Saraswathi Sadhana

Dear all, the complete the neela saraswathi sadhana , the saraswati sadhana also should be outlined although, this is very common sadhana used in ordinary households.

Now I will detail the sadhana and dear all should understand the necessary components be in the Neela Saraswathi sadhana.

Astra mantra - sleem pashuhum phal

Moola mantra - Om saraswathye namah

Anga –
1) Om sam hrydayaya namah
2) Om ram shirase swaha
3) Om swam shikyaye vashal
4) Om tyaim kavachaya namah
5) Om nam netratryaya vaushal
6) Om ma: astraya phal

chandas - kanva rishi , gayatri chandas , saraswathi devata

Dhyana Shloka –

“Hamsarooddaa harahasithaharendukunthavadaathaa
vaani mandasmithataramukhee maulibadhendurekhaa
Vidyaveenamruthamayakhadakshasragaadiptahasta
shubrabjasta bhavadabhimathapraptyaye bharati syath”

Peeda shakthi - hrim namah

Peeda samisti - hrim sarwashakthi kamalanasanaya namah

Peeda pooja mantras - gurwathi jnanatmanandam ( durga , 28 mantras) , medhathi navashakthi ( saraswathi, 9 +) and in total 38 mantras with which, with water from beginning to end do the pooja.

(I will keep an appendix of the various peeda pooja mantras in the end after outlining all sadhanas)

Moorti kalpana - hrim namah om saraswathye namah saraswathimoorthaye namah

Upachara - vaagiswareeyividmahe saraswathyee dhimahi tanno vaagiswari prajodayal

Avahana - omitting the avahana mudras, vyapaka, lipi, panchatatwa and moolakshara nyasas :) as this outline is for information and not for sadhana.

Ayudha nyasa –
1) vidyayai namah
2) veenayai namah
3) amruthakumbhaya namah
4) akshamaalayai namah

Bhushana nyasa –
1) makudaya namah
2) ardhachandraya namah
3) haaraya namah
4) angadi sarwabhushanebhyoo namah
5) shubravastraya namah
6) swethothareeyaya namah
7) ratnakanchyee namah
8) swarnanoopurabhyam namah

Upahara - padyamidam arkhyamidam achamaneeyamidam


Murthi pooja - with the following steps ; pranavathraya, upachara, moolathraya, moolakshara, anga, ayudha, bhushana, angaavarana, astra being completed with yogayee namah, then moortyavarana is performed, followed by indradi pariwara, vajradi parivarayudhas, with the nirmalya dhari; martye namah, one has to do the do pooja with water, beginning to end.

dwadastas - Aim sundaryee namah klim sumukhyee namah

followed by mukhapooja till naivedya (details are omitted as the general way of doing this will be given as appendix)

saraswati pooja samaptam |