rajivji, kindly mail me the price list of shaligram shilas with you

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rajivji, good website. looks inspiring.

request for the price list of shaligram asap.

would like to have one if can...

warm regards

aadi

 

 

 

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<shaligram8> wrote:

>

> Prabhu Richard Shaw Brown ji,

> Hare Krishna,

> It was wonderful to read your artical. It is really very good and

extremely informative. You are really a very learned personality and

its my profound previledge to have interaction with you. As I had

mentioned earlier, that the devotees can visit my site viz

www.shaligram.com (visit photo gallery) and choose what ever they

like, still I will be sending you pictures of very very rare Shilas.

We have a collection of more than 2000 shilas as of now and it is

still increasing day by day. I am sure that 'Darshanas' of these

Shilas will be definitely a treat for the eyes of the devotees.

> We have been in touch with ISKON society at Mumbai and there we

come across very learned Mahatamas who have performed

the 'Namakaran ' (naming ceremony) of all our shilas. Also they had

very unique and rare litrature with them which I could get from them

and its now in our website.

> Happy Darshanas

> Haribol,

> Rajiv

>

>

> Richard Shaw Brown <rsbj66> wrote:

> Sri Chandrashekarji,

>

> Sadar namaskar. You have asked a very good question. Below is some

information on

> that...

>

> Different Features of Shalagrama-shilas

>

> In the Brahma Purana Lord Narayana says, "O Brahma, I eternally

reside in the form of

> Shalagrama-shila. Hear from Me the different names of all these

shilas according to the

> various cakras marking them." The Vasudeva-shila is white in

color, very attractive

> looking, and has two equal-sized cakras on the front, but off-

center. The Sankarsana-

> shila is red-coloured, with two cakras combined in one section, a

fat front portion, and is

> very beautiful to see. That yellow shila with small cakras and a

very large mouth with

> numerous small holes within is known as Pradyumna. The Anirudha-

shila steals the mind

> with His blue colour and naturally round shape. He has three lines

in front of His mouth

> and a lotus mark on His back. The Keshava-shila is square-shaped

and gives great

> fortune. A black shila with a cakra in His raised navel is called

Narayana. The Hari-shila

> fulfils all desires, grants moksha (liberation), and especially

gives wealth to the faithful

> worshiper. He has a long line and a mouth opening upward and

placed right of centre. The

> Paramesthi-shila, is coloured red with marks of both a lotus and a

cakra. The Vishnu-shila

> is most attractive, but it will create problems if non-celibates

do His puja. Black and

> shaped like a bael fruit, He has two big cakras with a large mouth

on His back. - In

> another place it is described that the Narasimhadeva-shila with

three spots on it and the

> Kapila-shila with five spots both have two wide cakras. Only a

brahmacari and no one else

> should do Their puja or they will suffer all kinds of Problems.

Thus one must remain

> celibate while worshiping Them. Those Narasimha or Kapila-shilas

that have two large

> cakras, brownish colour, and a lotus-shaped line above the mouth,

along with various

> uneven cakras give liberation and victory in battle. In the

Kartika Mahatmya of the Padma

> Purana it states that a shalagrama-shila that contains the above

mentioned signs, a large

> mouth, and many lines like the filaments of saffron is called

Narasimhadeva. - In the

> Brahma Purdana it describes the Varaha-shila as saphire-blue,

large sized with three lines,

> two unequal cakras, two signs of shakti, and pleasing to see.

According to the Padma

> Purana the Varaha-shila is naturally hog-shaped with uneven

cakras, many lines, and

> awards His worshiper with material enjoyment and liberation.

Giving the same blessings as

> Varaha, the Matsya-shila is described in the Brahma Purana as

long, bronze or golden in

> colour, and adorned with three dots. There it also describes the

shalagrama-shila named

> Kurma as round with an arched back, green in colour, and marked

with the sign of the

> Kaustubha jewel. The Padma Purana says the Kurma-shila is

naturally turtle-shaped and

> marked with a cakra. - The Hayagriva-shila has a mark shaped like

an elephant goad, a

> line near one cakra, many other cakras, and His back is the colour

of a blue rain cloud.

