षोडशोपचार

shodashopachar ka hindoo dharm mean b da hi mahattv mana jata hai. kisi bhi devi-devata ke poojan mean ise vishesh roop se mahattv pradan kiya jata hai. shodashopachar arthat ve solah tarike, jinase devi-devataoan ka poojan kiya jata hai. shodashopachar poojan mean nimn solah tarike se vidhipoorvak poojan kiya jata hai-

shodashopachar poojan

kr.san.	shodashopachar	vyakhya
1.	dhyan-avahan	mantroan aur bhav dvara bhagavan ka dhyan kiya jata hai. avahan ka arth hai pas lana. eesht devata ko apane sammukh ya pas lane ke lie avahan kiya jata hai. eesht devata se nivedan kiya jata hai ki ve hamare samane hamare pas aean. vah hamare eesht devata ki moorti mean vas karean tatha hamean atmik bal evan adhyatmik shakti pradan karean, taki ham unaka adarapoorvak satkar karean.
2.	asan	eesht devata ki adar ke sath prarthana karean ki ve asan pe virajaman hovean.
3.	pady	padyan, ardhy donoan hi samman soochak haian. bhagavan ke prakat hone par unake hath pavan dhulakar achaman karakar snan karate haian.
4.	ardhy	padyan, ardhy donoan hi samman soochak haian. bhagavan ke prakat hone par unake hath pavan dhulakar achaman karakar snan karate haian.
5.	achaman	achaman yani man, karm aur vachan se shuddhi. achaman ka arth hai aanjali mean jal lekar pina, yah shuddhi ke lie kiya jata hai. achaman tin bar kiya jata hai. isase man ki shuddhi hoti hai.
6.	snan	eesht devata, eeshvar ko shuddh jal se snan karaya jata hai. ek tarah se yah eeshvar ka svagat satkar hota hai. jal se snan ke uparaant bhagavan ko panchamrit snan karaya jata hai.
7.	vastr	eeshvar ko snan ke bad vastr chadhaye jate haian, aisa bhav rakha jata hai ki ham eeshvar ko apane hathoan se vastr arpan kar rahe haian ya pahana rahe haian, yah eeshvar ki seva hai.
8.	yajnopavit	yajnopavit ka arth janeoo hota hai. yah bhagavan ko samarpit kiya jata hai. yah devi ko arpan nahian kiya jata. yah sirf devataoan ko hi arpan kiya jata hai.
9.	gandhakshat	akshat (akhandit chaval), roli, haldi, chandan, abir, gulal.
10.	pushp	phool mala (jis eeshvar ka poojan ho raha hai, usake pasand ke phool aur usaki mala).
11.	dhoop	dhoopabatti
12.	dip	dipak (ghi ka)
13.	naivedy	bhagavan ko mithaee ka bhog lagaya jata hai. isako hi naivedy kahate haian.
14.	tambool, dakshina, jal arati	taanbul ka matalab pan hai. yah mahatvapoorn poojan samagri hai. phal ke bad taanbul samarpit kiya jata hai. tambool ke sath mean puangi phal (supari), lauang aur ilayachi bhi dali jati hai. dakshina arthath dravy samarpit kiya jata hai. bhagavan bhav ke bhookhe haian. at: unhean dravy se koee lena-dena nahian hai. dravy ke roop mean rupe, svarn, chaandi kuchh ki arpit kiya ja sakata hai. arati pooja ke aant mean dhoop, dip, kapoor se ki jati hai. isake bina pooja adhoori mani jati hai. arati mean ek, tin, paanch, sat yani visham battiyoan vala dipak prayog kiya jata hai.
15.	mantr pushpaanjali	mantr pushpaanjali mantroan dvara hathoan mean phool lekar bhagavan ko pushp samarpit kie jate haian tatha prarthana ki jati hai. bhav yah hai ki in pushpoan ki sugandh ki tarah hamara yash sab door phaile tatha ham prasannata poorvak jivan bitaean.
16.	pradakshina-namaskar, stuti	pradakshina ka arth hai parikrama. arati ke uparaant bhagavan ki parikrama ki jati hai, parikrama hamesha gh di ki sooee ke chalane ki disha mean karani chahie. stuti mean kshama prarthana karate haian, kshama maangane ka ashay hai ki hamase kuchh bhool, galati ho gee ho to ap hamare aparadh ko kshama karean.

is tarah poojan karane se bhagavan ati prasann hote haian aur apane bhaktoan ki har murad poori karate haian.

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