Purnima / Ekadshi / Shubh Avsar · About 57 min · 47 steps
Purpose:
सत्य व भगवान नारायण की कृपा हेतु कथा-श्रवण; मनोकामना पूर्ति पर विशेष।
Occasion:
पूर्णिमा, एकादशी, शुभ अवसर (गृह प्रवेश/विवाह पश्चात)
Timing:
Pradosh kaal after sunset
Vrat:
Fast until the puja (optional)
Purohit:
वैकल्पिक
Pooja Samagri: items to keep ready
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Step-by-step vidhi
Instructions are translated from the Hindi workbook; shlokas are chanted in Sanskrit.
🔥 Fire safety: take care when lighting a diya, camphor, incense or the havan fire. Children should take part only under adult supervision. Never leave a flame unattended, keep water nearby, and keep curtains, cloth and paper away. Perform the havan in an open or well-ventilated place.
2-second pause after each shloka · pause, go back or skip at any time
1. Mandap Sajja
Installing the Lord in a banana-leaf pavilion is the tradition of Satyanarayan puja.
Tie banana stems/leaves at the four corners of the chowki to make a pavilion; install a picture of Lord Satyanarayan or a Shaligram in the middle.
Samagri: Banana leaves/stems, chowki with red/yellow cloth, deity murti/picture
2. Pavitrikaranam
Om Apavitrah Pavitro Va Sarvavastham Gato'pi Va |
Yah Smaret Pundarikaksham Sa Bahyabhyantarah Shuchih ||
Om Pundarikakshah Punatu | Om Pundarikakshah Punatu | Om Pundarikakshah Punatu ||
Pure or impure, in whatever state — whoever remembers the lotus-eyed Lord becomes pure within and without. May the lotus-eyed Lord purify us.
Take water in the left hand and, with the fingers of the right hand, sprinkle it over yourself, the seat and the puja items.
Samagri: Water vessel (lota) and achamani spoon, Ganga water
3. Achamanam
Om Keshavaya Namah | Om Narayanaya Namah | Om Madhavaya Namah ||
Om Hrishikeshaya Namah | Hastam Prakshalayami ||
Sipping water thrice with salutations to Keshava, Narayana and Madhava for inner purity; hands are washed with Hrishikesha's name.
Take a little water in the right palm (gokarna mudra) and sip it three times, once with each name; then say 'Hrishikeshaya Namah' and wash your hands.
Samagri: Water vessel (lota) and achamani spoon
4. Asana Shuddhi
Om Prithvi Tvaya Dhrita Loka Devi Tvam Vishnuna Dhrita |
Tvam Cha Dharaya Mam Devi Pavitram Kuru Chasanam ||
Om Asanadevatayai Namah ||
O Mother Earth, you uphold the worlds and are upheld by Vishnu; uphold me too and sanctify my seat.
Sprinkle a little water on the ground under the seat and recite the mantra while touching the seat.
Samagri: Seat (kusha grass or wool), water vessel (lota) and achamani spoon
5. Deepa Prajvalanam
Shubham Karoti Kalyanamarogyam Dhanasampada |
Shatrubuddhivinashaya Dipajyotirnamo'stu Te ||
Om Dipajyotishe Namah ||
Salutations to the lamp's flame, which brings auspiciousness, well-being, health and wealth, and destroys hostile thoughts.
Light the ghee lamp and place it to the deity's right (your left); an oil lamp goes to the deity's left. Bow to the lamp.
Samagri: Ghee lamp with cotton wick, matchbox
6. Svasti Vachanam
Om Svasti Na Indro Vriddhashravah Svasti Nah Pusha Vishvavedah |
Svasti Nastarkshyo Arishtanemih Svasti No Brihaspatirdadhatu ||
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih ||
AI practice voice — no Vedic svara; confirm pronunciation with your priest
May glorious Indra, all-knowing Pusha, Garuda and Brihaspati grant us well-being. Peace, peace, peace.
Join your hands and recite the auspicious invocation (mangala path).
Say the words in ( ) — the Panchang and your gotra — yourself; ▶ Listen to sankalp asks you for them. Your name and city come from your profile.
I (name, gotra), at this time and place, resolve to perform this puja for the stated purpose.
Take water, akshat, flowers and dakshina in the right hand and read the sankalp (the app fills in your town, tithi, name and gotra); at the end, release the water onto the ground or into a copper plate.
Samagri: Water vessel (lota) and achamani spoon, akshat (unbroken rice), fresh flowers, dakshina (coin/money)
8. Ganesha Smaranam
Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha |
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarvakaryeshu Sarvada ||
Om Gam Ganapataye Namah | Gandhakshatapushpani Samarpayami ||
O curved-trunked, mighty Lord, radiant as a million suns — make all my undertakings free of obstacles, always.
