शनि देव

shani / Shani

'shanaishchar ki sharir-kanti indralilamani ke saman hai. inake sir par svarnamukut gale mean mala tatha sharir par nile rang ke vastr sushobhit haian. ye gidhd par savar rahate haian. hathoan mean kramash: dhanush, ban, trishool aur varamudra dharan karate haian.'

parichay

shani bhagavan soory tatha chhaya (sanvarna) ke putr hai. ye kroor grah mane jate haian. inaki drishti mean jo kroorata hai, vah inaki patni ke shap ke karan hai. brahm puran mean inaki katha is prakar ayi hai- bachapan se hi shani devata bhagavan shrikrishna ke param bhakt the. ve shrikrishna ke anurag mean nimagn raha karate the. vayask hone par inake pita ne chitrarath ki kanya se inaka vivah kar diya. inaki patni sati sadhvi aur param tejasvini thi. ek rat vah rritu snan karake putr prapti ki ichchha se inake pas pahuanchi, par yah shrikrishna ke dhyan mean nimagn the. inhean bahy sansar ki sudhi hi nahian thi. patni pratiksha karake thak gayi. usaka rritukal nishphal ho gaya. isaliye usane kruddh hokar shanidev ko shap de diya ki aj se jise tum dekh loge, vah nasht ho jayaga. dhyan tootane par shanidev ne apani patni ko manaya. patni ko bhi apani bhool par pashchattap hua, kintu shap ke pratikar ki shakti usamean n thi, tabhi se shani devata apana sir nicha karake rahane lage. kyoanki yah nahian chahate the ki inake dvara kisi ka anisht ho.

jyotishashastr ke anusar

jyotishashastr ke anusar shani grah yadi kahian rohini-shakat bhedan kar de to prithvi par barah varsh ghor durbhiksh p d jaye aur praniyoan ka bachana hi kathin ho jay. shani grah jab anevala tha, tab jyotishiyoan ne maharaj dasharath se bataya ki yadi shani ka yog a jayaga to praja ann-jal ke bina t dap-t dapakar mar jayagi. praja ko is kasht se bachane ke liye maharaj dasharath apane rath par savar hokar nakshatr mandal mean pahuanche. pahale to maharaj dasharath ne shani devata ko nity ki bhaanti pranam kiya aur bad mean kshatriy-dharm ke anusar unase yuddh karate hue un par sanharastr ka sandhan kiya. shani devata maharaj ki kartavyanishtha se param prasann hue aur unase var maangane ke liye kaha. maharaj dasharath ne var maanga ki jab tak soory, nakshatr adi vidyaman haian, tab tak ap shakat bhedan n karean. shanidev ne unhean var dekar santusht kar diya.

shani ke adhidevata

shani ke adhidevata prajapati brahma aur pratyadhidevata yam haian. inaka varn krishna, vahan gidhd tatha rath lohe ka bana hua hai. yah ek-ek rashi mean tis-tis mahin rahate haian. yah makar aur kumbh rashi ke svami haian tatha inaki mahadasha 19 varsh ki hoti hai.

shanti ke upay

inaki shanti ke liye mrityuanjay jap, nilam-dharan tatha brahman ko til, u dad, bhaians, loha, tel, kala vastr, nilam, kali gau, joota, kastoori aur suvarn ka dan dena chahiye.

jap ka vaidik mantr

inake jap ka vaidik mantr- Om shan no devirabhishtay apo bhavantu pitaye. shan yorabhi stravantu n:॥',

pauranik mantr

pauranik mantr-

'nilaanjanasamabhasan raviputran yamagrajamh.
chhayamartandasambhootan tan namami shanaishcharamh॥'

bij mantr

bij mantr - 'Om praan prian prauan s: shanaishcharay nam:.', tatha

samany mantr

samany mantr - 'Om shan shanaishcharay nam:' hai. inamean se kisi ek ka shraddhanusar nity ek nishchit sankhya mean jap karana chahiye. jap ka samay sandhya kal tatha kul sankhya 23000 honi chahiye.