Pouring water or milk on the Shivling is Abhishek. Abhishek is the process of bathing the deity.

Pouring water or milk on the Shivling is Abhishek. Abhishek is the process of bathing the deity. According to Shiv Aagam (Poojaa rules) Abhishekam is considered as one part of the Shodashopachaar Poojaa. Lord Shiva is pleased by the process of bathing. If you pour a drop of water on the shivling, you will get the blessings of Shiva. Since Shiva is widely worshiped in the form of the Shivling, One should perform the abhishek to get the blessings of Shiva.

In Shiva temples, a pot made up of copper or brass with a hole in the centre is kept hanging over the Shivling, and water is falling on it throughout the day and night. Shiva drank the poison that emanated during the churning of the ocean and wore the Ganga and the crescent moon to cool His head. So Constant Abhisheka is done to cool his head.

Pouring water, milk, ghee, curd, honey, Panchamrita is Abhisheka. Mantras are chanted along with the Abhisheka. Lord Shiva is propitiated by Abhisheka. The greatest and the highest Abhisheka is to pour the waters of pure love on the Atmalinga of the lotus of the heart. The external Abhisheka with various objects will help the growth of devotion and adoration for Lord Shiva and eventually lead to internal Abhisheka with pure abundant flow of love.

Abhisheka literally means “to cleanse.” Before starting the ritual, a devotee washes his hands and pours water over the shivling. However, this practice is not to cleanse the Shivling, as God doesn’t need any cleansing. He is the purest, but it is an implication of cleaning oneself. Later milk is poured on the ShivLing, which is a connotation of purifying one’s life and washing all the sins from oneself. ! ✨👁🕉🔱⌛️💦🐍🐚📿🌀💦🌙🏯🔔💦💀🗿🙏✨💦

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