Ancient Devotion

I bow to Lord Vishnu the preserver and the protector of the universe,
who reclines on the great Adishesha serpent, from whose navel springs the Lotus of the creative power, who is the Supreme Being, who supports the entire universe, who is all-pervading as the sky, who is dark like the clouds and has a beautiful form. Who is the beloved of Goddess Lakshmi, the lotus-eyed One, whom the Yogis are able to perceive through meditation, salutations to Lord Vishnu who removes the fear of worldly existence and who is the Lord of all worlds.


मैं भगवान विष्णु को नमन करता हूं जो इस सृष्टि के पालक और रक्षक हैं, जो शांतिपूर्ण है, जो विशाल सर्प आदिशेष के ऊपर लेटे हुए हैं जिनकी नाभि से कमल का फूल निकला हुआ है जो ब्रह्मांड का सृजन करता है, जो परमात्मा है, जो पूरी सृष्टि को चलाने वाला है, जो सर्वव्यापी है जो बादलों की तरह सांवले हैं जिनकी आंखें कमल के समान है, वही समस्त संपत्तियों के स्वामी हैं, योगी जन उनका ध्यान करते हैं, वह इस संसार के भय का नाश करने वाले हैं, सब लोगों के स्वामी भगवान विष्णु को मेरा नमस्कार।

Apparently when Indrajit was killed, and Ravan was losing the battle against Ram, he summoned Ahiravan, to help him out. Ahiravan promised to capture Ram and Laxman alive, take them to his kingdom, where he would sacrifice them to the Goddess Mahamaya. Vibhishan, having got wind of Ahiravan's plans, informs Ram and Laxman of this, and asks Hanuman to keep guard over them. He also warns Hanuman, that Ahiravan is a master of disguise, and to be careful of any trickery. Ahiravan tries to enter the place, where Ram and Laxman are sleeping, in various disguises, but Hanuman manages to thwart him. Finally he assumes the disguise of Vibhishan himself, and having fooled Hanuman, he enters the place and manages to carry away Ram and Laxman to Pataal Lok.

When Hanuman finds he has been tricked by Ahiravan, he vows to Vibhishan, that he would find Ram and Laxman, and kill Ahiravan. Hanuman goes down into the Patala Loka, where he finds Ahiravan's massive palace, that is heavily guarded on all sides.He first has to contend with the guard, Makardhwaja, who is half Vanara, half fish, and also happens to be Hanuman's son in a way too. After defeating his son, Hanuman makes his way into Mahiravan's palace and learns that the way to kill Mahiravan is to extinguish 5 different lamps in different directions. This is when Hanuman assumes his Panchamukha Anjaneya form here.

The five faces here are those of

Anjaneya- Facing East grants Ishta Siddhi.

Karala Ugraveera Narasimha- Facing South, grants Abhishta Siddhi

Mahaveera Garuda- Facing West, grants Sakala Soubhagya.

Lakshmi Varaha- Facing North, grants Dhana Prapthi

Hayagriva, known as the Urdhva Mukha( facing upwards), grants Sarva
Vidya Jaya Prapthi.

He assumed this form to blow out the 5 lamps, and then kill Ahiravana.

Five faced: Panchmukhi Hanuman ji is among the most powerful vigraha (forms) of Hanuman ji. Its five heads represent five powerful deities who are lord of panch tattva (five elements)

Varaha: Lord Varaha -wild boar is one of the incarnations of Lord Narayana.

Hayagriva: Lord Hayagriva is one of the incarnations of Lord Narayana known for wisdom and knowledge

Garuda: Lord Garuda is divine vehicle of Lord Narayana

Lord Narsimha:Lord Narsimha is one of the fiercest forms of Lord Narayana

Hanuman ji: Lord Hanuman ji is Rudravtara (incarnation of Shiva) and the foremost devotee of Lord Ram( Narayan ).

[ Lord Vishnu said ] :

O goddess , this my body is illusory and not real , and is augmented with the mass of the acts of creation , maintenance and withdrawal . O dear one , the nature of the self is different form this . It is without duality and unity . It is free from existence and non - existence ; and without beginning or end . It is pure consciousness , has acquired luster , is beautiful due to great joy , is the form of the Shiva , can be known only through the unity with the self , and this is what is told in the Gita " .


