[Advaita-l] Regarding Introduction Panchayatan to Shanmata

[Bhaskar YR]

praNAms
Hare Krishna

Thanks for the reference from padma and shiva purANa,  both the places kumara/skanda/subrahmaNya aaraadhana conspicuous by its absence.  paNchAyatana pooja existed since puranic times hence might not be the fresh contribution by shankara as popularly believed hence in the birudAvaLi only shaddarshana sthApanaacharya included and not panchaayatana devatArAdhaka…

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
Bhaskar YR


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Namakar to All,

May be I should not express this among the group of scholars but, I do think Bhagwadpad made the addition of skanda for some tatvik/subtle reason and not for sampradayik or sanghik or practical reason. I want to pose this question to some senior and reputed ascetic but do not have courage to ask.

Dr. Sammit P. S. Khandeparkar
PhD(Religious Studies)


On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 03:34:54 PM GMT+5:30, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com<mailto:v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>> wrote:


Panchayatana Puja mentioned in Shiva Puranam
Sharing a comment of Sri Santosh Kumar Ayalasomayajula<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsantoshkumar.ayalasomayajula%3F__cft__%5B0%5D%3DAZXYrXT2LV66jzRe4BfLWpFVpnSITtVR2XvGwJfYUbSFb26CjfTuWpw9cQ4QVNGzn3Hjd-Vw4fQkyP7FcgBDtbRfb8yilHUDEu_7LjQqQmfVuOGzezYxmr-4WkHK8c7-oJvUQMDzAbQooJhTnD-2vGLG%26__tn__%3D-UK-R&data=05%7C01%7Cbhaskar.yr%40hitachienergy.com%7C19e9548f83974ab8dcb908db1e2af966%7C7831e6d9dc6c4cd19ec61dc2b4133195%7C0%7C0%7C638136942144534298%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3SCLLZNEbQkt8EW6x1BbWIb2Y4QJCPKtiuzSRCFXbZ0%3D&reserved=0>:
Panchayatana worship is as ancient as anything. It is prescribed in Shiva Purana itself so we can understand that it is an ancient method not invented by Shankara or advaitins. For shiva Puja this is prescribed.
"विघ्नेशादित्यविष्णूनामंबायाश्च शिवस्य च ।
शिवस्यशिवलिंगं च सर्वदा पूजयेद्द्विज ।|" (Shiva Purana 1:16:8)
"The five deities Ganesha, Sun, Vishnu, Parvati and Shiva shall be worshipped in their images. However a Brahmana shall worship Shiva in his linga form".
This is from a chapter where idol worship procedure is elaborated.


Here there is a Kannada post on Panchayatana puja - vidhana from original texts:
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regards
subbu