Devi Bhagavatam 11.3.17 — Cosmic Feminine Manifestations, Skandha 11, Adhyaya 3, Shloka 17
Sadachara Nirupanam and Rudraksha Mahatmya
रुद्राक्षान्कण्ठदेशे दशनपरिमिता- न्मस्तके विंशती द्वे षट् षट् कर्णप्रदेशे करयुगलकृते द्वादश द्वादशैव । बाह्वोरिन्दोः कलाभिर्नयनयुगकृते त्वेकमेकं शिखायां वक्षस्यष्टाधिकं यः कलयति शतकं स स्वयं नीलकण्ठः
rudrākṣānkaṇṭhadeśe daśanaparimitā- nmastake viṃśatī dve ṣaṭ ṣaṭ karṇapradeśe karayugalakṛte dvādaśa dvādaśaiva | bāhvorindoḥ kalābhirnayanayugakṛte tvekamekaṃ śikhāyāṃ vakṣasyaṣṭādhikaṃ yaḥ kalayati śatakaṃ sa svayaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaḥ
လည်ပင်းတွင် ၃၂ လုံး၊ ခေါင်းတွင် ၄၀ လုံး၊ နားတစ်ဖက်စီတွင် ၆ လုံး၊ လက်တစ်ဖက်စီတွင် ၁၂ လုံး၊ လက်မောင်းတစ်ဖက်စီတွင် ၁၆ လုံး၊ မျက်လုံးတစ်ဖက်စီတွင် ၁ လုံး၊ ဆံထုံးတွင် ၁ လုံးနှင့် ရင်ဘတ်တွင် ၁၀၈ လုံး ဝတ်ဆင်သူသည် အရှင်နီလကဏ္ဌ (သီဝ) ကိုယ်တော်တိုင် ဖြစ်လာသည်။
Narayana
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Mantra Referenced: null
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Kundalini Element: null
Chakra Referenced: Various body parts (neck, head, ears, chest)
Tantric Practice Type: Nyasa
Stuti Type: null
Recitation Occasion: Daily
Phala Shruti: Becomes Lord Nilakantha (Shiva) Himself
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Maya Aspect: null
Creation Role: null
Shakti Philosophy: null
Relation To Brahman: Identity of Jiva and Shiva through sacred adornment
Narrator: Narayana
Listener: Narada
Dialogue Context: Detailing the specific counts of Rudraksha for different body parts
Narrative Layer: embedded
Text: Detailed prescription for a complete 'Rudraksha Kavacha' (armor of beads) for ascetics or intense practitioners.
Text: By covering the vital energy centers (Chakras and Marmas) with Rudraksha, the practitioner's body is structurally transformed into a living temple of Shiva.
FAQs
According to this verse, 108 Rudrakshas should be worn on the chest and 32 on the neck.
The person who wears them in these specific numbers on various body parts becomes equivalent to Lord Nilakantha (Shiva) Himself.
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