[Advaita-l] Regarding Introduction Panchayatan to Shanmata

[sammit khandeparker]

If  any of you have access to any great ascetics then please do ask this question? Panch-Devatas also are deities for Panch-mahabhutas. So sixth deity is an unexplainable addition. If one is to say that such a thing was done to integrate skada-worshipping sanatanis then it looks like a superficial reason. As it disturbs the integrity of panch mahabhutas-panchindriyas-panchdevtas etc.
Dr. Sammit P. S. Khandeparkar PhD(Religious Studies)  

    On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 04:03:55 PM GMT+5:30, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at hitachienergy.com> wrote:  
 
 
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!!!
 
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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> wrote:
 
  
 
  
 
Panchayatana Puja mentioned in Shiva Puranam
 
Sharing a comment of Sri Santosh Kumar Ayalasomayajula:
 
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.
 
"विघ्नेशादित्यविष्णूनामंबायाश्चशिवस्यच।
 
शिवस्यशिवलिंगंचसर्वदापूजयेद्द्विज।|" (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: 
 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/AdvaitaSiddhanta/posts/537510626873344/   


 



 
regards
 
subbu