For spiritual wisdom, empowered living, and eternal marital bliss, seek Maa Gauri's blessings!
Yes, to all the females, especially, here is one piece of advice: always worship Maa Gauri. Because when her grace showers on you, you will be blessed with the life partner who will help you bloom in life like a lotus in still water!
That’s true! Maa Gauri is herself a symbol of everlasting love over many births. The way she did penance for Lord Shiva, she passed so many births, always yearning for the love of Shiv Ji. After the birth of penance, her true dedication and her surrender to Lord Shiva, Maa Gauri got married to Lord Shiva. A symbolic love story in the ancient Hindu texts, which is always talked about and is remembered every time the tales of love fall short.
So, let’s talk more about Maa Gauri and how she blesses a woman with a good life partner here:
Who is Goddess Gauri, and why is she worshipped?
Goddess Gauri is Goddess Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva, a divine feminine who has gained love after births spent in Tapasya, bhakti, and true devotion towards Lord Shiva, who is called Devon Ke Dev Mahadev!
She is the embodiment of Shakti, a feminine cosmic energy, and as she is called Gauri, she is Goddess Parvati in her fair and radiant form. She is the symbol of purity, serenity, and auspiciousness. She represents what an ideal woman is—graceful, devoted, and Shakti.
She also has other forms, too, like Kali and Durga, which are the fierce forms. In addition, she is also Annapurna and Gauri in her serene forms.
Goddess Gauri is worshipped by a lot of people, especially by women, to awaken their inner feminine Shakti and to get blessings of a happy marital life. The married woman worships her so that the harmony stays in their married life forever.
Some simply love her and want to stay connected with her divine energy always. It’s said that whosoever prays or worships Maa Gauri gets a devoted and spiritually compatible husband, just like Maa Gauri found Lord Shiva.
Her Worship During Teej, Gauri Vrat, Navratri, and Marriage Rituals
Goddess Gauri is celebrated and worshiped during the sacred times and rituals, such as when the Teej comes. During Teej, the young women and the brides fast with devotion and ask for Goddess Gauri's blessings for a happy married life and divine union.
While keeping Gauri Vrat too, which is usually kept among people in Gujarat. The unmarried girls seek Maa Gauri’s blessings for a harmonious marital life. For five days, they walk the path of Maa Parvati, which she did for Lord Shiva, which means observing penance with patience and doing divine prayers.
During Navratri too, Goddess Gauri is celebrated as one form of Maa Durga out of the 9 forms. She is honored as Shakti, who gives life, love, and balance to the women on earth.
Her worship also holds a special and meaningful space in the Hindu marriage rituals. During the marriage rituals, the symbolic arrival of Maa Gauri is invoked to bless the bride with beauty, fertility, strength, and the blissful union for life.
What is Gauri Yantra: the Yantra’s Geometry?
Gauri Yantra is the personification of Goddess Gauri and the powers of hers that are absorbed in the yantra. After doing Maa Gauri’s mantra chanting, the yantra is energized, and her divine energy is invoked to attain the blessings of early marriage, a happy married life, attracting a loving partner, and awakening the inner Shakti.
The Yantra is a kind of mystical geometrical diagram that carries the essence of Maa Gauri, who is the powerful form of Maa Shakti. The energy blueprints on the yantra hold and transmit the cosmic vibrations to embrace the feminine strength and grace.
Spiritual symbolism that represents Shakti, beauty, and balance
The yantra has the triangles; the downward one reflects the power of Shakti, and the upward one represents Lord Shiva, the masculine and the creative force. The interlocking triangles become the forms of Shatkona, which is a symbol of divine union and creation. Considering the upward and downward triangles, the formation is called the Marriage of Shiva and Shakti.
Lotus Petals are also there (Padma), from 8 to 16. These represent the divine beauty, balance, and blossoming. The four gates aside represent the invitation to the divine.
Awakening Inner Shakti With Gauri Yantra
To the women out there! When you feel like you need a divine strength and become strong in life. Absorb your cosmic powers from the ShivShakti herself!
Yes, call out to her to support you, save you, and provide you with the divine shelter and fill peace in your soul. But How to do that? It is by connecting with her!
Let’ see how you can do that!
- Call her in your mind, heart, and soul. Talk to her and address the things of hers that you want to!
- Either whisper to her softly or write it down.
