There is a special significance to every day in Durga Puja and every day belongs to a Goddess. In the 9 days of Navratri, 9 forms of Maa Durga will be worshipped. 30 September: Mother Skanda Mata is worshiped on Panchami. Conscious and subconscious are two states of man. Consciousness refers to the awareness or conscious state of the being. Sleep refers to the subconscious state. This difference in consciousness between a robot and a human makes them different. Mother Skanda creates new consciousness in the living beings of the world. Let me explain with an example, suppose someone is weak in academics and he/she does not feel like studying and lacks concentration, now if he or she or the mother worships Mata Skanda, the wrong programming on the child's conscious plane gets altered. That means that the child will become aware of the new consciousness and it will give the right direction to his life.
Why was the deity named as Skanda?
We all know that Kartik is the son of Mother Durga. Kartikeya's full name is Skanda Kumar Karthik, hence the mother's name is Skanda. In the form of the mother, Kartik is sitting on the lap of the mother.
How to pray the deity?
Imagine a mother in your mind. Mother has four arms. Mother is holding Skanda in her lap with her upper right arm. In the lower arm is a lotus flower. On the left, the upper arm is in the posture of giving a boon and the lower arm holds a lotus flower. The mother is seated on the lotus seat. Another name of the goddess is Padmasana. Mother's lion is there.
Who must worship the deity?
Foolish, stubborn children and their mothers, whose interest is to advance in the study of knowledge, is on the way to salvation. I am a doctor and have classical knowledge, so I tell based on both that all those people who need psychological therapy should worship this deity. Whoever takes mental medicines - for depression, for attention, to increase focus- should worship the deity.
Did Kalidas turned out to be learned by the blessings of Mata Skandha?
I always used to think in my childhood that how is it possible for an ignorant person to become such a great scholar by being scorned by his wife Tilottama. From the study of the scriptures and the story of Mother Shakand, I came to know that when a person works with concentration, he will be victorious. The sun is thousands of miles away from us, but with the help of a paper and magnifier, we can focus the sun's rays on a focal point and burn the paper, then everything is possible with concentration. By concentration and by the grace of Mother Skandha, the foolishness ended and a great fool like Kalidas became a great scholar and his great works Raghuvansham epic and Meghdut are still a source of knowledge.
What special should be offered to mother Skandha?
30th September: Offer sandalwood and ornaments on Panchami. Mother likes white colour. May the mother protect the whole earth from the increasing mental diseases in the children.
(Dr Sumitra Agrawal is a Celebrity Vastu Shastri. She lives in Kolkata)
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