Pitra Dosh

Pitra dosh is said to occur in a horoscopes when the forefathers of the native are not happy with him and may curse him to suffer from suffer from debt, diseases, failures all around, being childless and in extreme cases, misfortunes resulting to death. The definition of Pitra Dosh do not find factual validation as the horoscope of a person is decided and prepared at the time of his birth by considering position of planets and other factors and according he is said to be effected by defects like Kaal Sarp Dosh, Manglik Dosh and Pitra Dosh etc. How can ancestors curse the person when his horoscope has been made on the basis of his birth, the native has not yet committed any sins or disrespected them to get cursed.

Pitra dosh might have happened because of the sins of previous births.” It should be noted that astrological beliefs suggest that person born in a particular blood line is none other than an ancestor of the same family. This means one reborn into the same family again. This is the theory of Karmic astrology, most people are born in the same family lines with same friends and same enemies in many of their lives until their Karmic debts, duties and rewards are all cleared.

Next step is performing Pitra Dosh Nivarna Pooja, it generally includes chanting of Mantras and performing specific rituals. In order to achieve successful results from pooja that is decreasing the strength of malefic planet. Rituals and steps are different for different native but the common steps involved in Pitra Dosh Nivarna pooja is as follows:

The purpose of this pooja is to reduce strength of malefic planet and to provide strength to the sun or 9th house in the horoscope. This is done with the combined appliance of pooja, gemstones, yantras and some other astrological remedies. Pooja Dosh Nivarna Pooja is started with the Ved mantras of that planet and should be conducted with specific codes and procedures. Let us assume that Rahu is forming Pitra dosh in a horoscope and accordingly the Pitra dosh nivaran pooja in this case will be performed to pacify negative.

The Pundits keep on enchanting 125,000 mantras for 8 to 10 days till the completion of each mantra in committed time. After completion of chant of each mantra, the completion ceremony is arranged for the pooja which organized that takes around 2-3 hours with proper procedures. A pooja for lord Shiva, goddess Parvati, Lord Ganesha and other members of Shiva family is performed at first and they are offered items like flowers, fruits, sweets, milk, curd, honey, desi ghee, sugar and many other things and it is enchanted that they have completed the Pitra Dosh Nivarna Pooja in prescribed manner in committed time frame for the native on his behalf and he should be blessed with removal of Pitra Dosh. These steps and mantras in completion ceremony differ for different native with different amount of Doshas. A sankalpam is taken based on the pooja performed for the native to be blessed and made free from the Karmic debts in order to relive Pitra doshas.

After completion ceremony, the blessings are taken from the gods and goddesses and then the final ceremony of Havana is started which marks a direct connection between the native and the corresponding planets or gods through pundits. It is a very important and technical procedure which should be performed by expert pundits with proper detailing and care. After Havana is performed the necessary formalities, the chant of Pitra dosh nivaran mantra is started again and with completion of each mantra, a sound of Swaaha or Swaha is chanted by the pundits along with the sound specific constituents as Pooja samagri is offered to holy fire of Havana. The process is repeated again and again to mark the completion of Havana. Few other important mantras are chanted which may differ from pooja to pooja. A dry coconut is finally filled with specific items which may differ in every case and is offered as final offering to the holy fire. The client is then asked to complete 1, 3 or 7 circles around the Havana kund where each one of these circular movement is called a Pradakshina or a Parikarama. These are the common step for any Pitra Dosh Nivarna Pooja that may differ for different natives.

Few precautions are to be observed by the native during the time period while Pundits perform pooja on his/her behalf. He should eat only vegetarian food and should refrain from smoking and consumption of alcohol. He should refrain from any kind of physical and sexual contact with his partner whether married or unmarried. He should not participate in any act of violence and done calm demeanor. One should get involved in Pooja as much possible and should get up early morning and perform pooja. It is to be noted that Pitra dosh Nivarna Pooja can be performed in presence of the native and without it also. A photo of the native is kept as his symbol and head pundit in his Sankalpam mentions that they are conduction pooja on his behalf where he is not able to be present physically. The photo is reference and one of the assistant pundit enchants mantra of the native.

The pooja should be performed according in detail to avail maximum benefit.