Śiva Purāṇa Vidyeśvara-saṁhitā 25b—Types of Rudrākṣa
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2022-10-15

“A rudrākṣa of a single face is Śiva Himself. It bestows worldly pleasures and salvation. The sin of brāhmaṇa-slaughter is washed off at its mere sight. Where it is adored, Fortune cannot be far off. Harms and harassments perish. All desires are fulfilled. A rudrākṣa with two faces is Īśā, the Lord of devas. It bestows the fulfilment of all desires. Especially, that rudrākṣa quickly quells the sin of cow-slaughter. A rudrākṣa with three faces always bestows means of enjoyment. As a result of its power all lores become firmly established. A rudrākṣa of four faces is Brahmā Himself. It quells the sin of man-slaughter. Its vision and its contact instantaneously bestow the achievement of the four aims of life. A rudrākṣa with five faces is Rudra Himself. Its name is kālāgni. It is lordly. It bestows all sorts of salvation, and achievement of all desired objects. A five-faced rudrākṣa dispels all sorts of sins such as accrue from sexual intercourse with a forbidden woman and from eating forbidden food. A rudrākṣa with six faces is Kartikeya. A man who wears it on the right arm is certainly absolved of the sins of brāhmaṇa-slaughter and the like.”

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