> Another scripture describes the Hayagriva-shila as bluish, with

the sign of elephant goad,

> five lines, and many spots. The Padma Purana states that the

Hayagriva-shila has a long

> line in the shape of a horse's mouth and His worship gives one

knowledge. Elsewhere it

> says His mouth is like a horse's mouth, there is the sign of a

lotus, and on top of the shila

> the sign of a lotus seed garland. - The Brahma Purana gives

descriptions of the following

> shilas. The shila name Vaikuntha looks jewel-like in color, has

one cakra, a three-cornered

> flag, and beautiful lotus-shaped lines above His mouth. The

Shridhara-shila is black and

> shaped like a kadamba flower, has five lines, and the marks of a

flower garland. A small

> beautiful shila with a cakra on the top and the bottom and that

fulfills all desires, is known

> as Vamana. A second type of Vamana-shila is round-shaped, smaller

than a marble, blue

> in color, and adorned with spots. The Sudarsana-shila is black,

very shiny, marked with a

> cakra and club on His left side, and lines on His right. The Padma

Purana says He has

> many lines in the form of a cakra and He satisfies the aspirations

of His worshipers. - ln

> the Kartika Mahatmya of Purana it describes three types of

Damodara-shila. One is plump

> in shape, the colour of black-green durva grass, with a cakra in

the middle portion, a

> small mouth, and a yellow line. The second has cakras on its top

and bottom, a small

> mouth, with a long line in the middle. His worship always gives

happiness. The third is

> plump, with a narrow mouth, and two cakras on the middle portion.

The shila called

> Ananta has a variety of colours, the sign of a snake's body, along

with many other signs.

> He is also described as decorated with many different signs and

numerous cakras. Like

> most shilas, Ananta fulfils all desires. - The Brahma Purana give

further descriptions. The

> Purushottama-shila has many mouths on the upper portion and awards

material

> enjoyment and moksha. The Yogeshvara-shila has a cakra on its top

and worshiping Him

> removes the sin of killing a brahmana. A poor man will become

wealthy by offering Tulasi

> leaves to the reddish Padmanabha-shila marked with the signs of a

lotus and an umbrella.

> The Hiranyagarbha-shila is moon-shaped, gives off many rays, and

has many golden lines

> on His crystal white surface. By adoring the half-moon shaped

Hrishikesha-shila one

> attains the heavenly planets and fulfilment of all desires. A

Lakshmi-Narasimha-shila is

> black, with two equal cakras on His left side, and some dots on

the surface. This shila

> gives both pleasure and mukti (liberation) to His worshiper. A

very shiny dark blue shila

> with two cakras on His left side and one line on His right is

known as Trivikrama.

> Decorated with the marks of a forest garland on His left side, the

Krishna-shila bestows

> grains, wealth, and happiness. - The Gautamiya Tantra states that

after many, many births

> the fortunate person who receives a special Krishna-shila that is

decorated with a cow's

> hoof print will never take birth again. lt also describes the

Caturmukhi-shila with two

> cakras placed between four lines. - The Kartika Mahatmya of Padma

Purana continues its

> descriptions with the shila with a row of many small lines called

Vishnu panjara. The

> Shesha-shila has coils like a snake. The Garuda-shila has the sign

of a lotus between two

> lines and one long line below. The Janardana-shila has four

cakras. Awarding both

> material pleasure and liberation, the Lakshmi-Narayana-shila has

four cakras, a small

> mouth, and a flower garland decorating its middle portion. - All

the shilas mentioned

> above give auspicious results, but those that are very small are

even more auspicious.

> Elsewhere in the Padma Purana, the Supreme Lord Vishnu explains to

Lord Brahma that the

> smaller the shila is, the more auspicious results it gives. Such a

shila should certainly be

> worshiped by the devotee to attain perfection in religion,

economic development, sense

> gratification, and liberation. He declares, ''O Brahma, in that

shila small like an amalaki

> fruit or even much smaller, I eternally remain along with My

divine consort, Shrimati

> Lakshmidevi.''

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