Sri Lakshmi Pooja
Sri Lakshmi Pooja
Sri Lakshmi Pooja
Jai Srimannarayana!
On the Naraka chaturdasi day, we will have abhyangana sna:nam( head bath) and distribute sweets
(madhura padartham) to our friends, relatives and belovedones.Ofcourse people in India will light the
crackers to celebrate Krishna's victory over Narakasura. In some places people will preapare narakasura
prathima with grass and crackers and kill him using the fire weapon.
On Deepavali day evening everybody will worship Divine mother Lakshmi to get all sorts of wealth
through out the year. I hope everybody try to prepare new varieties of prasadams every year. In the
same way let us try to do The Lakshmi puja also in a new way. According to our Vedic tradition people
worship Goddess Lakshmi with Srisu:ktha namavali. Let us follow that tradition. Here is the process for
you!
start with Achamanam : Take water in to your right hand folding the thumb first and then
pointed finger (go:karna mudra), while saying the namas below swallow the water three
times separately
Now let us pray with dhya:na sloka, while chanting meditate upon Divine mother Lakshmi
Let us do sankalpam holding your left palm horizontally, close with the right hand vertically
and keep on our right thigh …..
O:m samastha pariva:ra:ya sarva divya mangala vigraha:ya sri:mathe: narayanaya namaha
O:m Sri Lakshmi narayanam dhya:ya:mi
O:m sri:m sriyai namaha
a:va:haya:mi
( Invite the divine couple onto the seat from your heart)
Offer flowers to Lord at His lotus feet with the following na:ma:s
Now we will chant the sri:su:ktha na:ma:vali while offering kum kum or turmeric or flowers at
the lotus feet of Goddes Mahalakshmi
after harathi sprinkle water droplets in harathi plate and offer again arghyam pa:dyam and
achamani:yam.
Let us do pra:rthana
Kshama: pra:rthana:
Srimannarayanaye:thi samarpaya:mi (take water into your right hand and drop into a separate
plate and do sashta:nga namaskaram)