Pooja Prarambh (Jain puja) ko keep it simple, shuddh aur samman-poorvak kiya jata hai. Ye rahe basic steps:

1) Sthaan aur shuddhata

• Saf safai se ek suthra sthaan chuniye (ghar ki pooja ki jhaadi ya mandir ki jhaank).
• Haath-pair aur kapde pavitra rakhiye; agarbatti ya dhup se sthaan ko vishwa-shanti ke liye shuddha banaiye.

2) Aagman aur aarambh

• Ek ya ek se adhik pratimaon/Chitr-maanava ki pooja ki jaye to unke saamne aadar purvak khade ho kar vandan kiya jaye.
• Namaskaar ya pranam: Arihant, Siddh (Tirthankar), Guru, Sadhu-sangat ko namaskar kiya jata hai.

3) Pooja samagri ki vyavastha

• Deep/diya jalaiye (shuddh tel ya ghee ka diya).
• Phool (pushp), chandan, tilak ya rang, gandh (mehndi/flowers), dhupa (dhoop) ya kapoor.
• Naivedya (fal-vegetable ya meetha chhota bhog), paan ya mishri, aur paani ki taraf se jal-ari (padya) aur arghya pradan kiya jata hai.
• Navkar Mantra ya any Jain stotra (Digambar/Shwetambar ke anuroop) ki jaankari ke saath uchcharan.

4) Puja ki mool kriya (saral roop)

• Samyak bhav se namokar-mantar ya Navkar Mantra ka jap (kam se kam 5–11 baar) karein.
• Pavitra vichar: “Ahimsa, anuvrat, satya, brahmacharya, aparigraha” jaise shikshan par manan.
• Pushp, phal, dhupan ki arghya karein; phool chhidkene ki jagah, phoolon ki mala utarna ya chhota kaam (samman) dikhana.
• Dhyan ya dhyan-sankalp: keval Tirthankar ki upasana, samyak charitra ki ichcha.

5) Shesh kriya (samapti)

• Pooja ke ant me vandan aur stuti: Mangalam ya Maaru stotra ka sankirtan, fir Namokar ki stuti.
• Prarthana: sab bhakto ki shanti, paropkaar, aur ahimsa ki pratigna.
• Shuddh man se pratham diwat di jaye; jhoothe vichar ya ahankaar ko chhoda jaye.
• Sthaapna ko dhyan se bandh kar, diya bujha kar, prarthna puri karen.

6) Digambar vs Shwetambar me antar (sankshipt)

• Mool nirman aur Navkar Mantra ki upasana dono dharmo me hoti hai, par kuch mantras, mudra ya arghya ki vyakhya dono sampradayon me thodi si alag ho sakti hai.
• Aakar, upAsana ki vidhi ya kuch vishesh pratimaon ki samajh me lobh hota hai, par antim lakshya — ahimsa, shuddhacharitra aur tirthakār ki puja — same rehti hai.

Aap apne ghar ya mandir ki suchna ke hisaab se in steps ko thoda-sa simplify ya complex kar sakte hain. Agar aap chahein to main Navkar Mantra ki exact pada (auspicious recitation) ya Digambar/Shwetambar ke alag mudra ke vishay me sakshat shabdon me batata hoon.