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What you think is everything is nothing too. That is the maya that Adi Shankara is talking about.

Adi Shankara’s Teachings – The Creation and Creator Are One
He also said that by knowing the human system, one can know the whole universe. Modern physics is telling you that the entire universe is fundamentally one energy. Similarly, Adi Shankara said that Creation and Creator are one. Today, after a long haul, modern science has come parallel to what Adi Shankara and many sages of the past have stated with utmost clarity.

The Relevance of Adi Shankara in Today’s World
This spiritual wisdom needs to come down from the mountains into the cities, towns, villages, and above all, into the hearts and minds of people. It is time to bring back this culture, this piety and sense of humility that has paid enormous dividend for us – to learn to bow down. This has been our strength, this has been our way, this has been the process and the method of our evolution and realization. This is going to be the greatest treasure – this is going to be the future of the nation. If we do this one thing, the entire world will seek guidance from us. Let us reignite the spirit of Adi Shankara in this country and the rest of the world.

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Adi Shankara Stotras
Adi Shankara poured out profound verses that carry the mark of his genius and devotion. It is a true tribute to his wisdom and tireless efforts to raise human consciousness that these verses or strotras are still alive in people’s hearts and minds even after more than a thousand years.

Here are four of Adi Shankara’s most well-known compositions:

#1 Nirvana Shatakam

Sounds of Isha · Nirvana Shatakam


Nirvana Shatakam is a powerful chant that has become synonymous with the ascetic path over the years. As impactful today as it was when it was first written, these careful arrangements of sounds are a cornerstone of the spiritual process as practiced in the Yogic path.

In this article, find the lyrics, meaning and Sadhguru’s explanation of Nirvana Shatakam and what Adi Shankara is trying to convey through this chant.

#2 Bhaja Govindam



Bhaja Govindam is one of Adi Shankara’s compositions that Sadhguru chants the most. The chant is unique in that it urges the seeker to make it across the ocean of life in whichever way possible. Adi Shankara says that it does not matter how – either through pleasure or through discipline – what is important is that one makes it. Click here for the lyrics of the chant and a short explanation by Sadhguru.

#3 Soundarya Lahari

Sounds of Isha · Soundarya Lahari


This beautiful piece of poetry by Adi Shanakara eulogizes the phenomenal power and beauty of creation. This flavorful rendition by Sound of Isha captures the essence of the lyrics and is a tribute to Adi Shankara’s phenomenal craftsmanship:

#4 Pratha Sthuve Parasivam Bhairavi



The song extolls the Devi as the one who sits on the lotus and is the Goddess of words and language. The song was written by Adi Shankara and is rendered by Sounds of Isha on the occasion of Navratri to celebrate the nine days of Devi and appeal to the grace of the divine feminine.
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When he was walking into the temple and he saw the person of low caste, he saw it as a bad omen. When he was going to worship his God, this low caste person came in the way. He said, “Move away.” That man just stood there and said, “What should move away, me or my body?” That is all he asked. This struck Adi Shankara so hard, and that was the last day he spoke. He never gave any other teaching. He just walked straight to Himalayas. No one ever saw him again.

How do you produce such a Being? In the brief span of his life, he walked the length and breadth of this nation. Where did this energy, this zest and this wisdom come from? One aspect which is both important and symbolic is that Adi Shankara came from a village called Kaladi, which is a small town today. Kaladi literally means “beneath the feet.” In the South, we are at the feet of Bharat Mata, and this has paid off for us in so many ways.