Before any puja, meditate on Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, and offer akshat and flowers. (In Ganesha Puja this step is part of the main worship.)
Om Shrisatyanarayanaya Namah | Dipam Darshayami | Hastaprakshalanam ||
A lamp of ghee and wick, lit with fire, that dispels the darkness of the three worlds — please accept.
Show the ghee lamp to the deity, then wash your hands.
Samagri: Ghee lamp with cotton wick
33. Naivedyam
Sharkarakhandakhadyani Dadhikshiraghritani Cha |
Aharam Bhakshyabhojyam Cha Naivedyam Pratigrihyatam ||
Om Pranaya Svaha | Om Apanaya Svaha | Om Vyanaya Svaha | Om Udanaya Svaha | Om Samanaya Svaha ||
Om Shrisatyanarayanaya Namah | Naivedyam Nivedayami ||
Accept this food offering of sugar, sweets, curd, milk, ghee and dishes. It is offered to the five vital breaths.
Place the plate of bhog before the deity and circle it with water (for Vishnu, Krishna and Rama, place a tulsi leaf on it), then recite the pancha-pranahuti mantra.
Samagri: Naivedya (sweets/bhog), water vessel (lota) and achamani spoon
34. Prasad
Om Shrisatyanarayanaya Namah | Naivedyam Nivedayami ||
I offer the one-and-a-quarter measure of prasad to Lord Satyanarayan.
Make sheera of semolina (ghee, sugar, banana) or panjiri in one-and-a-quarter measure (savaya) and offer it with panchamrit and tulsi.
Om Shrisatyanarayanaya Namah | Mukhavasarthe Tambulam Samarpayami ||
Accept this tambula — betel leaves with sacred areca nut and cardamom — to freshen the mouth.
Place betel nut, clove and cardamom on a betel leaf and offer it.
Samagri: Betel leaves, betel nut, cloves and cardamom
38. Dakshina
Hiranyagarbhagarbhastham Hemabijam Vibhavasoh |
Anantapunyaphaladamatah Shantim Prayachchha Me ||
Om Shrisatyanarayanaya Namah | Dakshinam Samarpayami ||
This offering of gold — seed of fire, born of the cosmic golden womb, giver of endless merit — grant me peace.
Place a coin/money before the deity as dakshina.
Samagri: Dakshina (coin/money)
39. Mantra Japa
Om Satyanarayanaya Namah
Repetition of the deity's root mantra.
Chant the deity's mool mantra on a japa mala — Short mode 11, Medium 21, Full 108 times.
Samagri: Japa mala (108 beads)
40. Katha / Path
Listening to the katha or reciting the stotra completes the fruit of the puja.
Read or listen to the katha: Shri Satyanarayan Vrat Katha (Skanda Purana, Reva Khanda) — summary in Sheet 19. (The katha is essential in this vrat.)
Samagri: Sacred book
श्री सत्यनारायण व्रत कथा (स्कन्द पुराण, रेवा खण्ड)
अध्याय 1: मृत्युलोक के दुःखी जीवों को देखकर नारद जी भगवान विष्णु से उपाय पूछते हैं; भगवान सत्यनारायण व्रत की विधि और महिमा बताते हैं।
अध्याय 2: काशी के निर्धन ब्राह्मण को भगवान वृद्ध ब्राह्मण के वेश में व्रत बताते हैं; व्रत से उसकी दरिद्रता दूर होती है। उसे देखकर एक लकड़हारा भी व्रत कर समृद्ध होता है।
अध्याय 3: राजा उल्कामुख का व्रत देखकर साधु नामक वैश्य संतान हेतु मन्नत मानता है, पर पुत्री कलावती के जन्म और विवाह पर भी व्रत टालता रहता है; वचन-भंग के कारण वह दामाद सहित चोरी के झूठे आरोप में बंदी होता है।
अध्याय 4: पत्नी लीलावती और पुत्री कलावती के व्रत से साधु मुक्त होता है। लौटते समय दंडी-वेशधारी भगवान से झूठ बोलने पर उसका धन लता-पत्र बन जाता है और क्षमा मांगने पर लौटता है। कलावती प्रसाद छोड़कर दौड़ती है तो नाव डूब जाती है; प्रसाद ग्रहण करने पर सब ठीक होता है।
अध्याय 5: राजा तुंगध्वज वन में ग्वालों की सत्यनारायण पूजा का प्रसाद अहंकारवश ठुकराकर संकट में पड़ता है; पश्चाताप कर प्रसाद ग्रहण करने पर सुख पाता है। शिक्षा — सत्य-वचन का पालन और प्रसाद का आदर।
41. Aarti / Nirajanam
Kadaligarbhasambhutam Karpuram Tu Pradipitam |
Arartikyamaham Kurve Pashya Me Varado Bhava ||
Om Shrisatyanarayanaya Namah | Arartikyam Samarpayami ||
With lighted camphor I perform the aarti — look upon me and be the giver of boons.