[भगवान विष्णु ने कहा]:

हे देवी, यह मेरा शरीर मायावी है और वास्तविक नहीं है, और सृजन, रखरखाव और वापसी के कार्यों के द्रव्यमान के साथ संवर्धित है। हे प्रिय, स्वयं का स्वरूप इस रूप में भिन्न है। यह द्वैत और एकता के बिना है। यह अस्तित्व और गैर-अस्तित्व से मुक्त है; और बिना शुरुआत या अंत के। यह शुद्ध चैतन्य है, आभा प्राप्त है, अति आनन्द के कारण सुन्दर है, शिव का रूप है, आत्मा से एकता से ही जाना जा सकता है, यही गीता में बताया गया है।

The 'Tantric Cosmology' bases its foundation on two fundamental forces on which the entire universe is created, perceived - they are indestructible in their cosmic union; these forces are known as 'Shiva Shakti'.

It's true that Shakti takes the active role and takes the charge to actively participate in the act to procreate whilst, Shiva is mostly depicted to lie immobile, however, according to the metaphysical knowledge both, the male and female divine parts involve in the divine union. Shakti merely initiates actively.

Before their union, Shiva taught Shakti 84 Yoga asanas before taking her as his consort into Tantra. Shiva, the divine masculine force is immobile and static, only till the divine feminine force, Shakti does not actively participate in the divine union.

When Shiva pulled in shakti to amalgamate in him as his half, that represents the masculine and the feminine that we all have within us. When the masculine and the feminine is balanced, This union is not external, but internal.

As Shiva and Parvati got hitched in the human union of marriage, she was eager to experience the ecstatic state that Shiva was in, whilst being in a deep state of meditation. He asked Parvati to sit on his lap, and Shakti without any hesitation sat on his lap. Shiva on seeing this made her his half.

A woman on earth represents the Prakriti, the ultimate feminine power who creates, whilst a man represents the Purusha, the ultimate masculine power who empowers the creation. both Shiva and Shakti are everything and nothing in their own wake - If Shiva is nothingness, the Shunya, Shakti empowers it as the beginning.


हिंदी ‌अनुवाद :-

'तांत्रिक ब्रह्मांड विज्ञान' दो मूलभूत शक्तियों पर अपनी नींव रखता है, जिन पर संपूर्ण ब्रह्मांड का निर्माण होता है, माना जाता है - वे अपने ब्रह्मांडीय संघ में अविनाशी हैं; इन बलों को 'शिव शक्ति' के रूप में जाना जाता है।

यह सच है कि शक्ति सक्रिय भूमिका निभाती है और कार्य में सक्रिय रूप से भाग लेने के लिए चार्ज लेती है, जबकि शिव को ज्यादातर अचल झूठ बोलने के लिए चित्रित किया जाता है, हालांकि, आध्यात्मिक ज्ञान के अनुसार, पुरुष और महिला दोनों दिव्य भाग दिव्य मिलन में शामिल हैं . शक्ति केवल सक्रिय रूप से पहल करती है।

उनके मिलन से पहले, शिव ने उन्हें तंत्र में अपनी पत्नी के रूप में लेने से पहले शक्ति ८४ योग आसन सिखाए। शिव, दिव्य पुरुष शक्ति स्थिर और स्थिर है, केवल दिव्य स्त्री शक्ति तक, शक्ति सक्रिय रूप से दिव्य मिलन में भाग नहीं लेती है।

जब शिव ने उन्हें अपने आधे हिस्से के रूप में समाहित करने के लिए शक्ति में खींचा, तो यह उस मर्दाना और स्त्री का प्रतिनिधित्व करता है जो हम सभी के भीतर है। जब पुल्लिंग और स्त्रीलिंग संतुलित होते हैं, तो यह मिलन बाहरी नहीं, बल्कि आंतरिक होता है।

जैसे ही शिव और पार्वती मानव विवाह के बंधन में बंधे, वह ध्यान की गहरी अवस्था में रहते हुए, उस परमानंद की स्थिति का अनुभव करने के लिए उत्सुक थीं, जिसमें शिव थे। उसने पार्वती को अपनी गोद में बैठने को कहा और शक्ति बिना किसी हिचकिचाहट के उसकी गोद में बैठ गई। यह देखकर शिव ने उसे अपना आधा बना लिया।

पृथ्वी पर एक महिला प्रकृति का प्रतिनिधित्व करती है, जो परम स्त्री शक्ति का निर्माण करती है, जबकि एक पुरुष पुरुष का प्रतिनिधित्व करता है, वह परम पुरुष शक्ति है जो सृजन को शक्ति प्रदान करती है। शिव और शक्ति दोनों ही सब कुछ हैं और अपने आप में कुछ भी नहीं - यदि शिव शून्य है, तो शून्य, शक्ति इसे शुरुआत के रूप में सशक्त बनाती है।

1) Ashwattama
Ashwatthama was the son of Dronacharya and is one of the characters from the epic Mahabharata.
Aswathama did not attain the so called Chiranjitvam due to any noble deed. It was a curse from Lord krishna after Aswathama killed all the sons of Pandavas with his Brahmastra.

