How to perform a Mantra Purascharana Sadhana - Basics of purushcaran

Any Mantra that we have in the world has its own mantra siddhi procedure. Mantra siddhi and purashcharan is almost one and the same. Purushcharan or Purashcharan or Puruscharyaa as it is called. However, this does not apply to all mantras.
Purushcharan means to become master of a mantra.Mantra siddhi means to activate a mantra for you.
A Mantra siddhi sadhana is usually followed by multiple prayogs.

Many of the people in the world today do not know how to perform a purashcharan. Many of them don't even know what purushcharan is. Such people, due to lack of a guru, don't get to know all this.
Hence, I, in order to make sure everyone who follows me get to know on how to perform a purashcharan and what are the rules for it; I'm sharing the exact rules and procedure for it.


The way the power of a snake is futile without  is powerless, similarly, a mantra without purushcaran is powerless.
Keep in mind that mantra purushcharan is different from Mantra Prayog. Majority of the wishes can be fulfilled by mantra prayog, but not all.
And a mantra purascharan is always better than mantra prayog even if it may be difficult.
The amount of punya(virtue) that is achieved by donating hundreds of cows, doing puja of multiple gods and feeding thousands of Brahmins is achieved by doing just one purshcharan.

The person who performs 100 purushcharan or puruscharyaa is respected even by gods.
One purushcaran is only considered true till you get siddhi over the mantra or get success in the purushcharyaa.

As a thumb rule, it has to be understood that mantra siddhi and puruscharan are the same.
However, not always. If the mantra siddhi and purushcaran are clarified separately, the sadhak must do the mantra siddhi and purushcaran accordingly.
For example, The Narasimha shlokatmak mantra with the samput of Hreem has mantra siddhi requirement of 320,000 while purushcharan requirement is of 32 lacs.

This is one of the few mantras in which, purushcharan and mantra siddhi provision are different.

The procedure of performing a mantra  siddhi/purashcharan sadhana  is very extensive. Hence, I will be sharing it in multiple posts.

Today, I will share the basics of a purushcharan, mantras, gods, puja vidhi,etc.

1. The mantra that has been gotten in dreams has no rules and regulations. It can be chanted as and when you like. However, cleanliness and following the appropriate puja paddhati is obvious.

2. Those who are vaishnav must look for a vashinavachari or a vaishnav sampradaya guru, A Gayatri upasak must look for Gayatriyaachari Guru.
A Saur(Surya) upasak must look for a Sauraachaari guru.
A Ganaaptya sadhak must look for a ganadishachari guru(One who worships Ganapati).
A Shaiv and Kaulaachari guru can give diksha to a Shaiv/Kaulachari upasak.
Those who are shaakt  can take diksha from a vaishnav, shaiv or Shaakt guru.
A kaulachari guru can give all kinds of diksha.


Without guru, there is no chance of becoming a great sadhak. With the grace of your isht devta,  you may manage to get success in 2-4 purushcaran, but not more than that.



 3. Bhaav - 
Every sadhana involves a specific bhaavna with which you perform the purushcaran.

In case of Vedic, Gayatri, Surya, Vaishnav and Lakshmi Mantras, one must chant the mantras with daas(disciple) bhaavna.

In case of Shaiv, Parvati, Gauri, Kali, Das Mahavidya, Shri Vidya, Ganesh, and Saraswati mantras, one must chant it while keeping veer bhaav i.e. fearless attitude.

HariHara mantras must be chanted through veer bhaav and its sadhanas should also be perform according to shaiv vidhaan.



4. Whatever sins and mistakes are done by a minister have to born by the king, whatever sins are done by the wife have to be born by the husband. Similarly, whatever sins are done by the disciple have to be born by his guru.


5. In Kaliyuga, only tantrik puja paddhati will give the desired results. Puja of gods done by other methods don't please god.
In Satyuga, gods could  be pleased by vedic vidhi. In Treta yuga, by smaarta vidhaan. In Dwapar through puranic methods

6. The sadhak must consider the mantra letters to be a devta swarup, the devta must be considered as a form of your guru. This way, the sadhak must keep the belief that the mantra, the mantra's devta and your guru - all 3 are one and the same i.e. non-duality.
By keeping this kind of belief and chanting mantras, the sadhak himself becomes an embodiment of the mantra.

7. The sadhak must never ever take loan from his guru.

8. A guru  must never be considered as a mortal. The disciple must always keep such a mindset that his guru is immortal. Otherwise, the sadhak doesn't get success in devta puja.

9. For all those couples who are much devoted towards sadhanas and do sadhanas together must consider each other to be Shiv and shakti respectively. The husband must never ever treat her wife like her daughter.


10. If the highly intelligent and knowledgeable sadhak, due to the fortune, ends up finding some rare mantra or stotra, then that mantra/stotra does not require diksha. It can be chanted as it is. Readers, this rule must be followed only after much wisdom and care. I must not be held responsible for any kind of problems you may face if you end up chanting wrong mantra/stotra. When we find a mantra out of nowhere and unexpectedly, it must be understood that it is god's grace and he wants us to chant it. However, it is not necessary. Sometimes, we may also find by fluke. Hence, the sadhak must use his own wisdom and decide on whether to chant it or not.

