Heer Shankh Story

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Story of Heera Shankh

 

 

There is a story that exists behind Heera Shankhs. Thousands of years

back an old poor lady used named Heera-ujawala used to stay in a

village at North East India, earlier there were River Ganges used to

flow. She was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu and Goddess Laxmi.

Once there was an epidemic that spread in her village and the

villagers were dying in high numbers.

 

Her two sons and their wives too came in the grip of that epidemic

and caught the disease. To save the lives of her sons, daughters in

law and the rest of the inmates of the village and bring the

prosperity again in the village She was told in her dream to do

fasting and worship of Laxmi Narayan.

 

Since she was an ardent devotee and was doing very severe penance to

please Lord Vishnu and Goddess Laxmi, Lord Vishnu appeared and

promised her that very soon the village will be free from all

epidemic and all affected village inmates will soon be blessed with

good health. But to bring prosperity she was advised to worship

Dakshinavarty Laxmi Shankh as Goddess Laxmi can be pleased easily

with the worship of Dakshinavarty Shankh.

 

With the blessing of Lord Vishnu very soon the village was free from

diseases. Heeraujawala continued her penance to please Goddess Laxmi.

While she was performing the penance, it is said that very heavy

rains started and the water from the ocean started overflowing and

one strong wave of ocean unlit the 'Agni Jwala'(the fire which was

lit to undertake the yajna) and destroyed the complete place and

taken away all 'Ahutis' and donations like fruits, utensils etc.

along with the wave itself to the ocean.

 

This made the Heera-ujawala very sad and in the rage of anger she

cursed that the place used immediately be relieved of ocean and

become plain. That place has number of water species especially there

was a high concentration of Dakshinavarti Shankhs and suddenly when

the water receded, these species remained there and could not go back

to the ocean.

 

Since the species was endangered, Lord Varuna (the God of ocean)

pleaded Goddess Laxmi to save the species. Goddess Laxmi immediately

appeared where the Heera-ujawala was performing the penence and

requested her to take the curse back.

 

Heera-ujwala told Laxmi that now her Shankh has become stone how can

she continue her penance. Goddess Laxmi promised the lady that hence

forth all the worshipper of Dakshinavarti Shankhs will be blessed

with immense fortune but they will be now available in very less

number since most of them have changed into stones Shankhs. Goddess

Laxmi further given a boon that all the stone Shankhs will be

glittering with gems and precious stones. All the Shankhs which had

turned into stones were named as Heera Shankhs.

 

The worship of Heera Shankhs will be blessed immense fortune and luck

if the japa of the Goddess Laxmi mantra will be done using the

sphatik mala. The Heera Shankhs will be most beautiful Shankhs that

can happen by virtue of presence of diffent coloured gems and

precious stones and can take the devotee to the Laxmi Siddhi. It is

highly recommended to keep Heera Shankhs in the puja room or Altar.

 

Heera Shankha is also called Pahadi Shankha (conch from mountains).

It used in worship of Goddess Lakshmi, especially by the tantriks. It

opens like the Dakshinavarti. It is found in the mountains and has

sparkling crystal like substance in the opening and sometimes on the

shell also. Its dull from outer crust but Its inner portion shines

like diamonds.Being rare,its very costly. Worship of this Shankh

attracts prosperity and abundance.

 

 

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