What Is the Purpose of Satyanarayan Pooja?
You can read this article to learn everything you need to know about the Satyanarayan pooja.
Have sad clouds loomed over your life? Are you experiencing financial or other obstacles and children-related worries? Has the relationship with your spouse turned sour lately? If the answer to all or any of these questions is yes, expert astrologers generally recommend organizing a Satyanarayan pooja at home.
Do you wonder what this pooja is and what purpose it serves? We have put together this article to clear up all your confusion. After reading this article, you are going to have a crystal clear understanding of how the Satyanarayan pooja leads you from darkness to light. Hence, let us not waste precious time and begin right away.
What Is Satyanarayan Pooja
Originating in the Skanda Purana, an ancient Hindu scripture, the Satyanarayan pooja seeks blessings from the Lord Satyanarayan. The Lord Satyanarayan is believed to be an incarnated form of the Lord Vishnu to spread righteousness and truth. Moreover, this pooja symbolizes truth always wins, a guiding principle in the spiritual journey of an individual. Furthermore, it helps you in more than one way, as described in the following section of this article.
Why Satyanarayan Pooja Is Done
Let us now look at Satyanarayan pooja’s purpose for understanding the benefits it has to offer.
An expression of gratitude
Why remember the god only on gloomy days? We should also thank him for the happy times, right? Surely, yes. Hence, you can perform Satyanarayan pooja at your place to express your thankfulness to Lord Satyanarayan for all the wealth and blessings he has conferred on you.
Overcoming Challenges
There is no problem bigger than the god. Hence, if you remember the Lord with complete faith and devotion, you can overcome all problems and difficulties through the Satyanarayan pooja.
Fostering togetherness
In a world where everyone is caught up in their own lives, drifting apart from friends and family, Satyanarayan pooja is an excellent way to bring everyone closer together.
Protection from hardships
We live in a world where evil is chasing us from all directions in various forms, such as a high-speeding car on the road causing accidents and other unfortunate happenings. Hence, only a powerful force can protect you from the impending difficulties. The Lord Satyanarayan is this strong shield you need to keep yourself and your family safe from perils.
Freedom from past sins
According to mythology, human life is a cycle of multiple births and rebirths until you are completely sin-free. Before this life that you are living, you were someone else doing something else. The wrongdoings of that life follow you in this life, making things worse. Hence, performing a Satyanarayan pooja to please the Lord Satyanarayan helps you break free from the past life curse.
Health improvements
On the day of the Satyanarayan pooja, you need to observe a fast and eat wholesome food. Moreover, this pooja promotes healthy eating habits, improved focus on your path, and enhanced concentration, resulting in overall well-being.
A truthful and righteous life
The divine aura of the Satyanarayan pooja helps you differentiate right from wrong, promoting an honest life with high moral standards.
So, the above section highlighted various benefits you can derive from worshiping the Lord Satyanarayn through a pooja. Let us now discuss how to perform this pooja to make things more clear.
How Is Satyanarayan Pooja Performed
Though it is recommended to invite a priest to your home to perform the Satyanarayan pooja with complete rituals, you can follow these steps if you wish to do it yourself.
- First, do the Sankalpam, i.e., inform the lord that you are performing a Satyanarayan pooja and ask for his permission to perform it.
- Next, perform the Vigneshwara pooja. It involves worshiping the Lord Ganesha to help you complete the Satyanarayan pooja without obstacles.
- Chant the Gayatri Mantra and ask permission to perform the pooja.
- Next, purify your breath and continue by vowing to get the blessing of the Lord Ganesha.
- Now is the time to perform the Kalash Pooja. Extend an invitation to Lord Satyanaryan, i.e., the Kalash to worship him.
- Offer your prayers to the Lords of all the five worlds, i.e., Ganesha, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and Parvati.
- Perform the Navagraha Pooja by inviting all the planets by taking their names with respect and offering them Akshadai (prepared from rice and haldi).
- Next, invite the Lord Indra and the other eight direction Lords and worship them.
- Now, offer flowers on the feet of the Lord Satyanarayan in his picture.
- Establish the Pran Pratishtha, i.e., fill the divine object with life force by taking his 108 names respectfully and offering flowers at his feet.
- Take flowers in the palms of your hands and call the Lord to grant all your wishes and shower his blessings upon you and your family.
- Lastly, if you wish, you can make a Havan Kund and chant the name of the Lord while offering pieces of wood and adding ghee to the fire. After completing the Havan, recite the Satyanarayan Katha’s five chapters.
Summing Up
We hope you now know why and how to perform the Satyanarayan pooja. We wish the Lord Satyanarayan to shower you and your loved ones with his blessings. On that note, let us now take your leave with a promise of returning with another post to help you connect to the divine. A chat with astrologer can guide to which pooja is beneficial for you at certain times.