11. If,  the sadhak stops a mantra sadhana or a purushcharan, he becomes the bearer of great sin. However, to remove this sin, there is a remedy which will be shared by me in the future.

12. The mantra diksha taken from a stri guru shows quicker results. Mantra diksha taken from mother shows 8 times greater results.

13. In case the sadhak gets mantra is dreams from his guru, then the sadhak must energise a glass of water with that mantra and drink  the water.
In case the sadhak gets mantra in dreams and the swapna diksha was not given by his guru, then, he must do the following -
Fill a copper kalash with water and praan pratishthaa of your guru in it. Then, the sadhak must write the mantra on banyan leaf using kumkum and drop this leaf in the kalash.
After that, the leaf along with the water must be consumed by the sadhak.

Doing this will give you success in that mantra. Otherwise not.


14. Aghor Mantra, 6 lettered Rama Mantra, Dakshinamurti mantras, Uma-maheshwar mantra, Hayagreev, Varah, Shreem Mantra, Vedic gayatri mantra, Lakshmi Narayan mantra, Agni Mantras, Surya Mantras, Ganesh Mantras that have Omkar, Haridra Ganapati Mantra, 8 lettered Surya Maha Mantra, Narasimha Anushtup Mantra, Vedic Mantras, Pranav Mantra, Mantras that have pranav, Aatma-mantra, Guru Mantra, Ajapaa Mantra, Mantras that end with Swaha and Om should never be given to a shudra. Otherwise the guru/brahmin and Shudra both go to narak.


15. Shreem Mantra, Pranav, Vedic Gayatri Mantra must never be chanted by a woman otherwise she gets narak. Shreem mantra and Vedic Gayatri mantra is forbidden for women because every woman is considered as a form of Maa Adi shakti and chanting these mantras would be like worshipping oneself.

16. For any mantra, the sadhak must refer to siddhi-asiddhi chakras and only then chant a mantra. Otherwise not. This applies to mantra prayog as well as mantra sadhanas.
However, Narasimha, Surya, Varah, Om Mantra, Hroum Mantra, Kut mantra don't need to referred to these chakras.
According to some, Kut mantra refers to Beej Mantra Thraoum. While some say that Kut mantra means mantras which have just letters. Some other say that it refers to mantra with just beej mantras in it.


Mantras that can be chanted by anyone and dont need to be referred to the chakras -
1. Mantra got in dreams
2. Mantra given by a woman
3. A mala mantra or mantra with more than 20 letters
4. 3 lettered Mantra
5. Tara, Kali and Chinnamasta Mantras
6. Vedic Mantras
7. Napunsak Mantra( Mantras that end with Namah)
8. Hans Mantra
9. 5 & 8 lettered mantra
10. Mantras that have 1,2 or 3 beej in it.
11. 1 lettered mantras.
12. Mantra with 3000 letters or more
13. Krishna Mantras and Gopal Mantras.

Out of these, mantras mentioned in point 1,2,3,4,6,8,9,11 can be chanted as it is. Even without guru diksha.
For others, the diksha, whether necessary or not, depends upon the mantra. Because there is always an exception to such rules. However, it is not possible to mention in detail regarding every mantra or god. Hence, whenever a sadhak is looking for a mantra, he must first look at the above mentioned list and use his own wisdom and knowledge to know whether that mantra requires a diksha or not.



17. Gayatri Mantra of any god can be chanted by anyone. All you need to do is refer to the chakras and see if the mantra is friendly or enemy. If it is friendly, you can, without any worry, chant that mantra as many times as you want and fulfill all your wishes.
This applies to all gods. But sadhak must focus on normal deities and not do something extraordinary. It is has been seen so many times how people with almost zero spirituality are looking to perform mantra sadhana of the most powerful mantra in the world.
When such people don't get success, they cry that god doesn't help him.
Sanatana Dharma has clearly said that the person who chants mantra without diksha makes that mantra's god angry and the god leaves him.

Some people chant mantra from books without any guru diksha.
Lord Shiva himself has said, that the person who chants mantra from book looses his intelligence and becomes stupid and dimwitted and such a person should be treated like a chandaal.


18. Das Mahavidya Mantras, Mahadurga, Tvarita, Vaagvaadini, Annapurna, Pratyangira, Kaamkhyaa, Bala, Shailvaasini, Narasimha Beej Mantra, 3 lettered Mantra and the Anushtup Mantra, 1 lettered Kartvirya Arjun Mantra, his anushtup mantra, Hayagreev Beej Mantra, his anushtup mantra, Chintamani Beej Mantra, Bhairav, Kshetrapaal, Kuber, Gopal, Ganapati, Chetaka, Yakshini, Matangi, Shri Vidya goddesses, Sundari(Gauri maa), Shyama(a form of Kali), Shabar Mantras, Karna pisachini, Ekjata Tara, Vaama Kali, Neel Saraswati, Kaal Ratri, Hanuman, Shiv - all these show instant or quick results in Kali yuga.