There is a beautiful story from the Mahabharat. When Arjuna and Duryodhana went to seek support from Krishna for the Kurukshetra war, one of them stood at Krishna’s head, the other chose to stand at his feet – that decided everything. That afternoon, when Arjuna stood at Krishna’s feet, he basically won the war. This is the fundamental nature of our nation and culture – because we bow down to everything, we rise. We do not rise by elbowing our way – we rise by bowing down. Bharat means we always learnt how to be at the feet of the Divine. This is not a culture of pumped up pomp, but a culture of natural piety. Whether it is a god, a man, a woman, a child, an animal, a tree, or a rock – we learnt to bow down to everything. Just with this one aspect, we could produce great beings. By being at the feet of the Divine, we learnt, evolved, blossomed, and became shining lights to the rest of the world for a long time. Thousands of years ago, well before Adi Shankara, right from the Adiyogi, many Yogis, mystics, sages, and saints have said this in so many ways.

It is the intellectual clarity with which he expressed himself and the zest and energy with which he spread it across the nation, that make Adi Shankara stand out. One aspect that is very important in today’s world is that all this knowledge, all this wisdom came not by faith or belief, but by realization. Unless the spiritual process is in some way in sync with fundamental human logic and current scientific findings, people will not take it. Future generations will reject anything that does not make logical sense to them, and is not scientifically correct. In this context, Adi Shankara is very significant today.

Adi Shankara Teachings on Maya - Sadhguru Clarifies
There is some misunderstanding about what Adi Shankara said. I think we owe it to him to clear at least one. A lot of people are saying, “What is this nonsense that he said, ‘Everything is maya.’” The way it is being (wrongly) interpreted is – “maya means it doesn’t exist.” Maya does not mean it does not exist. Maya means an illusion, in the sense that you are not seeing it the way it is. Here you are with this seemingly solid body, but with the food that you eat, the water that you drink, and the air that you breathe, the cells of your body are being exchanged on a daily basis. The tissues and organs in your body completely rejuvenate in a matter of a couple of days to a few years, depending on the type of cells. This means after some time, you have a completely new body. But in your experience, it looks like it is the same thing – this is maya. Similarly, the way you perceive existence, the way you know the world through the five senses, is completely off the mark – this is the illusion. It is like a mirage. If you are driving on the highway, sometimes, far away, there seems to be water. When you go there, definitely there is no water. This does not mean there was nothing there. There was some refraction of light that created this illusion. What is one thing seems to be something else. What you think is “me” is actually everything – this is the maya. What you think is “the other” is actually you.

These five manifestations of prana have distinct functions. Prana vayu is in charge of respiratory action, thought process and the sensation of touch. How do you check whether someone is alive or dead? If his breath has stopped, you say he is dead. The breath has stopped because the prana vayu has begun to exit. It will take up to one-and-a-half hours for the prana vayu to leave completely.

This is why it was traditionally set up that after the breath stops, you must wait for a minimum of one-and-a-half hours before you cremate someone – because he is still alive in many other ways. We wait for one-and-a-half hours so that his thought process, his respiratory action and his sensations are gone, so that he doesn't feel the burn. Now the remaining part of the prana will still be there. The vyana, the last dimension of the prana, could last up to twelve to fourteen days. The preservation and integrity of the body is largely due to the function of the vyana prana in the system. When Adi Shankara left his body, he left his vyana in the system because his body should be maintained.

It so happened, a king was bitten by a cobra and had died. When cobra venom enters your system, your blood begins to coagulate and breath becomes hard, because when circulation becomes difficult, it becomes hard to breathe. Your breath will stop well before your prana vayu has exited. In many ways, this is an ideal condition for one who wants to enter that body. Normally, it would give you only a window of one-and-a-half hours’ time. But when a person has got cobra’s venom in the system, it will give you up to four-and-a-half hours’ time.

So Adi Shankara got this opportunity and he very easily entered the king’s body. And he went through the process so he could answer those questions experientially. There were some wise people among the king's circle, who, when they saw a man they had declared dead suddenly sit up full of energy, could recognize by his behavior that it was not the same person but someone else in the same body. They sent soldiers all over the city, telling them wherever they saw a body lying around, to burn it immediately – so that if that body belongs to the person who has come here into the king’s body, then he will not be able to leave and go back. Because now the king has come alive – a different guy, but he looks the same, so what? But they did not succeed and Adi Shankara went back.