2) Mahabali
King Bali or Maveli was the grandson of Prahlada and was a benevolent Asura king.
The Asura King Mahabali, who had conquered all the three worlds, had to be subdued by Vishnu on the request of Indra, after having developed an unhealthy arrogance. Vishnu banished Bali to the underworld, but his pious deeds on Earth granted him the boon of being able to visit his subjects once a year- now celebrated as Onam in Kerala.

3) Sage Vyasa
Vyasa Maharshi or Veda Vyasa was the sage who narrated the epic Mahabharata. Vaishnavites regard Vyasa as an avatar of Lord Vishnu.
A sage who narrated the Mahabharata. He represents erudition and wisdom.He was the son of Rishi Prashar and grandson of Rishi vashist. He was born in almost last of Tretayug, lived to see the whole Dwaparyug and also had seen the initial phase of Kalyug.


4) Lord Hanuman
Also known as Bajrang Bali, Hanuman is one of the main characters of Ramayana. Hanuman is an ardent devotee of Lord Ram.
It is also said that the person who arrives first, and leaves last from a Ram Katha is always Chiranjeevi Hanuman.

5) Vibhishana
Vibhishana or Bibhishan is the brother of Ravana and is a character in the Ramayana. Vibhishana got the boon that he will be become immortal.
The brother of Ravan, Vibhishan, who fought on Ram’s side in the Ramayan. He was made a Chiranjeevi to maintain morality and righteousness in Lanka and to guide people over the world in Dharma.

6) Kripacharya
Kripacharya or Krupacharya is a main character from the epic Mahabharata. Also known as Kripa, he fought in the great battle of Kurukshetra for the Kaurava side.
Kripa was the Kul Guru of the Kurus during the Mahabharat, and whilst his status as a Chiranjeevi is disputed, his impartiality towards all of his students is the most commonly documented reason for his immortality.

7) Lord Parasurama
Lord Parasurama or Parashurama is the sixth avatar of Lord Vishnu.
Master of all astras, sastras and divine weapons. The Kalki Purana writes that he will re emerge at end time to the martial guru of Kalki. He will then instruct the final avatar to undertake penance to receive celestial weaponry, required to save mankind at end time.

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8. MARKANDEYA :-
HE IS THE SON OF SAGE MRIKANDU. HE WAS DESTINED TO HAVE A VERY SHORT LIFE ON EARTH. HE WAS A GREAT DEVOTEE OF LORD SHIVA. WHEN THE PERIOD OF HIS PRE-DESTINED LIFE WAS OVER , YAMRAJ ARRIVED TO SNATCH HIS LIFE AWAY, BUT AT THAT TIME, HE WAS ENGROSSED IN SHIVBHAKTI. SO, LORD SHIVA ARRIVED TO HIS HELP AND PUNISHED YAMRAJ FOR HIS ACTION. SHIVA THEN BLESSED MARKANDEYA TO REMAIN IMMORTAL. HE OVERSEES THE GREAT DELUGE WHICH HAPPENS AT THE END OF A MAHAYUGA.

There was a great feast at the house of Nanda and Yashodha. Yashodha found that her child had gone off to sleep and so she put him to bed under a cart which contained vessels full of milk, curd and butter.
Kansa had sent Sakatasura to kill baby Krishna. Sakatasura took the form of the cart so that he wont be seen killing the baby. After some time, the child opened his eyes, he was hungry. As Yashodha was busily engaged in receiving her guests, she did not hear Sri Krishna’s cry. Demon Sakatasura saw this as an opportunity and before anyone would come hearing the little baby cry, he started pressing the baby with the cart with the intention of crushing the little baby as per Kansa’s orders.
Lord Krishna knew this, with just a push of his little foot he kicked the cart. The cart was upset, the wooden wheels were shattered, The axles which are fitted inside the naves of the wheels with iron tubes were broken, the bow yoke which is a shaped wooden crosspiece bound to the necks of a pair of oxen yoke was shattered and the cart was overturned spilling milk, curd and butter on the ground. Hearing the noise everyone came out. The Gopas and Gopis were struck with wonder.
Thus Lord Krishna killed the demon Sakatasura by kicking the cart with his tiny feet.

Purpose of Narasimha avatar :

The specific purpose of this avatar was for protection of his devotee Prahlada from his demon father Hiranyakasipa, to prove a point and to make true the words of his devotee that God is in existence everywhere. Prahlada’s episode proves that God will always come to the rescue of his devotees who Prays him with sincere devotion.

