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Maha Shivratri · puja vidhi

How to do the Maha Shivratri puja at home

The great night of Shiv ji. Four prahars, one jagran. About 45 minutes.

Every step is named here and the first 3 are given whole. The whole puja, every mantra with its meaning, is in the Kalava app.

Maha Shivratri

dawn

6:58 AM · Columbus

  1. The vrat

    Fruit and milk through the day, or water alone, as you took the sankalp. Bathe before the evening. The night is the puja.

evening

6:29 PM · Columbus

  1. Sankalp

    Water in the right palm. Say the sankalp, or read it. Let the water fall.

    Sankalp · 2 lines
    मम क्षेमस्थैर्यायुरारोग्यसिद्ध्यर्थं श्रीसदाशिवप्रीत्यर्थं महाशिवरात्रिव्रतं अहं करिष्ये।For wellbeing, steadiness, long life and health, and for the pleasure of Sri Sadashiva, I shall keep the Maha Shivratri vow.
    ॐ तत्सत्।So be it.

  2. Abhishek

    Over the shivling, in turn: milk, curd, honey, ghee, sugar — the panchamrit — and water between each. A thin, steady stream. In the first prahar; again in each if you keep the night.

    A small shivling of any stone or metal; a lota with a spout for the stream. The panchamrit is collected below and taken as prasad.

    1. Bel and bhasma
    2. Om Namah Shivaya
    3. Mahamrityunjaya
    4. Aarti
    5. Jagran
    6. Parana

    These 6 steps, with their drawings and mantras, are in the app

The samagri list