॥ पुष्पाञ्जलिः ॥ puṣpāñjaliḥ ॥
The next offering is puṣpāñjali – the offering of fragrant flowers. The meaning of the mantra we are going to chant now is:
Guru is the Brahma, who is the source of creation of the Universe, Guru is Vishnu who is the source of sustenance of the Universe, and Guru is Maheshvara (Shiva) who is the source of rejuvenation of the Universe. Guru is directly Parabrahma, the Ultimate Super-consciousness. Onto that Guru I surrender.
I surrender to the Guru, who is omnipresent and has given me a glimpse of his experience. I surrender to the Guru who removes the blinding darkness of th eyes, caused by the absence of wisdom, by applying the JnanaAnjana, the sacred black eye-pigment anointing the three eyes and awakens the all-
Sri Guru Puja and Sri Shiva Puja
pervasive infinite eyes. I surrender to the Guru who by giving the knowledge about the Self, has burnt my karmic baggage of so many births. I surrender to the Guru who is the Lord of the Cosmos, who is the Guru of the Cosmos; my soul is the same soul which is in all the beings. I surrender to Dakshinamurti – the primordial Guru – who manifests Himself differently in the form of Ishwara, Guru and Atman or the self.
I surrender onto that Sadguru who is THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, the Eternal Bliss, the bestower of Supreme Happiness, who is the personification of Wisdom, who is beyond duality, who is omnipresent, to whom the supreme goal is giving the experience of - 'You Are That' (tat tvam asi) ; who is Oneness, Eternal, Pure and Immovable, who is the Direct Witness (Sakshi) of
the beginning and source of all Beings, who is beyond emotions, and the who is without the three qualities called Sattva, Rajas and Tamas.
Kriya: Now, please take a few flowers in your hands, close your eyes till the end of the mantra and offer the flowers at Guru's sacred feet/paduka at the end of the mantra.
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥ अखण्डमण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम् । तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥ अज्ञानतिमिरान्धस्य ज्ञानाञ्जन शलाकया । चक्षुरुन्क्षु मीलितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥ अनेकजन्म-सम्प्राप्त-कर्मबन्ध-विदाहिने । आत्मज्ञान प्रदानेन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः मन्नाथः श्रीजगन्नाथो मद्गुरुः श्रीजगद्गुरुः । ममात्मा सर्वभूतात्मा तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥ ईश्वरो गुरुरात्मेति मुर्तिभेद-विभागिने । व्योमवद्व्याप्त देहाय दक्षिणामूर्तये नमः ॥ नित्यानन्दं परमसुखदं केवलं ज्ञानमूर्तिं द्वन्द्वातीतं गगनसदृशं तत्त्वमस्यादिलक्ष्यम् । एकं नित्यं विमलमचलं सर्वधीस्साक्षिभूतं भावातीतं त्रिगुणरहितं सद्गुरुं तम् नमामि ॥ पुष्पाञ्जलिंसमर्पयामि सद्गु रु-चरण-कमलेभ्यो नमः ॥ ॥ ॐ नित्यानन्दम् ॥
gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gurur devo maheśvaraḥ । guruḥ sākṣāt paraṁ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ॥ akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṁ vyāptaṁ yena carācaram । tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ॥
ajñānatimirāndhasya jñānāñjana śalākayā । cakṣurunmīlitaṃ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ॥ anekajanma-samprāpta-karmabandha-vidāhine । ātmajñāna pradānena tasmai śrīgurave nama ॥ mannāthaḥ śrījagannātho madguruḥ śrījagadguruḥ । mamātmā sarvabhūtātmā tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ॥ īśvaro gururātmeti murtibheda-vibhāgine vyomavadvyāpta dehāya dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ ॥
nityānandaṁ paramasukhadaṁ kevalaṁ jñānamūrtiṁ । dvandvātItaṁ gaganasadṛuśaṁ tattvamasyādi-lakṣyam। ekaṃ nityaṃ vimalamacalaṃ sarvadhīssākṣibhūtaṃ
|| तत्त्वाचमनम् || tattvāchamanam ||
bhāvātītaṃ triguṇarahitaṃ sadguruṃ tam namāmi ॥ puṣpāñjaliṃ samarpayāmi sadguru-caraṇakamalebhyo namaḥ ॥ auṃ nityānandam ॥
SRI SHIVA PUJA
Let us enter into the space of 'Sadashivoham' and declare your oneness with Sadashiva.
Achamana is the ritualistic cleansing of the mouth.
