108 Bilva leaves Offering To Lord Shiva To Overcome Money Problems

Offer Bilva Leaves @ your home once a week.... every Monday....and get Blessed by Lord Shiva

108 Bilva leaves Offering To Lord Shiva To Overcome Money Problems

Bilva Leaves is the most widely used leaf to Lord Shiva in Hindu religion. There is a belief that offering 108 bilva leaves to Shivlingam will help in overcoming all kinds of money related problems.

How To Offer 108 Bilva Leaves To Lord Shiva?

The Bilva Leaves to be used in worship can be bought on any day. But the leaf should not be plucked on ashtami, chaturdashi, amavasya, purnima and during sankranti.

The best day to make the offering is Monday or on Pradosham or Chaturdashi tithi.

Ideal time to make the offering is morning or during pradosham period (starting 1.5 hours before sunset).

The person offering the bilva leaves should wear white color dress. Lamp, bhasma, **aak flowers, dhoop and white sweet should be offered during puja.

**Aak Flower....

Bilva leaves should be offered one by one and each time ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ should be chanted.

After offering the Bilvashtakam stotram should be chanted...... See Below the verses in English with its meaning.

II shrii ganeshaaya namaaha II

tridalam triguNaakaaram trinetram cha trayaayudham I

trijanmaa paapasanhaaram eka Bilva shivaarpaNam II 1 II

trishaakhair Bilva patraisha hyaschidrai komalai shubhai I

shivapoojaam karishyaami eka Bilva shivaarpaNam II 2 II

akhanda bilvapatreNa poojite nandikeshware I

shudhyantii sarva paapebhyo eka bilva shivaarpaNam II 3 II

shaaligram shilaama ekaam vipraaNaam jaatu arpayet I

somayadnya mahaapuNyam eka bilva shivaarpaNam II 4 II

dantikotisahasraNi ashwamedha shataanicha I

kotikanyaa mahaadaanam eka bilva shivaarpaNam II 5 II

laxmyaa stnam utpanam mahadevasya cha priyam I

bilva vruksham prayachchhaami eka bilva shivaarpaNam II 6 II

darshanam bilva vrukshasya sparshanam paapanaashanam I

aghorapaapa sanhaaram eka bilva shivaarpaNam II 7 II

moolato brahma roopaaya madhyato Vishnu roopiNe I

agrataha shiva roopaaya eka bilva shivaarpaNam II 8 II

bilvashtakam ediam puNyam yaha paThet shiva sanidhou I

sarva papa vinirmuktaaha shivalokam avaapnuyaat II 9 II

II eti bilvashtakam sampoorNam II

Now the........Meaning :

1) I offer Bilva leaves (A Bilva leaf is so called leaf having three small leaves.) to God Shiva. This Bilva leaf is a form of the three human qualities. Good Virtue (Satva), Passion (Raja quality) and Irascible (Tama quality). The Bilva leaf is like three eyes, Sun, Moon and Fire. It is like three weapons. It is destroyer of sins committed in earlier three births. I perform pooja of God Shiva with such Bilva leaves..

2) I offer Bilva leaf to God Shiva. The Bilva leaf is very pious, soft and there are no holes on it. As such it is complete in it self. It is like three branches. I perform pooja of God Shiva with the Bilva leaves.

3) I offer Bilva leaves to God Shiva. After performing pooja of Nandikeshwar (God Shiva) by offering complete Bilva leaves (as described in 2 above) to him, we become free from our sins.

4) i) Soma Yadnya (Sacrifices and such like things) is performed to receive blessings from God, to accomplish good things in our life and to destroy our sins. ii) People who perform religious duties even for others offer Shaligram (God in the form of a very pious Stone) to God Shiva. These (i) and (ii) are very pious and good things however to offer Bilva leaves to God Shiva is much more pious thing of all. Hence I offer Bilva leaves to God Shiva.

5) i) Long time back Kings and rich people in India were donating elephants. ii) Ashwamedha Yadnya (Sacrifices and such like things) were performed. iii) At the time of marriage, father of bride is donating his daughter to bridegroom, and this is considered as a very pious thing performed by him. Above i), ii) and iii) are no doubt very pious things performed however offering Bilva leaves to God Shiva is much more pious thing than all. Hence I offer Bilva leaves to God Shiva.

6) Bilva Tree is created By Godess Laxmi who is wife of God Vishnu. God Shiva Likes Bilva Tree (Bilva leaves) very much. I perform pooja of God Shiva with Bilva leaves.

7) When we see Bilva Tree and touch it, it simply destroys our sins. Even our very bad and biggest sins are removed and we become free from our sins. Hence I perform pooja of God Shiva with Bilva leaves.

8) Lower part of Bilva leaf is God Brahma, Middle part of Bilva leaf is God Vishnu and Upper part is God Shiva himself hence I perform pooja of God Shiva with Bilva leaves.

9) Whosoever recites this Bilvashtakam by sitting in front of God Shiva temple will become free from all his sins and rest in Shiva Loka along with God Shiva after his death.

Thus here completes........ Bilvashtakam.

J.KANNAN, M.Com, FIATA

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