How to worship Shivalingam everyday at home ?

How to worship Shivalingam everyday at home ?

First of all, If you stall Shivalingam , it should be worshiped every day. It should be very small in size (preferably not bigger than 3 or 4 cms)

However, if your residence is quite big size, wide and with full of space, you must build a Separate room/Mandir for Puja Archana. Mandir should be also at the top place of your residence. Then, you can allow priest to do Pran Pratishitha of ShivaLingam perfectly. Puja Archana of ShivaLingam must be done every day at proper exact time like temple.

Puja Archana- There is no specific rule for adoring Lord Shiva. But if you worship Lord Shiva with Proper Mantra, with proper and with purity Jal, and milk Abhishek, he is pleased soon. Puja Archana must be performed at fixed time every day. He sees the soft and kind heart and affection of Bhakta.

The standard procedure for any worship is same. Start with achamana, pranayama, sankalpa, prana-pratishtapana, avahana, dhyana, pancha-upachara (5 upachara) puja, abhisheka, naivaidya and visarjana.

The puja can be elaborated or shortened based on time availability. The 5 upacharas are- gandha, pushpa, dhoopa, deepa and naivaidya.

If you do not have ShivaLingam, you can mentally worship Shiva Puja. Refer to Shiva Manasa Puja written by Adi Shankaracharya.

The key to worship is "Devotion" and "Surrendering". The rules, procedure etc. have their value, but devotion is most important key. Treat God as a guest who has come and hence, do his seva with love and respect. Treat God as mother or father or spouse or master and serve him and love him in that way.

What are the do's and dont's ?

A: It is preferable to have bath, freshen up and perform the Puja everyday at same time and place. Preferably face east or north direction. If someday you cannot perform at the normal time, instead of skipping its better to perform at other time. Also preferably do puja without eating anything if possible.

-How to do 'abhishek', How frequently to do abhishek?

A: You can do abhishek with water or milk daily, or you can also do panchamarit abhishek (milk, yogurt, ghee, sugar , honey mixture). You can do abhishek by chanting Om Namah Shivaya or Maha mrityunjaya Mantra.

-Things which are liked and disliked by shiva (Kind of fruits, leaves to be used)

A: Bilva leaves are very dear to Lord Shiva. White floweres , bhang dhatura should be offered to Shiva. But, God accepts whatever that is offered with devotion be it leaves, flowers, fruits or just water.
Apply Chandan tilak to Shivalingam daily.

-How are unmarried and married girls/women supposed to worship shiva linga(someone told me that females should not touch shiva linga)

A: Anybody can worship ShivaLingam. There is no caste or gender bar. A girl/Woman may worship Shiva as her master, father, husband or friend in whichever way she can connect with the Lord.

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