Shree Shaligrama

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Hare Krsna,

 

In the Padma Purana Lord Siva declares the greatness of salagrama

sila as follows;

 

mallinga kotibhi drsthi yad phalam pujiti |

salagrama sila yamtu ekasyam iva tad bhaved ||

 

"The merit obtained by seeing and worshipping hundreds of

thousands of My Lingams, is equivalent to that obtained by

worshipping one single salagrama sila."

 

ato'dhisthana vargesu suryadisviva murtisu |

salagrama silaiva syad adhisthanottamam hareh ||

 

The Lord resides in many places in which he may be

worshipped, but of all places Salagrama is the best.(Skanda Purana )

 

salagrama sila rupi yatra tisthati kesavah |

tatra devasurayaksa bhuvanani catur dasa ||

 

With Keshava in the form of Salagrama sila reside all the

devatas, asuaras, yaksas and the fourteen worlds.( Padma Purana )

 

However having said all that, there are verses encouraging the

worship and service of Lord Siva for Vaishnavas as mentioned and

collected in Hari Bhakti Vilas:

such as in the Shivaratri information and observances herein:

 

DRSTVA PRANAMITA YENA SNAPITA PUJITA TATHA

YAJNA KOTI SAMAM PUNYAM GAVAM KOTI PHALAM BHAVET

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 5/384 from SKANDA PURANA)

 

Lord Siva spoke to Skanda, his son, saying that any person who has

seen Salagram Sila, paid obeisances to Him, bathed and worshipped

Him, has achieved the results of performing ten million sacrifices

and giving ten million cows in charity.

 

PUJITO'HAM NA TAIR MARTYAIR NAMITO'HAM NA TAIR NARAH

NAKRTAM MARTYA LOKE YAIH SALAGRAM SILARCANAM

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 5/396 from SKANDA PURANA)

 

(Lord Siva speaks to his son, Skanda) In this mortal world, if anyone

does not worship Salagram Sila, I do not at all accept any of their

worship and obeisances.

 

Regards,

Nilesh

 

, "ShiningLotus"

<shininglotus@c...> wrote:

> Dear Janakiji

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> Namaskar and Thank You for your message

>

> Yes this message from Nileshji was from a couple of weeks ago when

I had been so excited to see Shree Shaligrama on our website that I

had not mentioned Rudra Centre is giveing one of these as a gift with

each clinets purchase when the client requests

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> For those who are unfamiliar with Shree Shaligrama references state

Believers in the Hindu Religion and God worship the Shree Shaligrama

with full faith because it is regarded as the symbol of Lord Vishnu.

Shree Shaligrama is found in the Gandaki River in Nepal. It is said

in the Hindu Mythology that only the drinking of the charnamrit

obtained from bathing the Shree Shaligrama with the mixture of the

Ganga water, curd, ghee and honey with the Tulsi leaves vanishes the

sinful and maligned mentality of the person. Without takeing this

charanamrit the worship of Shaligrama the Lrod Vishnu is meaningless.

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> The Sign of Vishnu Chakra is found on Shaligram. The Chakra is seen

clearly on the Shaligram which opens by itself. In Shaligrams which

are closed there are small holes which make us realize that there is

cahkra in it.

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> By worshipping Shaligram there is gained pleasure, comfort,

prosperity, and salvation

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> Shaligram is never put at instantly the place of worship after

purchasing. Worshipping of Shaligram becomes more important if

somebody else presents it to the worshipper. If a newly wedded couple

worships the Shaligram presented by someone else their marital life

would be happy and prosperous.

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> Special Note

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> The worshipper of Shaaligram must keep the leaves of Tulsi beside a

Shaaligram or it must be put in the pot in which grows the Tulsi

Plant because Shaaligram without Tulsi is regarded incomplete as

described in Scriptures

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> Dhanyavaad aur Pranams Mitra

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> DharmaDev

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> coolj_50 <coolj_50> <coolj_50>

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> Sunday, February 16, 2003 12:24 AM

> Re: Shree Shaligrama

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> I am glad Nileshji highlighted this.....that ShreeShaligramas are

not

> tobe sold commercially. May I also add that there are strict norms

> to be followed if one keeps a Shaligrama in ones home? Absolute

> physical purity for one, and DAILY worship with at least the 5

basic

> pooja offerings (Gandham, Pushpam, Dhoopam, Deepam, Naivedyam) is a

> MUST. Keeping it at home and intentional or unintentional neglect

> may bring harm.

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> Regards, Janaki

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