worship of lord shiva at home (answers to all queries)
dear shiv bhakts
om namo bhagawate rudraya
in the changed world scenario and the new world order, each person
enjoys full freedom in doing any and everything in any which way he
or she feels like, even the forms of worshipping. in delhi where i
stay, several devotees are found carrying single red rose in some
temples as if they are carrying that red rose in polythene packed
with deocrative grass and stuff for their lover. if they wish to
express that they are in love with their lord, their love is
praiseworthy!
but i still have thoughts of old school and hence my personal
suggestion is that if one cannot perform daily abhishekam to a
shivling, better they donate that shivling to a temple where the
shivling gets the samskaras.
if a person cannot perform pacha poojas or shodasa upacharas,
performing abhishekam with plain water or gangajal and then offering
a bilva patram is fine. if one can offer chandan, sacred thread,
flowers, incense stick, lamp and karpoora neerajanam, naivedyam
etc., it is better. but abhishekam is a must. i have no right even
to mention any rule for worship of lord shiva as there are no such
rules. but abhishekam is a must as mentioned in the scriptures.
only for ek mukh rudraksha, shivpuran says that it shall be
worshipped. for all other 13 types of rudraksh it says dharan i.e.
wearing. however, if a person is saatvik and has no vices and can
maintain the sanctity of the ek mukh rudraksh, he can also wear it.
even though the kaaju type ek mukh rudraksh is available for just
around rupees two thousand, the oval ek mukh rudraksh from indonesia
is avaiable upto rupees ten thousand. the round nepalese ek mukh
rudraksh has never been sold by any person anywhere in the world.
hence the indonesian oval ek mukh is the best. some of these are
almost round in shape. for getting rudraksh i request shiv bhakts
only to contact on my personal id and not in the group as we are
here to sing the glory of lord shiva only.
in praise of lord shiva and with best wishes
arjun
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