakaḥ śaḥ syāddhanārtho repha ucyate| Ī tuṣṭyartho'paro nādo bindurduḥkhaharārthakaḥ| Lakṣmīdevyā bījametattena devīṁ prapūjayet|| हकाराः शिववाची स्याद्रेफः प्रकृतिरुच्यते। महामायार्थ इशब्दो नादो विश्वप्रसूः स्मृतः। दुःखहरार्थको बिन्दुर्भुवनां तेन पूजयेत्॥ Hakārāḥ śivavācī syādrephaḥ prakṛtirucyate| Mahāmāyārtha iśabdo nādo viśvaprasūḥ smṛtaḥ| Duḥkhaharārthako bindurbhuvanāṁ tena pūjayet|| कः कामदेव उद्दिष्टोऽप्यथवा कृष्ण उच्यते। ल इन्द्र ई तुष्टिवाची सुखदुःखप्रदा च अँ। कामबीजार्थ उक्तस्ते तव स्नेहान्महेश्वरि॥ Kaḥ kāmadeva uddiṣṭo'pyathavā kṛṣṇa ucyate| La indra ī tuṣṭivācī sukhaduḥkhaprad...

Ganapathi Atharvasirshopanishad

गणपति अथर्व षीर्षम् (गणपत्यथर्वषीर्षोपनिषत्) ॥ गणपत्यथर्वशीर्षोपनिषत् (श्री गणेषाथर्वषीर्षम्) ॥ ॐ भ॒द्रं कर्णे॑भिः शृणु॒याम॑ देवाः । भ॒द्रं प॑श्येमा॒क्षभि॒र्यज॑त्राः । स्थि॒रैरङ्गै᳚स्तुष्ठु॒वाग्ं स॑स्त॒नूभिः॑ । व्यशे॑म दे॒वहि॑तं॒ यदायुः॑ । स्व॒स्ति न॒ इन्द्रो॑ वृ॒द्धश्र॑वाः । स्व॒स्ति नः॑ पू॒षा वि॒श्ववे॑दाः । स्व॒स्ति न॒स्तार्क्ष्यो॒ अरि॑ष्टनेमिः । स्व॒स्ति नो॒ बृह॒स्पति॑र्दधातु ॥ ॐ शान्तिः॒ शान्तिः॒ शान्तिः॑ ॥ ॐ नम॑स्ते ग॒णप॑तये । त्वमे॒व प्र॒त्यक्षं॒ तत्त्व॑मसि । त्वमे॒व के॒वलं॒ कर्ता॑ऽसि । त्वमे॒व के॒वलं॒ धर्ता॑ऽसि । त्वमे॒व के॒वलं॒ हर्ता॑ऽसि । त्वमेव सर्वं खल्विदं॑ ब्रह्मा॒सि । त्वं साक्षादात्मा॑ऽसि नि॒त्यम् ॥ 1 ॥ ऋ॑तं व॒च्मि । स॑त्यं व॒च्मि ॥ 2 ॥ अ॒व त्वं॒ माम् । अव॑ व॒क्तारम्᳚ । अव॑ श्रो॒तारम्᳚ । अव॑ दा॒तारम्᳚ । अव॑ धा॒तारम्᳚ । अवानूचानम॑व शि॒ष्यम् । अव॑ प॒श्चात्ता᳚त् । अव॑ पु॒रस्ता᳚त् । अवोत्त॒रात्ता᳚त् । अव॑ द॒क्षिणात्ता᳚त् । अव॑ चो॒र्ध्वात्ता᳚त् । अवाध॒रात्ता᳚त् । सर्वतो मां पाहि पाहि॑ समं॒तात् ॥ 3 ॥ त्वं वाङ्मय॑स्त्वं चिन्म॒यः । त्वमानन्दमय॑स्त्वं ब्रह्म॒मयः । त्वं सच्चिदानन्...

108 names of Lord Shiva

No Sanskrit Name Name Mantra English Name Meaning 1. शिव ॐ शिवाय नमः। Shiva Always Pure 2. महेश्वर ॐ महेश्वराय नमः। Maheshwara Lord Of Gods 3. शंभवे ॐ शंभवे नमः। Shambhu One Who Bestows Prosperity 4. पिनाकिने ॐ पिनाकिने नमः। Pinakin One Who Has A Bow In His Hand 5. शशिशेखर ॐ शशिशेखराय नमः। Shashi shekhara The God Who Wears The Crescent Moon In His Hair 6. वामदेवाय ॐ वामदेवाय नमः। Vamadeva The God Who Is Pleasing And Auspicious In Every Way 7. विरूपाक्ष ॐ विरूपाक्षाय नमः। Virupaksha Lord Shiva With Oblique Eyes 8. कपर्दी ॐ कपर्दिने नमः। Kapardi The Lord With Thickly Matted Hair 9. नीललोहित ॐ नीललोहिताय नमः। Nilalohita The One With Red And Blue Colour 10. शंकर ॐ शंकराय नमः। Shankara One Who Gives Happiness And prosperity 11. शूलपाणी ॐ शूलपाणये नमः। Shulapani The One Who Carries A Trident 12. खटवांगी ॐ खट्वांगिने नमः। Khatvangi The God Who Carries A Knurled Club (Khatvanga) 13. विष्णुवल्लभ ॐ विष्णुवल्लभाय नमः। Vishnuvallabha The One Who Is Dear To Lord Vishnu 14. शिपिविष्ट ॐ शिपिविष्टाय न...