Sankheshwar ki “Vasakshep Pooja” ka matlab hai – Shri Shankheshwar Parshvanath Bhagwan ke charanon par sugandhit vasakshep (chandan + kesar + sugandhit bhasma) chadhākar bhakti karni.

Yeh pooja zyadātar Śvetāmbara Mūrtipūjak paramparā mein hoti hai; Digambar paramparā mein is naam se alag se Sankheshwar Vasakshep Pooja aam nahi hai, wahan anya vidhi-prakār ke dravya-puja, abhishek, aadi ki paramparā zyada hai.

1. Vasakshep kya hota hai?

• Chandan ka choora/batti
• Kesar ya anya sugandhit dravya
• Thodā sa kapoor/bhāsmā (kahi-kahi)

In sab ko milākar bānā sugandhit choora “vasakshep” kehlātā hai.

Isse:

• Bhagwan ke charanon, vaksha-sthal, aur shrir par halka-halka chadhāyā jātā hai
• Saath mein mantra ya stavan bola jātā hai

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2. Sankheshwar Vasakshep Pooja – sādhi si vidhi (saral roop)

Yeh ek samānya, saral vidhi hai, jo ghar ya derāsar dono mein ki ja sakti hai:

1. Shuddhi aur bhāv

- Subah snān karke, saaf kapde pehenkar baithen - Navkar Mantra ka jap karein - Hriday se prārthanā karein ki: “Hey Shankheshwar Parshvanath Prabhu, mere mithyātva, krodh, mān, māyā, lobh ko kam karein, mujhe samyak darshan–gyān–chāritry ki or le chaliye.”

1. Asan, Deepak aur Dhyan

- Saaf āsan par baithen - Ek deepak jalāyen - Bhagwan ke rūp ka dhyan karein – Shyām varna Parshvanath, sir par sarp-phalak, shānt, karuṇāmaya mukh.

1. Mangal Path / Navkar

- 9, 27 ya 108 Navkar Mantra jap sakte hain - Ya Sankheshwar Parshvanath ka koi chhota stavan pad sakte hain (jo āpke pāth-pothi mein likhā ho).

1. Vasakshep taiyār karna

- Chhoti si vāti/dibbi mein: - Chandan choora - Kesar (yadi ho) - Thodā sa sugandhit dravya - Isse mila kar bhagwan ke charanon ke liye rakhein

1. Vasakshep chadhānā

Aam taur par 3 ya 5 bindu roop mein chadhāyā jātā hai: - Bhagwan ke charanon par - Hriday-sthal par - Kabhi-kabhi shrir ke ūpar (moorti ke niyam ke anusār, jo derāsar mein mānniya ho)

Har baar chadhāte samay: - Antarmān se yeh bhāv rakhein: - “Jaise yeh sugandh phail rahi hai, vaise hi mere andar ke pāp–kashay door ho kar sadbhāv aur shuddh ātmā ki sugandh phaile.” - Saath mein Navkar, ya Sankheshwar Parshvanath ka mantra/stavan jap sakte hain.

1. Prārthanā aur Kshamā-yāchanā

- Ant mein bhagwan ke samaksh haath jodkar kaheṅ: - “Jo kuchh avaguna, asāmādhān, aśuddhi iss pooja mein ho gayi ho, uske liye kshamā karein.” - Sab jeevon se kshamā mangein: - “Michchhāmi Dukkadam.”

1. Dāna–Punyanumodanā

- Yadi sambhav ho to: - Gausevā, paustik āhār-dān, panjrapol, pathshālā, ādi mein thodā dān karne ka bhāv rakhein - Jo bhi punya hua, use sarv-jeevon ki kalyān-bhāvnā ko arpit karein

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3. Dhārmik sāvdhāniyā̃

• Moortipūjā sirf shuddh sharīr, shuddh vastra se karein
• Derāsar mein jo niyam ho (sparsh, upkaran, vasakshep ka istemāl, aadi) unka palan jarūr karein
• Pooja sirf dravya-se nahi, bhāv-se mukhya hoti hai – dil se vinay aur kshamā-bhāv rakhein

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Digambar / Śvetāmbara drishtikon

• Śvetāmbara Mūrtipūjak:

- Sankheshwar Parshvanath ka vishesh mahattva, alag-alag poojāyen (Jal-abhishek, Vasakshep, Ashtaprakāri Pooja, aadi) ki paramparā

• Digambar:

- Sankheshwar ko Pavitra Tirth maante hain, lekin pooja-vrati vidhi alag reet se hoti hai - Dhyan, swādhyāy, pratikraman, abhishek, dravya-puja aadi par zyada zor

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Agar aap Sankheshwar Tirth ki samay-suchi ya wahan ki pooja ke samay dekhna chahte hain, to is vishay par ek chhoti si jankārī yahan mil sakti hai:

Vishesh “Sankheshwar Vasakshep Pooja” ka poorn asli pāth lene ke liye sabse achchha rahega ki:

• Apne ghar ke guru-bhagwant / pravachan-kār se puchhein
• Ya siddh pooja-pothi, jo derāsar se milti hai, usse hi istemāl karein – taki akshar-shuddh aur maryādā-pūrṇ pāth rahe.