Guest guest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Dear Members I happened to be reading the Skanda Puranam yesterday and I came upon the Satarudriya. This enumarates the names of eminent Gods and persons who worshipped a linga of a particular material etc and Lord Siva's particular name they used for Japa. I plan to share this with all members over the next few days. Quote If you wish to wash off all the sins, listen to the greatness of Rudra in the following excellent Satarudriya. 1. Brahma worshipped the Hataka Linga of the Lord with matted hair. He repeats the name Jagatpradhana (The chief of the universe) and shines 2. There is Krsna Linga (Black Linga) at ksna-mula. It's name is Arjita. Having worshipped that Linga, Sanaka and others won over (attained) the goal of the universe. 3. The seven sages (worship the Linga) in the form of the shoots of the Darba grass (and it's name is) Visvayonika (the source of the origin of the universe) 4. (Worshipping it) in the firmament, Narada extols it as Jagadbija (seed of the universe) 5. Indra worships an adamantine Linga and the name (he repeats is) is Visvatman (the soul of the universe) 6. The Sun worships a copper Linga. The name for his japa is Visvasrj (the creator of the universe) 7. The moon worships a pearl Linga repeating the name Jagadpati (Lord of the World) 8. The Fire God worships a Linga of Sapphire. The name he repeats is Visveswara (Controller or Master of the Universe) 9. Sukra worships a ruby Linga and the name he repeats is Visvakarman (the maker of the universe) 10. Dhanada (Kubera) worships a golden Linga and repeats the name Iswara. More to follow in the next email. Ranganath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 , "Ranganath" <s_ranga108> wrote: > Dear Members > > I happened to be reading the Skanda Puranam yesterday and I came upon the Satarudriya. This enumarates the names of eminent Gods and persons who worshipped a linga of a particular material etc and Lord Siva's particular name they used for Japa. > > I plan to share this with all members over the next few days. > > Quote > > If you wish to wash off all the sins, listen to the greatness of Rudra in the following excellent Satarudriya. > > 1. Brahma worshipped the Hataka Linga of the Lord with matted hair. He repeats the name Jagatpradhana (The chief of the universe) and shines Namaste, Shri Ranganath, I commend your efforts to bring us the ShatarudrIya from Skanda purana. Thanks. All along I was thinking that the Shri Rudram chapter of Krishna Yajur Veda has the alternate name ShatarudrIya. The famous author 'Anna' also says so. So the name of ShatarudrIya from skandapurana for another text, is baffling. Can you please sort this out? PraNAms to all devotees of Shri Rudra. profvk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 shata rudriiyam in the vedic context is a specific way of chanting rudra prashna (namakam) and chamaka prashna. Each has eleven anuvaakaas each. This specific method is: chant namakam once then 1st anuvaka of chamaka, then namakam again and then second anuvaaka of chamaka and so on. This is known as shata rudriiyam. [source: mahaanyaasam [sanskrit + Tamil translation] Pages 308 Published by Mylapore Veda adhyanana sabha, 12, Pichchu Pillai Lane, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004, TN, India ] This is a free publication. This society has really fantastic publications. I have only three of them with (given to me by father). They are 1) mahanyaasam 2) yajur upakarma (sanskrit) 3) brahma yajna (sanskrit + tamil translation and notes). They also seem to have other publications (such as a voluminous work on nityaahnikam etc.) If I am not mistaken all their publications are free. Corrections are welcome. Ravi , "Ranganath" <s_ranga108> wrote: > Dear Prof VK > > At the onset, let me confess that my knowledge is very very limited and I might not be the best person to clarify this matter. > > This Satarudriya is mentioned in the Skanda Puranam Book 1 Mahesvarakhanda and Section 2 of the Kaumarikhanda. This is found in the chapter 13, verses 144b - 194. > > Now the chapter is called Satarudriya Lingas and perhaps the name stems from this. The Satarudriya and the Satarudriya Linga's is narrated by Sage Bhartrayajna. > > Am afraid that this is all the information I have. I would be happy to know more. > > Ranganath > > - > V. Krishnamurthy > Re: Satarudriya-1 > > All along I was thinking that the Shri Rudram chapter of Krishna Yajur Veda has the alternate name ShatarudrIya. The famous author 'Anna' also says so. So the name of ShatarudrIya from skandapurana for another text, is baffling. Can you please sort this out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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