Friday, July 15, 2022

Vyuha

Vishnu is said to have manifested Himself in the Pancha-Vyuha forms—
  1. Sankarshana in the east, 
  2. Prad-yumna in the south, 
  3. Aniruadha in the west, 
  4. Samban alias Purushottama in the north, and 
  5. Vasudeva in the centre. 
The sculptures of all these deities are found in the garbhagriha.

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Eight Swayam-Vyakta Kshetras / Verse / Map





















Srirangam Venkatadrischa SrimushNam Totaparvatam
Salagramam Pushkaramcha NaranarayaNAshramam
Naimisham Cheti ME SthananyasoU Mukthi PradhAnivai

YetusvashtAksharaIkAka: VarNamUrthir VasAmyaham
TishtAmi KrishNa KshEtrE puNya SapthakOgatha:
AshtAksharasya Mantrasya SarvAkshara Maya SadA

In this verse Lord Narayana points out that the eight
Swayam Vyakta Kshetrams of Srirangam, Tirupathi, SrimushNam,
Vanamamalai, Salagramam, Badri,and NaimisharaNyam,Pushkar
grant liberation to those who visit the place.


The Lord as the Archa Murthy at each of these Kshetrams
signifies one Aksharam of his Ashtakshara Mantram
Om Namo Narayanaya.
 “om na-mo na-ra-ya-na-ya”


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