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Shri:

Shrimathe gopala desika mahaadesikaya nama:



Pancha thrimshaadikai: pancha shathai: pancha sahasrakai: saaligraama:

Saaligraama murthies are of various kinds. There are totally 5535 types of
aaligraamams. Amongst these 513 are the best ones - so says the Prameya
ratnaakaram. Though we often say "saalagraamam", "saaligraamam" is the right
term, as told in the Paaraananda sutram, the tantric book. The connotation
of the word Saaligraama is as follows :-

Shaalaya: ishwara: thaeshaam shaaliinam graama bhhoothoyam

prasthara: tasmaath saaligraama: 

athavaa 

saalaya: sushaa: ganaa: theshaam graama: tasmath saaligraama:

Saalaya: denotes 

One who is capable of doing everything i.e. the avataaras of MahaVishnu in
the orm of vyuha, vibhava, antaryami, archa and the archa rupas in the divya
deshas
>>graama: denotes a group of these.

>>Saaligraama together connotes a group of all the above mentioned forms of
Mhavishnu. This is a small stone found in the Gandaki river.

>>Saaligraama is a place where all the forms of the Lord take sannidhyam
(are found together) as one and benedict the worshipper.

Saaligraama can also be understood as a collection of thousands of small
stones which are endowed with divinity. 

nityam sannidhi: yetaasu parasya paramaatmana: 

na pratishta vidhhaathavyaa na chaiva aavaahanaadhaya:

na aavaahanam na pratishta na shaanthi: na eva nishkriti:

dugdhena snaapayaeth bramhan sparshaadhyai: dooshithaa yadhi 

The Lord Purushottama takes nitya sannidhaanam in the saaligraamam. Unlike,
igraha murthies this shila does not require Prashitaapana or consecration.>
>One need not perform the aavahana of Swarupas like Rama, Krishna in this
urthy. Shaanthi and rituals for correction of doshas need not to be
performed. Ifany ashudhdham - transgression of code of conduct towards the
saaligraama murty- occurs, it suffices to perform thirumanjanam to the
saaligraamam with cow' milk - these are told in Paadma Samhita and Vishnu
tilak samhita.>
Mantra upachaara vidhhibhi: heenamapi asya poojanam>
muktim dadhaathi saaroopyam dashapoorvai: dashaapari:
yaa kaapi murthi: sampoojya gandakii sambhava shila
There is no rule that only certain vishnu murthies amongst the saaligraamas
have to be worshipped. Whatever may be the murthy, if it has been taken out
of the river Gantaki, then it is fit for aaradhanam. However, if it has a
chakra mark on it, it is special.

Chaandilya smriti says that Saaligraama Aaradhanam assures moksha to the
performer and all the people who belong to generations preceding and
anteceding the performer upto a maximum of ten generations, above and below
that of the performer; this holds good even if the saaligrama aaraadhanam is
performed with some blemishes like omitting an act or mantra or a prayoga.

Generally, Lord in the Archa murthy has a lot of saulabhyam; especially so
in saaligraama murthies, in which saulabhyam is maximum. Hence, we pray to
Naaraayana that more and more people perform saaligraama aaradhana everyday
without fail.

Narayana narayana narayana

The above is a translation of the article in Tamil by HH Paravakottai Swami
of Prakrutam Aandavan of Poundarikapuram Ashramam, SriRangam


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