Wave the aarti plate of camphor or ghee 4 times at the deity's feet, 2 times at the navel, once at the face and 7 times over the whole form; sing the aarti while ringing the bell.
Samagri: Aarti plate, camphor, bell
42. Mantra Pushpanjali
Nanasugandhapushpani Yathakalodbhavani Cha |
Pushpanjalirmaya Datto Grihana Parameshvara ||
Om Shrisatyanarayanaya Namah | Mantrapushpanjalim Samarpayami ||
This handful of many fragrant seasonal flowers I offer — O Supreme, accept it.
Standing, take flowers in joined palms and offer them at the deity's feet.
Samagri: Fresh flowers
43. Pradakshina
Yani Kani Cha Papani Janmantarakritani Cha |
Tani Sarvani Nashyantu Pradakshinapade Pade ||
Om Shrisatyanarayanaya Namah | Pradakshinam Samarpayami ||
Whatever sins were committed in past lives, may they be destroyed with every step of this circumambulation.
Turn clockwise in your place (or walk around the murti) in pradakshina — count: 4 (Hari).
Om Shrisatyanarayanaya Namah | Namaskaran Samarpayami ||
Salutations to you who are for the welfare of all and the support of the world — this full prostration I make with effort.
Bow in full prostration (sashtanga), or bow your head with joined hands.
45. Kshama Prarthana
Avahanam Na Janami Na Janami Visarjanam |
Pujam Chaiva Na Janami Kshamasva Parameshvara ||
Mantrahinam Kriyahinam Bhaktihinam Sureshvara |
Yatpujitam Maya Deva Paripurnam Tadastu Me ||
Anena Pujanena Shrisatyanarayanah Priyatam, Na Mama ||
I know not how to invoke, bid farewell, or worship properly — forgive me. Though lacking in mantra, rite and devotion, may my worship be complete. May the deity be pleased; the fruit is theirs, not mine.
With joined hands ask forgiveness for any mistakes in the puja; finally, releasing water, offer the fruit of the puja to the deity.
Samagri: Water vessel (lota) and achamani spoon
46. Prasada
Akalamrityuharanam Sarvavyadhivinashanam |
Vishnupadodakam Pitva Punarjanma Na Vidyate ||
Receiving the sanctified offering.
Take the charanamrit/prasad yourself and share it with the family.
Samagri: Naivedya (sweets/bhog)
47. Visarjanam
Yantu Devaganah Sarve Pujamadaya Mamakim |
Ishtakamasamriddhyartham Punaragamanaya Cha ||
May all the gods accept my worship and depart — to fulfil my wishes and to return again.
Releasing akshat, respectfully bid farewell to the invoked deities. (An installed murti is not immersed — only the invoked presence is sent off.)
Samagri: Akshat (unbroken rice)
This text is from the workbook edition; the vidhi can differ by family and regional tradition.
॥ Shri Vishnu Aarti ॥
Om Jay Jagdish Hare, Svami Jay Jagdish Hare|
Bhakt Janon Ke Sankat, Kshan Men Dur Kare|| Om Jay Jagdish Hare||
Jo Dhyave Phal Pave, Duhkh Binse Man Ka|
Svami Duhkh Binse Man Ka, Sukh Sampatti Ghar Ave, Kasht Mite Tan Ka|| Om Jay Jagdish Hare||
Mat-Pita Tum Mere, Sharan Gahun Main Kiski|
Svami Sharan Gahun Main Kiski, Tum Binu Aur Na Duja, As Karun Jiski|| Om Jay Jagdish Hare||
Tum Puran Parmatma, Tum Antaryami|
Svami Tum Antaryami, Parabrahm Parmeshvar, Tum Sabke Svami|| Om Jay Jagdish Hare||
Tum Karuna Ke Sagar, Tum Palankarta|
Svami Tum Palankarta, Main Sevak Tum Svami, Kripa Karo Bharta|| Om Jay Jagdish Hare||
Tum Ho Ek Agochar, Sabke Pranapti|
Svami Sabke Pranapti, Kis Vidhi Milun Dayamay, Tumko Main Kumti|| Om Jay Jagdish Hare||
Dinbandhu Dukhharta, Tum Thakur Mere|
Svami Tum Thakur Mere, Apne Hath Uthao, Dvar Para Tere|| Om Jay Jagdish Hare||
Vishay Vikar Mitao, Pap Haro Deva|
Svami Pap Haro Deva, Shraddha Bhakti Barhao, Santan Ki Seva|| Om Jay Jagdish Hare||
Shri Jagdish Hare Prabhu Jay Jagdish Hare|
Bhakt Janon Ke Sankat Kshan Men Dur Kare|| Om Jay Jagdish Hare||