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News India Live, Digital Desk: Sharadiya Navratri 2025: The holy opportunity of Sharadiya Navratri 2025 is just about to come. These nine days are very special for devotion and worship of Maa Durga. Many devotees recite Durga Saptashati in these days. This lesson describes the power and glory of Mother Durga and by reading it, all the sufferings of life are removed. But do you know that there is some special rules and correct method of reciting Durga Saptashati? If you do not follow these rules, then your worship can be incomplete.
So let us know what should be kept in mind while reciting Durga Saptashati in Sharadiya Navratri 2025 and how the immense grace of Maa Durga can be found by reciting this right method.
What is Durga Saptashati recitation and its importance?
Durga Saptashati is also known as ‘Goddess Mahatmya’, it is a sacred collection of 700 verses, which praises the nine forms of Maa Durga and her valor. It has been told how Mother Durga protected religion by killing different demons like Mahishasura, Shumbha-Nishumbha etc.
It is believed that by doing this lesson in Navratri, especially for 9 days, the devotee gets the blessings of strength, courage and wish fulfillment. This lesson protects the person from negative energy and transmits positivity.
The correct rules and method of reciting Durga Saptashati:
- Purity is important: Before starting the recitation of Durga Saptashati, purify yourself physically and mentally. Take a bath, wear clean clothes and also clean the place of worship.
- Right posture and direction: Sit on the seat of Kush to recite. Your face should always be towards east or north direction.
- Kalash Establishment and Ganesh Pujan: Before starting the lesson, do establish the urn and first worship Lord Ganesha. Only then start the lesson, because worship of Ganesha is mandatory in any auspicious work.
- Sanskrit pure pronunciation: The verses of Durga Saptashati are in Sanskrit. If you do not know Sanskrit, then ask a pundit or guide who knows its correct pronunciation. Try to pronounce the text pure, even if you read a little slowly. If you are not comfortable in Sanskrit, you can read Hindi translation, but Bhavna should remain the same.
- Keep the mind calm: Keep the mind completely calm and focused while reciting. Do not hurry and read with full devotion.
- Unbroken lamps and incense lamps: While reciting, a lamp (if there is a unbroken light, then definitely burn and incense sticks. It maintains positive energy and holy environment.
- Recite in chapter order: Durga Saptashati has a total of 13 chapters. They should always be read in order. Some people read the entire book in a single day, while many people complete one or two chapters every day in nine days. This can be at your convenience, but each time the entire text should be counted (ie a whole affair).
- Aarti and forgiveness: After completion of the text, perform the Aarti of Mother Durga and apologize for your mistakes. Keep your wish in front of your mother.
- Rules of Food: During the recitation and on the fasts of Navratri, take only satvik food. Avoid carnivores, alcohol, garlic-onion. Follow celibacy.
- For women: If women are in menstruation, one should not recite. At such a time, virtue can be earned only by listening to the lesson.
Do not make these mistakes at all:
- While reciting, get up or not talk.
- Do not read without cleanliness and purity.
- Do not recite with anger or jealousy in your mind.
- Do not leave the text incomplete, try to complete it if you start a chapter.
The lesson of Durga Saptashati not only makes you spiritually strong, but it also brings happiness, peace and prosperity in your house. Follow these rules in this Sharadiya Navratri 2025, get the immense grace of Mother Durga.