some facts on sriyantra and its worship

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The shastra says that sriyantra made of gold is uttama and the worship can be

carried out till one’s life time. The sriyantra made of silver has the life

for 20 years and then to be disposed off. Similarly the sriyantra made of copper

has the span of 12 years and the sriyantra made on bhUrja patra has 6 years.

However, the sriyantra of sphatika (crystal) is the uttama sriyantra which can

be handed down to generations.

 

Regarding the gurumandala puja, the shastra mentions the Divougha, Siddhougha

and Manavavougha Parampara to be ParA, parA(a)para, aparA. Extreme care should

be taken in worshipping the gurumandala so that parA gurumandala should not

exceed the number of 7 gurus, parA(a)parA should not exceed the number 4 and

aparA gurumandala should not exceed the number of gurus.

 

There are 8 manavougha gurus and immediately after the 8th guru, one’s

swa-gurupaduka should be contemplated so that it becomes 9. Some sampradayas are

prescribing entire guru lineage worship at Manavougha gurumandala which is

wrong. The pratyavaya of such worship is vamsha nashTa. Jnanarnava tantra

refers to this as “pushpa sankocha yogaâ€.

 

Moreover, the prasada cooked by males is not prescribed for offering to

Sriyantra. It is the females preferably Sumangalis who should cook the food for

mahanaivedya to sriyantra.

 

The upasaka should everyday take the head bath (male). He should perform his

ntiya, naimittika karmas like sandhya, brahma yajna, vaisvadeva, devatachana and

then resume the chakra archana. However, his better half who cooks the food for

naivedya need not perform head bath but should observe necessary shoucha dharma.

A purnadikshita need not observe the sUtaka etc. and should continue his

chakrArchana.

 

With regards,

sriram

 

 

 

 

 

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