navratra ka avasar rituon ki sandhya ka kal hota hai. is samay mahashakti ke us veg ki dhara jo srishti ke udbhav aur lay ka karan hai, adhik tivra hoti hai. yog men pravritt logon ko iska anubhav hota hai kyonki is kal men ira aur pingla men vayu ki gati saman hoti hai aur aisi avastha men kundlini ka jagaran tatha udhrva gati saral ho jati hai. pratyek hindu in dinon man bhavani ka smaran karta hai. shakti pithon ka mukhya sthal shakti trikon pith mayapuri sarvapratham shakti ka avataran kanakhal (mayapuri kshetra) men hua. aisa devi bhagavat puran men varnan aya hai. raja daksh ki bhakti se prasann hokar unke yahan man bhagvti putri rup men avtrit huin tatha yahi sthal man bhagvti ka dagdh sthal bhi raha hai. man bhagvti ne shankar ji ka apman hone par apne sharir ko yagyakund men arpit kiya tatha yahin unke sharir se dash mahavidyaon ki utpatti hui tatha unke sharir se kali, bagla, tara adi paida huin. mayapuri trikon men sthit hai, trikon ko shastron men bhagvti ka hriday sthal aur yantra bhi kaha gaya hai. brahma ji ne mantron dvara man mansa ko janm dekar shivalik parvat par virajman kiya tatha chandi devi ka janm nil parvat par hua aur donon ke bich virajman vishnu patni shri ganga ji bhakton ko pavitra karti hain. isi trikon ken kendra men man bhagvti ki nabhi giri. yah sthal man bhagvti ke 52 shakti pithon men se ek hai tatha mayapuri ke nam se vikhyat hai. isi ke dakshin men matra tin kimi dur man bhagvti ka avataran evan dagdh sthal, daksh prajapti aur sati ki janm sthali kanakhal hai. is sthal par man ki siddhi faldayak hai.
durgapujan ke samay dhyan rakhe yogya baten -
- devi ki pratishtha hamesha surya ke dakshinayan rahne par hi hoti hai, magh aur ashvin mas men devi ki pratishtha shreshth hai.
- ek ghar men tin shakti (devi pratimaon) ki puja nahin hoti.
- bhagvti durga ka avahan vilvapatra, vilvashakha, trishul ya shrifal par kiya ja sakta hai, durva se bhagvti ka pujan kabhi n karen.
- navratra men kalash sthapan aur abhishek ka karya keval din men hota hai. ‘rudrabhaml’ ke anusar madhya ratri men devi ke prati kiya gaya havan shighra faldayi aur sukhakar hota hai.
- bhagvti ki pratima hamesha rakt vastra se veshtit hoti hai tatha iski sthapna uttarabhimukhi kabhi nahin hoti.
- devi upasak ke gale tatha gomukhi men rudraksh athva munge ki mala avashya honi chahie. devi pratima ki keval ek pradakshina hoti hai.
- devi kavach se sharir ki raksha hoti hai. yah manushya ki alpamrityu se raksha karta hai aur vah 100 varsh ki svasth ayu prapt karta hai. kavach ‘shakti’ ka bij hai, pujan ke purva iska path anivarya hai, parantu durga yagya men kavach ke raksha mantron se havan nishiddh hai.
- argala lohe aur kashth ki hoti hai jiske lagane se kivar nahin khulte. ghar men pravesh hetu jitna mahatva argala ka hai utna hi mahatva saptashati ke argala path ka hai.
- kilak ko saptashati path men utkilan ki sangya di gai hai, islie kavach, argala aur kilak kramshah durgapujan se purva anivarya hai.
- chaturth adhyay ke mantra 24 se 29 ki ahuti varjit hai. in char mantron ki jagah ‘¬ mahalakshmyai namah’ se havishyann arpit karna chahie.
- havnatmak prayog men pratyek adhyay ke adi aur ant ke mantron ko sharkara, ghrit aur laung se yukt karke kshir ki ahuti deni chahie.
- pathant mane bijaksharon evan damar mantron se yukt ‘siddh kunjika stotra’ fal prapti ki kunji hai. iske bina durga path aranya rodan ke saman hai.
- pratyek adhyay ke age devi ke dhyan die gae hain. jaisa dhyan ho usi prakar ke devi ke svarup ka chintan karna chahie. praranbhik dhyan ka chitra samne hona chahie.
- vishesh karyon ki siddhi ke lie abhisht mantron ka sanput diya jata hai, yah sanput do prakar ke hote hain- uday aur ast. vriddhi ke lie uday aur abhichar ke lie ast sanput ka prayog karna chahie.
- durga saptashati ke mantron ki upasna aur uchcharan paddhati gurumukh se sikhni chahie, kyonki setu, mahasetu, mukhshodhan, kulluka, shapoddhar sanjivan, utkilan, nirmalikaran adi vishyon ko gurukripa se hi jana ja sakta hai, pustak ke parhne matra se siddhi nahin milti. siddhi to shuddh sankalp aur gurukripa par hi nirbhar rahti hai.