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GUIDELINE:
What is Sankalpa
Sankalpam is an oath (promise), letting God and Saints know when we are
doing the puja, what mantra we are going to chant, how many times we are
going to chant and what we want in lieu for our effort.
Simple Prayer and Sankalpam Guideline
The following simple sankalam does not take into account the year (Nama
samvatsare), ayana (Dakshinayana/ uttarayana), Season (ruthou), Month
(mase), Fortnight (Paksham), day (thithi), star (nakshatra).
Inhaling
au bhu
au bhuva
ogu suva
au maha
au jana
au tapa
ogu satyam
Holding Breath
au tat savitur-varenya
bhargo devasya dhmah
dhiyo yo nah prachodayt
Exhaling
au apo jyoti-raso amrtam brahma
bhr bhuvas suvar au
An alternative to reciting the mantra above, is to use the 4 parts of the Gayatri
mantra :
Inhalation:
aum bhur bhuvah sva
Holding Breath / Retention After Inhalation:
tat savitur varenyam
Exhalation:
bhargo devasya dhmah
Holding Breath / Retention After Exhalation:
dhiyo yo nah prachodayt
Take your right hand (palm towards your face), touch your nose and then your
right ear, and during this say aum.
Aum is all the lokas - bhuh, bhuvah, suvah, mahah, janah, tapah, satyam. We
meditate on the adorable effulgence of the Lord who creates everything, so that it
may energize our consciousness.
Aum is water, light, the earth that yields tasty food, the air that sustains life, the allpervading either and the mind, intellect and the 'I' sense marked by the terms
bhuh, bhuvah and suvah.
4. Sankalpam (taking the vow / resolution)
Place the left palm, turned upward, on the right thigh
and place the right palm, turned downward on the left
palm. Recite thefollowing mantra :
r paramevara prtyartham
For making Lord Parameshwara
happy
Then choose from the below what desired result you expect from your japa... you
can select as many wish as you need :
1. pathi vasikaranartham
For attracting and keeping husband in hold
5. yana vapthyartham
For knowledge
6. sakala vasikaranartham
To attact desired things, to attract all the good things in the world, including lover
You can change "swayamvaraparvathi" with the name of the mantra you are doing,
such as r gayatri mah mantra japam aham kariye, or r viu sahasranama
japam aham kariye or sri mahlakmi atothra japam aham kariye etc.
You can also mention the number of times you will do the japa as part of your vow /
oath.
If you do not know these prayers you can also recite aum shanthi shanthi
shanthihi in place of the shanti prayer and simply request God to forgive you for
any mistakes/erros you committed during the japa and prayer.