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Blowing of shankh in puja ritual

The shankh is used in two ways in a puja ritual. One for blowing before the

start of ritual and other for actual puja ritual. The shankh which is used for

blowing should not be kept for puja.

 

Blowing of shankh has special significance in puja ritual. It has been mentioned

in `Varaha Puran' that one should not open the door of temple without first

blowing the shankh. The left sided shankh is blown before the start of puja or

performance of arti. There are three types of frequencies in the atmosphere

namely sattva dominant, raja dominant and tama dominant.

 

Among them the raja dominant and tama dominant frequencies generate distressing

vibrations. The sattva dominant frequencies get attracted to the place of puja

ritual but these frequencies are opposed by the raja and tama dominant

frequencies so that they do not reach the place of puja and thus the flow of

sattva frequencies is hindered.

 

When the shankh is blown before the start of puja energy is emitted from the

shankh. This energy reduces the strength of distressing frequencies. Besides a

protective armour of chaitanya (divine consciousness) is formed around the

articles of puja.

 

There is another benefit too. That is when the shankh is blown the activated

energy of Lord Vishnu in the universe gets attracted towards the place of

worship which is not only beneficial to the person who is blowing the shankh but

also to all those who hear it.

 

Just as the shankh is blown before the start of puja, it is also blown before an

arti. The objective behind this being to sustain the deity's chaitanya attracted

to the place of puja ritual and the pure atmosphere generated because of the

sattvik frequencies, for a long period.

 

 

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