19. The sadhak who fasts on the day of diksha gets the curse of the isht devta and goes to narak(God whose diksha is being taken). The fast must be done one day before the day of diksha.

20. The sadhak who does avahan of one god and does puja of another god is cursed by both.
This applies to every god. Even to Shri Ram and Hanuman. When the sadhak is doing upasana of Shri Rama, he must invoke, Shri Rama along with Hanuman, Sita, Lakshman, Bharat, Shatrughna simultaneously.

21. The monday that has Amavasya or rohini nakshatra,  The tuesday that falls on Chaturthi or chaturdashi, the wednesday that falls on ekadashi or dwadashi, the thursday that falls on ashtami, the friday that falls on panchami,navami, trayodashi or purnima, the sunday that falls on saptami - all these days are very auspicious even for gods. Any sadhana can give great success if started n these days.

22. Punyakhestra i.e. tirth or any such pious place, Kurukshetra, the 4 main shaktipeeth, Prayaag, Shri shaila, Kaashi - in these places sadhana can be started on any day, any tithi, any nakshatra, any karan, any yoga, any lagna, any  hora and at any time of the day.

23. Grahas play a lot of importance regarding sadhanas and prayogas. In the sadhana world, the position of planets and, most importantly, their combustion and retrograde motion play special role in sadhana matters.


24. Whatever japa count has been specified for a mantra by our tantras, 4 times that must be chanted. This is the rule of kaliyuga to chant 4 times than what is specified for mantra siddhi. However it has been seen that even by chanting as written in the sadhana procedure, i.e. without chanting 4 times the specified chant; the sadhak gets siddhi. However, it has also been seen that if sadhak chants 4 times more, a sadhak gets even greater results.


Japa guidelines - 

 When we do a purashcharan sadhana, the usual number of chants prescribed is 1000 malas or 1250 malas.
Since, the number of malas required to chant is so much, our religion has suggested the following remedy to keep a count of the number of malas completed. This remedy is being shared here for people for the sake of information. Those who want can also use a tally counter to keep a record of number of malas completed. In the end, it is the sadhak's personal choice.
Make 100 small balls using a paste of water, rakt chandan, powdered cowdung, sindur and gorochan and then use these balls according to your need.



Any mala must always be sewn in a red thread. Such a kind of mala which is sewn in red thread and pran pratishthit is equal to Para brahma in purity and divinity. Such a mala should be kept secret from everyone and should be protected like one's own life.


Those who are chanting Shri Rama or Krishna or Narayan mantras with the aim of removing sins must chant the mantras on a mala made of Kush mool.

Rudraksh and Rakt chandan mala is best for Shri Vidya mantras.
Tara mantras must be chanted using shankh mala or mahshankh mala. The beads that are made from the ashes of a dead man's head is called as mahashankh.

Varnamala works for all gods and goddesses and all kinds of mantras.

In case mala or gowmukhi gets touched with untouchable things, one must wash it with panchgavya or pure raw cow milk or gangajal and restart the japa.



One thing I must tell everyone, that whatever we face in life, no matter what the nature of the problem may be, it is only happening due to our bad karmas. Hence, always focus on removing all your sins first and then go for other sadhanas. Because if your karmas are against you, you will fall back into poverty at a certain point due to your karmas.

I have shared various prayogas in the past to remove sins. I suggest every person to spend just 1 year of their lives just on mukti on their sins and it is my belief that from the next year onwards, your whole life will be peaceful and ever pleasant.
The sadhak has the option that he either sacrifices 1 year out of his life span of 100 years, or he keeps on running behind wealth and lust without paying much attention to karmas and keep on suffering every day for a 100 years and then suffer after death.
Once the sadhak does any of the sadhana or mantra prayog I may have shared,  and then chants just 1 mala of that mantra in the evening, he will be happy and sinless always.
This 1 mala is done only so that whatever sins you may have during the day are removed.
This obviously won't turn true if you are a brahma hatyari or gau hatyari or if you keep on drinking alcohol.

Readers, getting rid of sins is not as difficult as one may think. In fact, it more easier to successfully  get rid of crores of sins when compared to doing vashikaran, ucchatan,etc. on someone.

To know about such mantras and remedies to get freedom from sins, one can refer to this post -
Karma phal and remedies to be free from sins


Hopefully, by reading my posts and performing sadhanas or prayogs shared by me, at least one person may get rid of his heinous sins and go to Lord Vishnu or Lord Shiva.



This is all for the first part of the basics of mantra sadhanas. In the next part,  I will share some more information and then I will talk about mudras and nyasa.

Wish you all a very blessed and pleasant Shravan and hoepfully, all your wishes get fulfilled with the grace of Rudra.