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This beautiful hymn shiva suvarna mala stotra is composed by shree adi shankara bhagavad pada on lord Shiva. The hymn is called Suvarna mala stuti. The hymn of beautiful garland of letters. Suvarna ,also means gold. Acharya shankara makes a garland of beautiful alphabets of Sanskrit and offers that garland to lord Shiva. The hymn has fifty verses each starting with an alphabet of Sanskrit in the alphabetical order. Every line ends with the phrase ‘sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam’ meaning O sadāśiva who is always accompanied by all mother, O the birth places of all good and peace, O the doer of good, your holy feet is my resort. The use of all alphabets of Sanskrit makes this hymn powerful and poetic at the same time. It also blesses us with the virtue and merit of worshipping the supreme god Shiva with all the alphabets of the sacred language. According to over sacred scriptures every letter is divine, every alphabet is a mantra. Matruka mantras (as they are referred to in the tantra shastras. By chanting this hymn, we indirectly chant all the fifty-one letters which are seed mantras. Acharya shankara prays to shiva for different things and good qualities which are very essential to any serious seeker. He prays supreme god for guidance and also praises his greatness through this wonderful hymn. To know the deeper meaning of this hymn 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶 : 𝗔 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮 by clicking the link below https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08YMT96XC

Ayodhya Mahatmyam is a text that consists of 10 chapters describing various holy waters and holy shrines of ayodhya, this text is a part of Vaishnava Kanda from Skanda Purana. Chapter Ten describes about the internal sacred water, (antah teeertha, Mada Gajendra, Surasaa, Pindaaraka, sarayu and Janmasthaana

Ayodhya Mahatmyam is a text that consists of 10 chapters describing various holy waters and holy shrines of ayodhya, this text is a part of Vashnava Kanda from Skanda Purana.

Chapter one of ayodhya Mahatmyam talks about Lord Vishnu Hari

Ganesha and Hanuman - Adi Antha Prabhu. A combined form of Ganesha and Hanuman worshiped in a temple in chennai. some scriptural indications to the similarities and oneness of Ganesha and Hanuman.

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A prayer for protection from snakes as told by sage Astika from adi parva of Mahabharata

This hymn on goddess mahālakshmi who is in the form of lakshmi, sarasvati and pārvati, the supreme goddess who is the consort of nārāyaṇa was sung by Shankara when he was a brahmachari.Even today this hymn is recited with devotion praying the goddess mahālakshmi for wealth, good fortune and happiness.This hymn is called as kanakadhārā stotra. Kanaka means gold dhārā means rain the hymn which pleased the goddess to shower gold (wealth) on rooftop and hence it is called by the name kanakadhārā stotra since then. To know the meaning and explanation of this stotra, get your copy now from https://amzn.to/45JR4nH

A health giving Armour of sun god for overcoming illnesses, attaining longevity composed by sage Yagyavalkya.

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These Twenty five epithets of goddess lalitā parā bhattārika was initiated by lord hayagreeva (the horse necked incarnation of lord Vishnu who learnt the path of srividyā and perfected it under the direct guidance of Devi.) to sage Agastya upon his polite request.

These epithets are found in the eleventh chapter of Lalitopākhyāna which is a part of Brahmānda Mahā Purāna.

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Today let us talk about which texts regard Ganesha as the supreme reality. what are the Puranas which talk about Ganesha,  list of tantras talk that about Ganesha to learn more about these scriptures you can visit   https://linktr.ee/authorkoushik   and find links to books Heramba Upanishad, Ganesha Sahasranama, Forms of Ganesha, runahara Ganesha stotra, sankatanashana Ganesha stotra and their commentaries.

In sundara khanda of valmiki ramayana, Valmiki describes what hanuman did  and whom hanuman prayed before making his mind to cross the ocean

स सूर्याय महेन्द्राय पवनाय स्वयंभुवे।
भूतेभ्यश्चाञ्जलिं कृत्वा चकार गमने मतिम्।।5.1.8।।

sa sūryāya mahendrāya pavanāya svayambhuve.

bhūtebhyaścāñjaliṃ kṛtvā cakāra gamane matim..5.1.8..

in this episode, let us discuss about that shloka in brief. 

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