Caturbhi: – four sreekanthai: – by sivacakraas sivayuvatibhi: – by sakticakraas pancabhi – five Prabhinnabhi: – different from Sambho: – sivacakraas Navabhi: – nine api moolaprakritibhi: – with the moolatatwas which are the reasons for the pancaboothaprapanca Catuscatwaarimsad – remains as forty four vasudala- – eight [petalled] dala kalasra- – sixteen [petalled] dala trivalaya – three rounds Tri-rekaabhi: – three lines saardham – mixing tava – your saranakona: – the konaas of the sacred abode of SriCakra parinataa – ending
The Sacred-Konaas of your Sacred abode of Sri-Cakra with four siva-cakraas and five sakti-cakraas [different from sivacakraas] there by forming nine cakraas, and also consisting of eight [petals] dala, sixteen [petals] dala, three rounds, three lines, remains totally as forty four, depicting the moolatatwas, are the reasons for the pancabootha-prapanca.
The yantra for this Sloka.
Yantra for The Childless Soundaryalahari sloka 11
Mode of Worship : Yantra to be made on gold plate or butter.
Sit facing North.
Chant this sloka 10 times daily for 45 days.
Goddess of this Slokha : Shri Nigarba Yogini Devi
Archana : Chant Lalitha Sahasranamam offering vermillion or red flowers:vermillion is advisable.
Offerings: Cooked rice/cooked rice mixed with turmeric powder and ghee/ green gram pulse sweetened with jaggery, fruits.
Beneficial Results : Begetting children.
The butter used for drawing Yantra to be consumed daily.
Begin this on a Shukla Shasti(sixth day of the Waxing Moon).
Perform this preferably in the morning.
For best results the couple must perform this together.
In my Post Sri Vidya Mantra Tantra I have mentioned that there are many Mantra and Tantra Upasanas of Devi.
I wrote about the Propitiation of Goddess Laltha in Sri Vidya.
I am yet to complete the series on Lalithambika.
I chanced upon some good material and decided to post on Durga ..
If one looks at the Panchamirtha and Sri Rudra and Chamaka of Hinduism in Vedas, one can find some interesting features.
Panchaamritha,Purusha,Narayana,Vishnu, Sri and DurgaSuktams.
The first two verses of the Purusha sukta (Suktam/Sooktam), with Sayana’s commentary. Page of Max Müller’s Rig-Veda-sanhita, the Sacred Hymns of the Brahmans (reprint, London 1974). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
1.Cosmic Evolution is described in Detail in Purusha Sukta.
Kanchi Kamakshi, with Her eyes bestows one’s desires,Kama, Madurai Meenakshi protects as a fish would by Her Eyes, Kasi Visalakshi bestows Grace with her compassion.
Benares,Varanasi or Kasi is the place where The Devi’s wrist fell
It is also said that it is Her Eyes or Ear Rings.
.Varanasyam Vishalakshi, Kashmire tu Saraswati / Ashtadasha Shakti peethani, Yoginamapi durlabham //’ Ashtadasa Stotra, Adi Shankaracharya.
Visalaksi,Varanasi
Temple Varanasi,India
Visalakshi,Varanasi
Legend:
History of the Vishalakshi Temple
It is considered that the earrings or eyes of the Mata Sati have fallen in the Varanasi at this sacred spot. Kajali Tij, the most important Hindu festival for the Indian women, is celebrated at the Vishalakshi Temple very happily. This festival is held at the third day of the Hindu month of Bhadrapada (August) during fortnight.
Sati was the daughter of the Prajapati Daksha and She got married to the Lord Shiva against Her father wishes. Once, Prajapati Daksha had organized a great yagya but he did not call his daughter and his son in law. Sati was very sorrow from Her father’s such behavior. She reached there but got insulted from Her father as he ignored the Sati. She could not bear insult of his husband (Lord Shiva) and She had jumped into the fire of yagya and committed suicide. She died but Her dead body did not burn. Lord Shiva became angry and had taken His Virabhadra Rupa. He cut the head of Daksha but finally He forgave him by reviving his life again. The heartbroken Lord Shiva had wandered in the universe by taking the Sati’s corpse. Finally, Lord Vishnu dissected the corpse of the Sati into 52 parts by His Chakra. Each of the body part became Shakti Pitha. At the place where body piece had fallen on the earth had changed into the temple. Lord Shiva had created 52 Bhairava for each Shakti Pitha as a guardian to secure the Shakti Pitha. It is considered that Her eyes or earrings had fallen in the Varanasi that’s why the temple in Varanasi called as the Vishalakshi Temple.
There are six points as a temple in the Varanasi which symbolizes Shastanga (six-fold) yoga. These are the Vishwanath Temple, the Vishalakshi Temple, the holy River Gange, the Kala Bhairava Temple, the Dhudiraj Temple (this temple is devoted to the Lord Ganesha) and the Dandapani temple (dedicated to Lord Shiva).
Religious Significance of the Vishalakshi Temple
Devotees take bathe in the holy water of the Gange just before offering worship to the Vishalakshi Maa. The devotees believe that offering puja, Jal, chanting songs to the goddess is highly profitable as Goddess provide success and wealth. Unmarried girls worship the Goddess Vishalakshi to find their groom, childless mother for getting a child and unfortunate people for their bright fortune.
Devotees celebrate Navaratri at this temple in the month of October as well as celebrate the triumph of the Goddess Durga over the buffalo demon (Mahishasura). They celebrate other Navaratri in the fortnight of the Chaitra (March). At each nine days they worship Navadurga (nine Durgas).
According to the Puranas, Vishalakshi Manikarnika or Vishalakshi Manikarni is one of the 52 Shakti Peethas. It is considered that the karna kundala (known as the earring) of the Sati fallen here that’s why known as the Manikarni or Manikarnika. In the Puranas, it is clearly mentioned that the Varanasi city will exist even after the Pralaya. Vishalakshi Temple is a powerful Shakti Peeth and is considered to bless to devotees a lot.”
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