Once, while walking briskly with a bunch of his disciples trotting behind him, he came to a village. Outside the village, he saw a few people drinking, most likely the country homebrew liquor, which is arrack or toddy. In those days in India, and even up to about twenty-five, thirty years ago, drink shops were only ever outside the village. They were never brought into the village. Nowadays, alcohol is sold in the village, next to your house and in front of your child’s school. Those days, it was always outside the town.

Adi Shankara looked at these few people in their inebriated condition. You know, drunkards always think they are having the best time of their life and everyone else is missing it. So they made some comments at him. Without a word, Adi Shankara walked into the shop, took a pitcher, drank it and walked on.

Behind him, his disciples were trotting and among themselves they started discussing, “When our guru can drink, why can't we?” Adi Shankara was aware of what was happening. When he came to the next village, there was a blacksmith working there. Adi Shankara went inside, picked up the pot of molten iron, drank it and walked on. Now you are not going to imitate him!

Adi Shankara’s Death
Towards the end of his life, Adi Shankara was so established in his culture, his Brahminic way of life and his Vedic knowledge, that he did not see fundamentals properly. One day, he was entering a temple and another person was walking out of the temple. That person happened to be of the low caste, but Adi Shankara was a Brahmin, the purest of the pure.

WHO IS ADI SHANKARA : Adi Shankara was an intellectual giant, a genius of linguistics, and above all, a spiritual light and the pride of India. The level of wisdom and knowledge he showed at a very early age made him a shining light for humanity.
He was a prodigal child and an extraordinary scholar with almost superhuman capabilities. At the age of two, he could fluently speak and write Sanskrit. At the age of four, he could recite all the Vedas, and at the age of twelve, he took sanyas and left his home. Even at such a young age, he gathered disciples and started walking throughout the country to re-establish the spiritual sciences.

By the age of thirty-two, he left his body, but in those twenty years from the age of twelve to thirty-two, he crisscrossed India a few times, north to south, east to west, from Kerala right up to Badrinath and back, travelling everywhere in all directions. The man must have been a really brisk walker to do so much walking in a short span of life, and in between he produced thousands of pages of literature.

The Extraordinary Guru of Adi Shankara
Adi Shankara’s guidance came from Gowdapada. Under his guidance, Shankara went about doing all this incredible work. Gowdapada is very much a part of our tradition also. He was an extraordinary guru, but his teachings were never written down. He made sure it was not written down. He must have taught thousands of people but he produced fifteen to twenty good people who re-established the spiritual science in the country very quietly, without any noise, without starting a new religion or anything. In many ways, that has been the intention of Isha’s work also – not to establish a new religion or a new scripture, but to establish the spiritual sciences just as a way of life, as an inculcation within a human being.

Adi Shankara and Badrinath Temple
Badrinath has historical significance because the temple here was installed by Adi Shankara. He set up his own people there. Even today, the descendants of the families that he set up – traditionally, the Nambudiris – are the priests in the temple. From Kaladi to Badrinath, the distance is more than three thousand kilometers by walk. Adi Shankara walked such distances.

Adi Shankara’s Mother’s Death
Once, when Adi Shankara was up in the North, he intuitively came to know that his mother was dying. At the age of twelve, his mother had given him permission to take sanyas only after he had promised her that he would be there with her at the moment of her death. So when he realized that his mother was ill, he walked all the way back to Kerala just to be with her beside her deathbed. He spent a few days with his mother and after she had died, he walked back north again. When you travel to the Himalayas, you will wonder how anyone could have walked through this. Imagine the effort involved.

How Adi Shankara Entered a Dead King's Body
Painting of Adi Shankaracharya arguing with a man and a woman.