- Keep the Maa Gauri Idol or the Goddess Gauri Yantra in front of you, on a clean space.
- Chant the Maa Gauri Mantra at least 108 times. The mantra is
"ॐ गौरी शक्त्यै नमः"
- Feel the vibrations and activate your energy centers.
- Offer your devotion in any form, such as flowers or prasad.
- Visualize on the yantra with golden light; she is Maa Gauri herself. Keep meditating on the yantra; imagine a lotus is blooming within you.
- Focus on the interlocking triangles; the radiant divine will come and bless you and also will listen to all your sorrows and griefs.
- Live Your Shakti.
Who Must Have this Yantra?
- Unmarried girls seeking a life partner.
- Women who want a devoted, spiritual, compatible, and understanding husband, like a reflection of Lord Shiva.
- Anyone who is seeking harmony in married life.
- People struggling in their love relations.
- Anyone who wants to connect with the divine feminine.
How to Place it? The best time and days to place it, along with Puja Vidhi
The correct placement and respect are very important to keep any spiritual or religious yantra in your sacred space. Here are some of the important placement and puja guidelines you should follow:
The Best Days To Place The Yantra
Friday: This day is associated with Goddess Lakshmi
Tuesday: Tuesday is also another sacred day, which is connected with Maa Gauru and her spiritual power.
Navratri: Navratri is also the right time when you can place the Gauri Yantra at your designated divine space. Especially on the 5th, 7th, and 8th days, you should consider placing the yantra.
Purnima: Full Moon day is also considered the best.
Shukla Paksha: It’s the waxing phase days.
The Best time to place the yantra is Brahma Muhurat, which is 4:00 AM-6:00 AM. Or you can either place it during the Abhijit Muhurat timing, which is 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. If not this, you can ask any expert and renowned Mahaguru or astrologer, such as Pt. Rahul Kaushl, for it.
How To Place The Yantra?
- Cleanse the area where you are placing the yantra beforehand with saffron, milk, and water.
- Wipe the Yantra too with a soft cloth, cleaning it with the Ganga Jal drops.
- Make sure you keep the yantra facing in the north or east direction.
- Perform a small puja, chanting the Gauri Mantra too, along with offering flowers, incense sticks, and jaggery.
- You can chant the mantra:
ॐ गौरी देव्यै नमः ॥
- After the puja is done, cover the yantra with a red cloth.
The Puja Rituals Must To Follow
1. Start by placing the yantra as described above. These steps with help activate the yantra’s energy.
2. Sprinkle Gangajal around the puja area and take a few drops in your palm to state your intention or wish for the puja.
3. Offer the water to the yantra as a sign of commitment.
4. Apply chandan or kumkum now to the yantra.
5. Offer flowers, akshat.
6. Light a diya before it to invoke Shakti.
7. Chant Maa Gauri Mantras for 11, 21, or 108 times at least.
a. For Marriage and Love:
ॐ कात्यायनि महामाये महायोगिन्यधीश्वरि ।
नन्दगोपसुतं देवि पतिं मे कुरु ते नमः ॥
b. Beej Mantra
ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं क्लीं गौरी रूपिण्यै नमः ॥
8. Use a Rudraksha Kanthi Mala if you want, as it will energize your puja more.
9. Make offerings like sweets, fruits, or any satvik food, and conclude the puja.
10. Sing Aarti using camphor or a ghee lamp. Ring a bell or clap gently during the aarti.
11. Express gratitude for everything.
12. Distribute prasad to the family or the persons involved in the puja respectfully.
Using Gauri Yantra with Shri Chandra Yantra
While Gauri Yantra is for marital harmony and peace, Shri Chandra Yantra will help create emotional balance in your relationships. It’s for the people who are seeking beauty, charm, love, or mental peace. Together, using these yantras can harmonize, heart, mind, emotions, and relations and attract divine planetary energies.
Final Thoughts
So, in the end, we can say that the Gauri Yantra is a sacred geometric symbol or a tool that helps awaken inner Shakti and attract divine love in life. It’s because the energy is rooted in Goddess Gauri, the eternal symbol of love and devotion towards Lord Shiva. Therefore, bring this yantra home now and get blessed with the harmonious love and married life.
May Gauri Maa shower her immense grace on you!
Har Har Mahadev, Jai Jai Jagat Janani!
