Chandan puja (Chandan seva) Tirthankar ki puja ka ek pramukh ang hai. Isme Tirthankar ke pratishthan ko chandan (sandalwood paste) se chandan karte hain, shubhkamnaen prakat karte hain, aur bhakti bhavna se stotra-prayog kiya jata hai. Niche sadharan tareeke se bataya gaya hai:

Kuch mool baatein

• Sandalwood paste ya chandan ki pratikriya Tirthankar ki pavitra murti/ya chitr par ki jati hai.
• Is puja ka uddeshya shraddha, shuddhta, aur samarpan dikhana hota hai.
• Digambar aur Shwetambar shiksha mein bahut adhik farak nahi; dono mehi ye puja hoti hai, par chandan ki matra ya kuch mantr–stavan ki vyakhya mein thode bahut antar ho sakte hain.

Aam tarike (sadharan steps) 1) Shuddhta ki taiyari

• sthaan ko pavitra (saaf) rakhen.
• puja ki thali me chandan paste, phool, dhoop/davan (agar ho), diya/aarti ki deep, paani ki kambali ya bowl, aur shuddh kapde rakh lein.

2) murti ki shodhan/abhishek

• Tirthankar ki murti ya chitr ka snan (abhishek) ya nayaa saaf mandi karen. Isme paani ya phaadha (jo parampara anusar upyukt ho) ka istemal hota hai.

3) Chandan lagana

• Murti ke charan, pairon ke nishan, aur mukh par halki chandan paste lagayen.
• Sir par tilak jaise ujjval chandan lagaya jata hai (jyada gehrai se nahi; sookhe aur samarpit dhyan ke sath).

4) Arghya aur samarpan

• Phool, dhoop, gandh, panchamrut (yadi parampara anusar ho) ya sirf paani ki arghya chadhayein.
• Navkar Mantra ya vishesh stavan ya dhyaan ki choti prasang karein (parampara anusar jo stotra uchchaaran hota ho).

5) Aarti/diya

• Diya ki rang bhari roshni se aarti karein; Tirthankar ki atma ki shuddhi ke liye bhavna rakhen.

6) Samapan

• Sabhi bhakt milkar prarthana karein, phir shanti ya ashavadi bhavna se puja samaapt karen.

Vishesh tip

• Digambar ya Shwetambar parivar ya varg ke anusaar kuch mantr ya stotro ki chayan alag ho sakta hai. Agar aap specific stotra ya mantr chahte hain, ya kis Tirthankar ki chandan puja ki jankari chahiye, to batayein—main usi parampara ke hisaab se sahi artha (arth) aur uchit paath batane ki koshish karunga.

Yeh vyavaharik roop se aam roop me hota hai. Agar aap chahein, main kisi ek Tirthankar ki chandan puja ki vishesh stuti (arth along with original shlok, agar available ho) ya paraampara-vishesh vidhi ko detail me samjha sakta/ sakti hoon.