Adi Shankara got into an argument with a man and won. Then that man's wife maneuvered herself into the argument. Adi Shankara is a certain level of logic – you should not argue with a man like that. But she negotiated herself into the argument, saying, “You defeated my husband, but he is not whole. We are two halves of the same thing. So you must also argue with me.” How can you beat this logic? So, arguments started with the woman. Then she saw she was losing and so she started asking him questions about human sexuality. Shankara said whatever he said. Then she went into more details and asked, “What do you know by experience?” Adi Shankara was a brahmachari (a celibate). He knew that this was a trick to defeat him so he said, “I need a month’s break. We’ll start from where we left off after a month.”

Then he went inside a cave and told his disciples, “No matter what happens, do not allow anybody into this cave because I'm going to leave my body and look for another possibility for some time.” The life energies, or prana, manifest in five dimensions: prana vayu, samana, apana, udana and vyana.

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I am Bhrigu amongst the great seers and the transcendental Om amongst sounds. Amongst chants know Me to be the repetition of the Holy Name; amongst immovable things I am the Himalayas.

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Amongst trees I am the peepal tree (sacred fig tree); of the celestial sages I am Narad. Amongst the gandharvas I am Chitrath, and amongst the siddhas I am sage Kapil.

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Amongst horses know Me to be Ucchaihshrava, begotten from the churning of the ocean of nectar. I am Airavata amongst all lordly elephants, and the king amongst humans.

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I am the Vajra (thunderbolt) amongst weapons and Kamadhenu amongst the cows. I am Kaamdev, the god of love, amongst all causes for procreation; and amongst serpents, I am Vasuki.

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Amongst the snakes I am Anant; amongst aquatics I am Varun. Amongst the departed ancestors I am Aryama; amongst dispensers of law I am Yamraj, the lord of death.

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I am Prahlad amongst the demons; amongst all that controls I am time. Know me to be the lion amongst animals, and Garud amongst the birds.

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Amongst purifiers, I am the wind, and amongst wielders of weapons, I am Lord Ram. Of water creatures, I am the crocodile, and of flowing rivers, I am the Ganges.

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O Arjun, know Me to be the beginning, middle, and end of all creation. Amongst sciences I am the science of spirituality, and in debates I am the logical conclusion.

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I am the beginning “A” amongst all letters; I am the dual word in grammatical compounds. I am the endless Time, and amongst creators I am Brahma.

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I am the all-devouring death, and I am the origin of those things that are yet to be. Amongst feminine qualities I am fame, prosperity, fine speech, memory, intelligence, courage, and forgiveness.

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Amongst the hymns in the Samaveda know me to be the Brihatsama; amongst poetic meters I am the Gayatri. Of the twelve months of the Hindu calendar I am Margsheersh, and of seasons I am spring, which brings forth flowers.

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I am the gambling of the cheats and the splendor of the splendid. I am the victory of the victorious, the resolve of the resolute, and the virtue of the virtuous.

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Amongst the descendants of Vrishni, I am Krishna, and amongst the Pandavas I am Arjun. Know me to be Ved Vyas amongst the sages, and Shukracharya amongst the great thinkers.

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I am just punishment amongst means of preventing lawlessness, and proper conduct amongst those who seek victory. Amongst secrets I am silence, and in the wise I am their wisdom.

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I am the generating seed of all living beings, O Arjun. No creature moving or non-moving can exist without Me.

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There is no end to My divine manifestations, O conqueror of enemies. What I have declared to you is a mere sample of My infinite glories.

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Whatever you see as beautiful, glorious, or powerful, know it to spring from but a spark of My splendor.

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What need is there for all this detailed knowledge, O Arjun? Simply know that by one fraction of My being, I pervade and support this entire creation.
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The Lord said: Listen again to My divine teachings, O mighty armed one. Desiring your welfare because you are My beloved friend, I shall reveal them to you.

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Neither celestial gods nor the great sages know of My origin. I am the source from which the gods and great seers come.

