Describing about the greatness
of Shadakshari mantra that consists of six letters, Suta said:-
The sacred
mantra -- OM NAMAH SHIVAY holds a supreme place among all the mantras.
During the Meghavahan kalpa of
the first Treta Yuga, there lived a brahmin named Dhoondhmook. He became a
licentious person due to the curse of a sage. As a result he became a man of
loose moral conduct. His wife gave birth to a child on the inauspicious day of
Amavasya. The astrologers predicted a very bleak future for that new born
child. When the child grew up he became notorious for his sinful conduct.
Dhoondhmook married his son in
a respectable family but his son being a man of loose character, developed
intimacy with a woman belonging to a low caste. One day, Dhoondhmook and his
son developed sharp differences with that woman on some matter and in a fit of
rage killed her.
When the family members of
that woman came to know about her death, they retaliated by killing Dhoondhmook,
his wife and his daughter-in-law. Since Dhoondhmook's son was not present in
the house at that time he survived. He avenged the death of his family members
by killing the assasins.
Now Dhoondhmook's son had
become disillusioned with life. He started wandering aimlessly and reached a
hermitage. The sage who lived in that hermitage was a great devotee of Lord
Shiva and taught him the rituals of Pashupat Vrata as well as the sacred
ShAdakshari mantra.
Dhoondhmook's son performed the rituals of
Pashupat Vrat for twelve months. All the while he kept on chanting the
Shadakshari mantra. As the result of his devotion towards Lord Shiva and by the
virtue of chanting Sadakshari(six letter) mantra he as well as all his ancestors attained
salvation.
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Source: Linga Puran
Aum Shri Ganeshaya Namah
Aum Namah Shivaya
Jai Bole Nath
ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ नमः शिवाय
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