In Hindu religion, performing Aarti in the home temple every morning and evening is considered very sacred and auspicious. Puja-aarti is performed every day in most homes. While performing Aarti, everyone is completely immersed in the devotion of God.
Often people end the puja just by singing the aarti. But according to the scriptures, there is a special rule for starting and ending the Aarti. From the moment the Aarti plate is lifted till the end of the Aarti, there are some mantras, reciting which increases the results of the Aarti manifold. Let us know which mantras should be chanted before and after Aarti, so that happiness and prosperity reside in the house.
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Salute to the lamp just before starting the aarti.
Many people directly light camphor or lamp and start singing the aarti. But the rule is that before starting the Aarti, we should pay obeisance to the lamp (light) which is removing the darkness from our house.
lamp mantra
Om Shubham Karoti Kalyanam Arogyam Dhansampadah.
Shatrubuddhivinashaya lampjyotinmostu te.
Meaning of this mantra
Oh beautiful light of the lamp. May you bless us, give us good health and bestow us with wealth. Destroy the negativity or evil thinking (enemy mind) within us. I bow to you.
Best praise right after the end of aarti
When the aarti is completed, a special shloka is sung remembering God. Although this mantra is of Lord Shiva, but according to the astrologers and Puranas of Ujjain, Lord Shiva is the creator of the universe, hence by reciting it after the aarti of any deity, all the deities become happy.
Shiva praise mantra
Karpur Gauram Karunavataram Sansara Saram Bhujgendraharam.
Sada Vasantam Hridayarvinde Bhavan Bhavanisahit Namami.
Meaning of this mantra
Who are of pure white and pure complexion like camphor, who are the living embodiment of mercy and compassion, who are the true essence (owner) of this entire world, who wear snakes like necklaces around their necks. I salute Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati (Bhavani), who always live in my heart.
‘Forgiveness Mantra’ for mistakes and errors
We are human beings and we commit some small mistake knowingly or unknowingly in the rules and regulations of worship. Sometimes a word is missed wrongly and sometimes the correct method is not remembered. Therefore, it is important to ask for forgiveness from God at the end of the Aarti, so that our worship does not remain incomplete. For this the mantra ‘Apology’ should be chanted. After reciting this mantra, chant ‘Om Shanti’ with a calm mind and then circumambulate the Lord.
forgiveness prayer mantra
Without mantra, without action, without devotion, Janardan.
Yatpoojitam maya deva perfectam tadastu mein.
Meaning of this mantra
O Lord (Janardana). I neither know the correct mantra, nor the correct ritual of worship, nor do I have that kind of true devotion. Still, whatever I have worshiped you in broken words, please accept it in full with your mercy and forgive my mistakes.
Disclaimer: The information given here is based on general beliefs and information. Nh does not confirm this.