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Those who know Me as unborn and beginningless, and as the Supreme Lord of the universe, they among mortals are free from illusion and released from all evils.

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From Me alone arise the varieties of qualities in humans, such as intellect, knowledge, clarity of thought, forgiveness, truthfulness, control over the senses and mind, joy and sorrow, birth and death, fear and courage, non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame, and infamy.

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The seven great Sages, the four great Saints before them, and the fourteen Manus, are all born from My mind. From them, all the people in the world have descended.

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Those who know in truth My glories and divine powers become united with Me through unwavering Bhakti Yog. Of this there is no doubt.

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I am the origin of all creation. Everything proceeds from Me. The wise who know this perfectly worship Me with great faith and devotion.

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With their minds fixed on Me and their lives surrendered to Me, My devotees remain ever content in Me. They derive great satisfaction and bliss in enlightening one another about Me and in conversing about My glories.

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To those whose minds are always united with Me in loving devotion, I give the divine knowledge by which they can attain Me.

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Out of compassion for them, I, who dwell within their hearts, destroy the darkness born of ignorance, with the luminous lamp of knowledge.

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Arjun said: You are the Supreme Divine Personality, the Supreme Abode, the Supreme Purifier, the Eternal God, the Primal Being, the Unborn, and the Greatest. The great sages, like Narad, Asit, Deval, and Vyas, proclaimed this, and now You are declaring it to me Yourself.

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O Krishna, I totally accept everything You have told me as the Truth. O Lord, neither gods nor the demons can understand Your true personality.

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Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your inconceivable energy, O Supreme Personality, the Creator and Lord of all beings, the God of gods, and the Lord of the universe!

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Please describe to me Your divine opulences, by which You pervade all the worlds and reside in them. O Supreme Master of Yog, how may I know You and think of You. And while meditating, in what forms can I think of You, O Supreme Divine Personality?

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Tell me again in detail Your divine glories and manifestations, O Janardan. I can never tire of hearing your nectar.

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The Lord spoke: I shall now briefly describe My divine glories to you, O best of the Kurus, for there is no end to their detail.

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O Arjun, I am seated in the heart of all living entities. I am the beginning, middle, and end of all beings.

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Amongst the twelve sons of Aditi I am Vishnu; amongst luminous objects I am the sun. Know Me to be Marichi amongst the maruts, and the moon amongst the stars in the night sky.

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I am the Samaveda amongst the Vedas, and Indra amongst the celestial gods. Amongst the senses I am the mind; amongst the living beings I am consciousness.

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Amongst the rudras know Me to be Shankar; amongst the semi-celestial beings and demons I am Kuber. I am Agni amongst the vasus and Meru amongst the mountains.

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O Arjun, amongst priests, I am Brihaspati; amongst warrior chiefs I am Kartikeya; and amongst reservoirs of water, know Me to be the ocean.

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*लेख:- चम्पा षष्ठी, शनिवार (7/12/2024)*

*षष्ठी प्रारम्भ:- 6/12/2024-12:07 pm*
*षष्ठी समाप्त:- 7/12/2024-11:05 am*

चम्पा षष्ठी का त्यौहार भगवान कार्तिकेय अर्थात सुब्रह्मण्यम जी को समर्पित है। चम्पा षष्ठी महाराष्ट्र में एक महत्वपूर्ण पर्व के रूप मे मनाया जाता है। जिस वर्ष चम्पा षष्ठी रविवार अथवा मंगलवार के दिन शतभिषा नक्षत्र तथा वैधृति योग के साथ सयुंक्त होती है, तो इस संयोग को अत्यधिक शुभ माना जाता है।

दक्षिण भारत में भगवान कार्तिकेय को सुब्रह्मण्यम के नाम से भी जाना जाता है। उनका प्रिय फूल चंपा है, इसलिए इस व्रत को चंपा षष्ठी के नाम से भी जाना जाता है।