The Rare boon Hiranyakasipa had the Lord had to take this rare form which was neither man nor animal. In using the Lion Head, the message was that Lion, the King of animals, hunts its target and kills it only when it is hungry and no one else and doesn’t store its food unlike other animals. Similarly, in his Narasimha Avathara the purpose was only to kill the demon Hiranyakasipa to save his devotee and nothing else and there was no need to kill anybody else. The avatar also ended with the killing of Hiranyakasipa. He is the lion among the Gods and the people.
He killed him with his nails which is not a weapon and the timing was neither day time nor night, it was Pradosha time. He killed him on his thighs to fulfill the condition of not getting killed in Pancha Bhoothas.

It is said that the Dasaavatharas of Lord Vishnu have a link to the concept of evolution starting with Mastyaavathara (Pisces) transformed into a full fledged human being in Ramaavathara and Krishnaavathara. Narasimha avatar is the beginning of transformation from animal to man (half animal and half man).

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Shondesh, at the source point of Narmada river in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaButtock (Right)

Narmada

Bhadrasen

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Ramgiri, at Chitrakuta on the Jhansi Manikpur Railway line in Uttar Pradesh, India

Right Breast

Shivani

Chanda

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Vrindavan, near new bus stand on Bhuteshwar road within Bhuteshwar Mahadev Temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India

Ringlets of Hair

Uma

Bhutesh

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Shuchi, in a Shiva temple at Shuchitirtham 11 km on Kanyakumari Trivandrum road, Tamil Nadu, India

Teeth (Upper Jaw)

Narayani

Sanhar

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Panchsagar place not known (thought to be near Haridwar)

Teeth (Lower Jaw)

Varahi

Maharudra

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Karatoyatat, at Bhabanipur village 28 km distance from interior Sherpur. Alight at Bogra station under district Bogra, Bangladesh

Left Anklet (Ornament)

Arpana

Vaman

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Shri Parvat, near Ladak, Kashmir, India. Another belief: at Srisailam in Shriparvat hills under Karnool district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Right Anklet (Ornament)

Shrisundari

Sundaranand

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Vibhash, at Tamluk under district Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India

Left Ankle

Kapalini (Bhimarupa)

Sarvanand

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Prabhas, 4 km distance from Veraval station near Somnath temple in Junagadh district of Gujarat, India

Stomach

Chandrabhaga

Vakratund

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Bhairavparvat, at Bhairav hills on the banks of Shipra river a little distance from Ujjaini town, Madhya Pradesh, India

Upper Lips

Avanti

Lambkarna

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Jansthan, at Godavari river valley near Nasik, Maharasthra, India

Chin (Two Parts)

Bhramari

Vikritaksh

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Sarvashail or Godavaritir, at Kotilingeswar temple on the banks of Godavari river near Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, India

Cheeks

Rakini or Vishweshwari

Vatsnabh or Dandpani

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Birat, near Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Left Feet Fingers

Ambika

Amriteshwar

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Ratnavali, on the banks of Ratnakar river at Khanakul-Krishnanagar, district Hooghly, West Bengal, India

Right Shoulder

Kumari

Shiva

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Mithila, near Janakpur Railway station on the boarder of India-Nepal

Left Shoulder

Uma

Mahodar

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Nalhati,known as "Nalateshwari Temple" near Nalhati station of Birbhum district by rickshaw, West Bengal, India

Tubular Bones of the Feet

Kalika Devi

Yogesh

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Karnat place not known

Both Ears

Jayadurga

Abhiru

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Bakreshwar, on the banks of Paaphara river, 24 km distance from Siuri Town, district Birbhum,7km from Dubrajpur Rly. Station West Bengal, India

Portion between the eyebrows

Mahishmardini

Vakranath

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Jessoreswari, situated at Ishwaripur, Shyamnagar, district Satkhira, Bangladesh. The temple complex was built by Raja Pratapaditya, whose capital was Ishwaripur.

Palms of Hands & Feet

Jashoreshwari

Chanda

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Attahas village of Dakshindihi in the district of Bardhaman, near the Katwa Rail Station, in West Bengal, India

Lips

Phullara

Vishvesh

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Sainthia, locally Known as "Nandikeshwari" temple. Earlier Nandipur/Now in Sainthia Town. only 1.5 km from Railway Station under a banyan tree within a boundary wall, Birbhum district, West Bengal, India

Necklace

Nandini

Nandikeshwar

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Hingula (Hinglaj) Devi�s mind or brain fell here and the idols are Devi as Kotari (Durga) and Shiva as Bhimlochan (Terrible eyed or the third eye). The location is towards 125 km from Karachi, Pakistan.

Bramharandhra (Part of the head)

Kottari

Bhimlochan

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Danteshwari ( Kuldevi Of Baster State ), Dantewada Baster 80 km's from Jagdalpur Chhattisgarh

Daant (Teeth)

Danteshwari

Kapalbhairv