Here ācamana is called tattvāchamanam because the mantras used for the ācamana are the three tattvas (principles) ātmatattva (the principle of the soul - the individual Consciousness), vidyātattva (the principle of the science of transcending from identifying ourselves as Jiva to Shiva), shivatattva (the principle of Shiva - The Cosmic Consciousness).
आत्मतत्त्वं शोधयामि स्वधा । विद्यातत्त्वं शोधयामि स्वधा । शिवतत्त्वं शोधयामि स्वधा ।
ātmatattvaṃ śodhayāmi svadhā । vidyātattvaṃ śodhayāmi svadhā । śivatattvaṃ śodhayāmi svadhā ।
Kriya: Keep your right hand like a cow's ear (Gokarna). Please take a uddharani of water in your right hand and drink the water after each of the three mantras given above.
Now, wash your hands.
॥ ध्यानम् ॥ dhyānam ॥
We will begin the Shiva Puja with Dhyanam, remembering, meditating and welcoming Sadashiva and Adishakti.
Here we meditate upon THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM seated with Sri Nithyanandeshwari Adishakti. Request them to reveal themselves to you. Invite them into your inner space, and worship them in the form of the Atma Linga.
The meaning of the mantra we are going to chant now is:
The form of Sadashiva is illuminating like the Moon, having five faces and ten hands with divine weapons like shula- the trident, mriga- the deer, tanka- the sword , vajra - indefeatable weapon shaped like lightening, abhayam - protection, pasham - rope, varadam - benefactor, ankusham - noose, agni in his left hand, seated on the white lotus asana.
Kriya: Now keep your hands in the Namaskara mudra (folded hands) and chant the following mantra:
ॐ हां शिवासनाय नम ः ॥ auṃ hāṃ śivāsanāya namaḥ ॥
इन्दुनि भपञ्चमुख-हस्त-दश-युक्तम् शूलमृग टङ्कमसि वज्रमभयं स्यात् । पाश-वरदाङ्कुश-मणिज्वलन-वामे श्वेतकमलासन-सदाशिव-स्वरूपम् ॥ indunibhapañcamukha-hasta-daśa-yuktam śūlamṛga ṭaṅkamasi vajramabhayaṃ syāt । pāśa-varadāṅkuśa-maṇijvalana-vāme śvetakamalāsana-sadāśiva-svarūpam ॥
ॐ हां शिवमूर्तये नम ः ॥ auṃ hāṃ śivamūrtaye namaḥ Now we are going to perform the invocation of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM and Sri Nithyanandeshwari Adishakti - inviting them to manifest in their all-auspicious, all-powerful, compassionate direct presence.**
Kriya: Start by placing both your hands on the Ananda Gandha, the space between your heart center and naval center.
श्री नित्यानन्देश्वरी आदिशक्ति समेत श्री नित्यानन्देश्वर-सदाशिवाय नमः ॥ śrī nityānandeśvarī ādiśakti sameta śrī nityānandeśvara-sadāśivāya namaḥ ॥
ॐ हां शिवाय नमः॥ auṁ hāṃ śivāya namaḥ॥ इति आवाहन मुद्रां॥ iti avāhana mudrām ॥ āvahana mudra
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Kriya: Turn your hands to face the ground, and chant:
स्थापन sthāpana
Keep your hands in fists with your thumbs up and chant:
सन्निधान sannidhāna
Insert your thumbs into your fists and chant:
निष्ठूर मुद्रम् niṣṭhūra mudrām
stāpana mudra
sannidhana mudra nishthura mudra
Interlock your fingers with your thumbs raised, show the kālakanthi mudrā and chant:
ॐ हः अस्त्राय हूंफट्। auṃ haḥ astrāya hūṃphaṭ। इति कालकण्ठी मुद्रां ॥ iti kālakanthi mudrāṃ ॥
Inset your left thumb in you right fists, hold your right fist in your left hand and show the Linga mudra.
ॐ हां शिवाय नमः । auṃ hāṃ śivāya namaḥ । इति लिङ्ग मुद्रां। iti liṅga mudrāṃ ।
Kaalakanthi mudram
Sri Guru Puja and Sri Shiva Puja Linga mudram
Namaskara Mudram
Avakunthana mudram
Now do namaskara with the folded hands to THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM and Sri Nithyanandeshwari Adishakti:
इति नमस्कार मुद्रां । iti namaskāra mudrām ।
ॐ हैं कवचाय हुम् । auṃ haiṃ kavacāya hum ।
अवकुण्ठण मुद्रांच प्रदर्ष्य। avakuṇṭhaṇa mudrām ca pradarśya ।