मान्यता है कि षष्ठी के दिन भगवान कार्तिकेय का पूजन हर मनोकामना को पूर्ण करने में सहायक है। इस दिन भगवान कार्तिकेय के पूजन से रोग, राग, दुख-दरिद्रता का निवारण होता है। इसके अतिरिक्त यह व्रत क्रोध, लोभ, अहंकार, काम जैसी बुराइयों पर विजय दिलाकर मनुष्य को अच्छा और सुखी जीवन व्यतीत करने को प्रेरित करता है।

*चम्पा षष्ठी पर्व के संबंध मे प्रचलित दो कथाएं:-*
1. चंपा षष्ठी के विषय मे एक कथा के अनुसार
पौराणिक काल मे एक बार मणि और मल्ला (मल्ह) नाम के दो राक्षस भाई थे, जिन्होंने मनुष्यों के साथ-साथ देवताओं और ऋषियों के लिए बहुत सी परेशानियां खड़ी कर दी थीं। सभी देवताओं और साधुओं ने भगवान शिव से मदद मांगी।

अतः उन राक्षसो के अत्याचारों से मानव जाति को निजात दिलाने के लिए महादेव ने महाराष्ट्र के पुणे मे खंडोबा नामक स्थान पर भगवान खांडोबा का रूप धारण किया, जोकि सोने की चमक की तरह दिखते थे। भगवान का चेहरा हल्दी चूर्ण से ढका हुआ था।

भगवान खंडोबा के रूप मे उन्होने लगातार छः दिनों तक राक्षस भाइयों से भयानक युद्ध लड़ा था, छह दिनों की लंबी लड़ाई के बाद, मणि राक्षस ने भगवान शिव से क्षमा मांगी और उन्हें अपना सफेद घोड़ा भेंट किया। इसके बाद, भगवान शिव ने मनी को एक वरदान मांगने के लिए कहा। मनी ने भगवान शिव से उनके साथ रहने की इच्छा जाहिर की। उनकी इच्छा को पूरा करने के लिए, मणि की मूर्ति को सभी खंडोबा मंदिरों में रखा गया। इस प्रकार, उसी समय से चंपा षष्ठी को धार्मिक रूप से मनाया जाता है।

ऐसा माना जाता है कि इन दोनों राक्षसों का वध करने के लिए भगवान शिव ने भैरव और पार्वती ने शक्ति का रूप धारण किया था। यही कारण है कि महाराष्ट्र में रुद्रावतार भैरव को मार्तंड- मल्लहारी कहा जाता है, साथ ही खंडोबा, खंडेराया आदि नामों से भी पहचाना जाता है। मणि और मल्ह नामक दैत्यों का वध करने के कारण ही इस दिन को चंपा षष्ठी कहा जाता है।

2. द्वितिय पौराणिक कथा के अनुसार एक बार कार्तिकेय अपने माता पिता शंकर जी और पार्वती व छोटे भाई गणेश से लेकर रूष्ट होकर कैलाश पर्वत छोड़ कर भगवान शिव के ज्योतिर्लिंग मल्लिकार्जुन चलें गए, और वहीं पर निवास करने लगे। यहां पर वास करते हुए मार्गशीर्ष मास के शुक्ल पक्ष की षष्ठी को भगवान कार्तिकेय ने दैत्य तारकासुर का वध किया था। इसी तिथि को उन्हें देवताओं की सेना का सेनापति बनाया गया था। अतः इसी दिन से चंपा षष्ठी का यह त्योहार मनाया जाना आरम्भ हुआ। चम्पा के फूल भी कार्तिकेय जी को बहुत पसंद है, इसी वजह से इस तिथि को चंपा षष्ठी के नाम से जाना जाता है।

