Rudraksha Puja And Vidhi

DAILY PUJA OF RUDRAKSHA | RUDRAKSHA PUJA VIDHI (PROCEDURE) |
HOW TO ENERGIZE RUDRAKSHA (SHORT VERSION)

Rudraksha beads are Divine beads in the true sense. There is nothing more sacred and holy for a Lord Shiva devotee than a Rudraksha bead. Rudraksha bestows spiritual, mental and physical benefits to its wearer when used appropriately as prescribed in the scriptures. Rudraksha beads provide maximum benefits when they are worn after they are energized.

Rudraksha beads at Rudra Centre are purified by experts and qualified Brahmins before being delivered. However, the wearer may choose to energize the bead continually at regular intervals at their end to derive maximum benefits by following the process mentioned below.

Rudraksha beads can be energized on any day. However, Mondays and days such as Mahashivratri or Shivratri (monthly), Shravan maas, Shravan Somvar, Poornima (full moon day), and Amavasya (new moon day) are also considered highly auspicious to energize a Rudraksha Beads.

ITEMS REQUIRED FOR RUDRAKSHA ENERGIZATION PUJA

• Water mixed with Ganges water
• Leaves and flowers
• Dhoop, Incense sticks
• Camphor
• Sandal paste
• Rice grains
• Ghee lamp
• Mouli, Flower, Fruit, Betel nut - Paan,
• Sweet offering

HOW TO ENERGIZE RUDRAKSHA STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS

After a bath, with a pure mind, arrange the items for blessings. Sit on an Asan facing east. Arrange all items for the puja neatly. Place Rudraksha on a plate with leaves and flowers.

Sprinkle water over ourselves and all items of Puja chanting:

|| Om Apavitrah Pavitro Va Sarva Vastan Gatopi Va
Yah Smaret Pundari Kaksham Sa Bahya Bhyantarah Shuchih ||

Translation

May all things unholy become holy, may all lower tendencies depart, just as soon as we transcend may within and without be purified!

Place water on the right hand with a spoon of Achamani and sip after each of these 3 mantras

'Om Keshavaya Namaha
Om Narayana Namaha
Om Madhavaya Namaha'
'Om Govindaya Namaha'

Seek blessings

Om Gurubhyo Namaha
Om Ganeshaya Namaha
Om Kula Devatabhyo Namaha
Om Ishta Devatabhyo Namaha
Om Mata Pitribhyam Namaha'

Translation:

I bow to guru, I bow to Ganesha, I bow to the family deity, I bow to my personal deity, I bow to my parents.

Chant Rudra Gayatri mantra

Om Tatpurushaaya Vidmahe Mahadevaay Dheemahi
Tanno Rudraha Prachodayaat

Translation

May we know that Supreme Person
And meditate on that Great God,
May Rudra impel us!

Chant Pranav mantra

Om Namah Shivay

Chant Isana mantra

Om īśāna Sarvavidyaanam Eeshwar Sarvabhootaanaam
Brahmaadipati Brahmanaadhipati Brahma Shivome Astu Sadaa Shivom

Translation

Ruler of all knowledge, Master of all beings,
Commander of all study and devotion,
That God Auspicious to me,
Be He just so, the Ever-Auspicious Om.

Perform Shodashopachara(16 steps) puja on the Rudraksha

Give the offerings or offer rice in their place with each mantra.

• (Sandal) Chandanam Samarpayami Sri Shiva Maha Devaya Charana Kamalebhyo Namaha
• (Flower) Pushpam Samarpayami Sri Shiva Maha Devaya Charana Kamalebhyo Namaha
• (Rice grains) Akshatan Samarpayami Sri Shiva Maha Devaya Charana Kamalebhyo Namaha
• (Dhoop) Dhupam Samarpayami Sri Shiva Maha Devaya Charana Kamalebhyo Namaha
• (Ghee lamp) Deepam Samarpayami Sri Shiva Maha Devaya Charana Kamalebhyo Namaha
• (Water) Achamaniyam Samarpayami Sri Shiva Maha Devaya Charana Kamalebhyo Namaha
• (Sweet offering) Naivedyam Samarpayami Sri Shiva Maha Devaya Charana Kamalebhyo Namaha
• (Water) Achamaniyam Samarpayami Sri Shiva Maha Devaya Charana Kamalebhyo Namaha
• (Betel nut – Paan) Tambulam Samarpayami Sri Shiva Maha Devaya Charana Kamalebhyo Namaha
• (Fruits) Phalam Samarpayami Sri Shiva Maha Devaya Charana Kamalebhyo Namaha

Burn Camphor and circle it clockwise 3x in front of the plate and chant:

Karpura Shivam Karuna Vataram Samsara Saram Bhujagendraharam
Sada Vasantam Hridaya Ravinde Bhavam Bhavani Sahitam Namami

Translation

White as camphor and kindness incarnate, the very form of Brahman consciousness, you Shiva ever dwell in my heart. I bow to you.

Chant Beeja mantras (9/11/108 times)

Conclude the puja with the divine mantra from the Upanishads

Om Purnamada purnamidam purnath purnamudyachite
Purnasya purnamadaya purna mevaya shishyate
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti

Translation

What is visible is infinite. What is invisible is also infinite. Out of the infinite being, the finite has come, yet being infinite, only infinite remains.

THE RUDRAKSHA MANTRA OF FOR EACH MUKHI OR VARIETY IS MENTIONED BELOW

• One Mukhi: “Om Hreem Namah”
• Two Mukhi: “Om Namah”
• Three Mukhi: 'Om Kleem Namah'
• Four Mukhi: “Om Hreem Namah”
• Five Mukhi: “Om Hreem Namah”
• Six Mukhi: “Om Hreem Hoom Namah”
• Seven Mukhi: “Om Hoom Namah”
• Eight Mukhi: “Om Hoom Namah”
• Nine Mukhi: “Om Hreem Hoom Namah”
• Ten Mukhi: “Om Hreem Namah Namah”
• Eleven Mukhi: Om Hreem Hoom Namah
• Twelve Mukhi: Om Kraum Sraum Raum Namah'
• Thirteen Mukhi: “Om Hreem Namah”
• Fourteen Mukhi: Om Namah'
• Fifteen Mukhi: “Om Hreem Namah”
• Sixteen Mukhi: “Om Hreem Hoom Namah”
• Seventeen Mukhi: “Aum Hreem Hoom Hoom Namah'
• Eighteen Mukhi: “Om Hreem Shreem Vasudhaye Swaha”
• Nineteen Mukhi: “Om Vam Vishnave Shreeshayane Swaha”
• Twenty Mukhi: 'Om Hreem Hreem Hoom Hoom Brahmane Namah”
• Twenty One Mukhi: 'Om Shreem Hreem Kleem Shreem Kleem Vitteshwaraye Namah
• Gauri Shankar Rudraksha: “Om Aim Hreem Yugal Rupanaye Namah”
• Trijuti: “Om Trimurti Devaya Namaha”
• Garbh Gauri Rudraksha: 'Om Shree Gauri Ganeshaye Namah”
• Common for all mukhis: “Om Namah Shivaye”

There is an elaborate process of energizing Rudraksha with Vedic Mantras, which is usually performed by qualified priests and is known as Pran Pratishtha of Rudraksha (life-infusing ceremony)

One can learn about the elaborate energization details of the procedure mentioned in the link below:

PRANA PRATISHTHA PUJA OF RUDRAKSHA