Digambar kshetrapal ji ki Abhishek
Digambar Kshetrapal ji ki Abhishek ek pavitra puja kriya hai jisme Dukhi-shanti ke liye Kshetrapal (temple ke guardian deity) ki shuddh jal ya pyaala se abhishek kiya jata hai, saath me stuti-puja, pushp (phool), dhoop, deepak aur dusre upahara arpan kiye jate hain. Yeh kriya bhakti aur shraddha se ki jati hai aur aam taur par mandir ke prashikshit pujari ya bhakti-sangathan ke dwara ki jati hai.
- Abhishek ka uddeshya: Kshetrapal ki kripa aur suraksha ki prapti, mandir ki shuddhi aur samudaya ki shanti.
- Samagra tarika (samanya dhara): Jal/dugdha-yukt paani se abhishek, us parikshita phool-aur sugandhit padarthon ka arpan, phir prarthana, aarti, aur prasad-bhojan ki vyavastha.
- Digambar vs. Shwetambar: dono sampradayo me Kshetrapal ki Abhishek ki bhakti ki bhavna saman hoti hai, lekin mantr-utsav, chal-chalan, aur kuch puja vidhi (arthik samagri ki suchi ya shlok) me chhoti-moti antar ho sakte hain. Yadi aapke paas niji mandir ya sangh ki vidhi ya shlok ki jankari ho, to us anuroop karna acche hota hai.
Aapke shetra ya mandir ke hisaab se Abhishek ki tithi/ samay (sunrise ke samay, ya pori puja ke dauran) aur upohaar ki suchi thodi alag ho sakti hai. Isliye subhpuja ke liye apne sthal ke purohit ya mandir ke adhikari se nishchit vidhi ki jankari le lijiye.