चंपा षष्ठी के दिन भगवान शिव और कार्तिकेय की पूजा करना बहुत ही शुभ माना गया है। ऐसा कहा जाता है कि जो भक्त इस दिन सच्चे मन से शिव और कार्तिकेय की आराधना करता है, वह समस्त पापो से मुक्त हो जाता है। भक्त के जीवन में सुख-शांति बनी रहती है, तथा जीवन के उपरांत मोक्ष की प्राप्ति होती है।

*चंपा षष्ठी पूजन*
यह त्यौहार पूर्ण शुद्धि तथा भक्ति के साथ मार्गशीर्ष अमावस्या से लेकर चंपा षष्ठी तक लगातार छह दिनों के लिए मनाते हैं।

इन छह दिनों मे भक्त प्रातः स्नानादि के उपरांत मंदिर जाते हैं।

भक्त भगवान खांडोबा की मूर्ति के सामने छह दिनों तक तेल का दीया जलाते हैं।

तत्पश्चात भगवान खांडोबा (भगवान शिव) की पूजा करते हुए सब्जियां, फल, लकड़ी, सेब के पत्तों और हल्दी चूर्ण अर्पित करते हैं।

छठे दिन चंपा षष्ठी के दिन देवता को कई तरह के नैवेद्य अर्पित किए जाते हैं जैसे- थोंबरा (जो कई अनाजों के आटे से बना होता है), रोडगा (गेहूं के आधार से तैयार व्यंजन) और भंडारा (हल्दी पाउडर)।

पूजा के अंत मे आरती की जाती है।

*चंपा षष्ठी पर्व मे कृत्य कर्म*
1. चंपा षष्ठी पूजन के दिनो मे भक्तो को जमीन पर ही सोना चाहिए।

2. व्रती तथा उपासक को चंपा षष्ठी के दिन तेल का बिल्कुल भी सेवन नही करना चाहिए।

3. चंपा षष्ठी पूजन के दिनो मे, तथा चंपा षष्ठी के अगले दिन सप्तमी तिथि तक व्रती तथा उपासको को पूर्ण रूप

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Ten unknown facts about LordJagannath:

*The Mysterious Sudarshan Chakra*: The Sudarshan Chakra atop the Jagannath Temple is a massive metal structure that weighs tons, and its architecture is still puzzling to experts. What's even more astonishing is that the Chakra appears the same from every angle, defying the laws of architecture ¹.

*The Flag That Defies the Wind*: The flag on top of the Jagannath Temple flies opposite the wind direction, and no scientific explanation has been found for this phenomenon ¹ ².

*The Temple Without a Shadow*: The Jagannath Temple is designed in such a way that it never casts a shadow, regardless of the time of day or the sun's position ¹.

*The Massive Kitchen*: The Jagannath Temple kitchen is the largest kitchen in the world, with 400 cooks working around 200 hearths to feed over 10,000 people daily ³.

*The Secret of the Abadha Prasadam*: The Abadha prasadam is cooked in earthen pots stacked one over the other, and amazingly, the topmost pot is cooked first ³.

*The Magnetic Power of the Ratna Muda*: The top portion of the temple structure, known as the Ratna Muda, has a miraculous magnetic power that stabilizes and sustains the electromagnetic changes and forces acting upon it ³.

*The Garuda Stambha*: The 16-sided monolithic pillar in front of the temple was originally located at the Sun Temple in Konark and was dragged to the Jagannath Temple by the Marathas in the 18th century ³.

*The Chariot Festival Mystery*: During the Rath Yatra festival, the chariots are pulled by millions of devotees, but surprisingly, the chariots move in a straight line, defying the laws of physics ².

*The Story of Lord Jagannath's Origin*: Lord Jagannath was originally manifested as a giant sapphire gemstone avatar called "Nilmani" or "Neelamadhava" in the Purusottama-kshetra "Nila Kandara" ³.

*The Madala Panji*: The Madala Panji is an ancient manuscript that records the history of the Jagannath Temple and Lord Jagannath, but its authenticity is disputed among historians ³.
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