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WORLD March 5, 1999 VNN3247 The Most Sacred Gem In The Vedas BY HRSIKESANANDA DAS   USA, Mar 5 (VNN) — The Most Sacred Gem in the VedasSri Salagrama Sila Pictured is an exceptionally perfect and very rare "Vamana" Salagrama Sila adorned with the sacred Chakra of Lord Sri Visnu. Origin: The Krsna-Gandaki River in Nepal. According to the Gautamiya Tantra a stone from any place other than the Gandaki River in Nepal can never be a Salagrama Sila. Merely by touching a genuine Salagram Sila one becomes free from the sins of millions of births, so what to speak of worshiping Him. By puja of Salagrama Sila one gains the direct association of Lord Hari. The Skanda Purana states that a genuine Salagram Sila is directly a manifestation of the Supreme Lord Visnu and does not require any installation. It is further stated that the sale or purchase of a Salagram Sila is strictly prohibited. Anyone who attempts to determine the material value of a Salagrama Sila will live in hell until the end of the universe. The area within a radius of twenty-four miles from where a Salagrama Sila is worshiped is considered a holy place (tirtha). Anyone who sees, bathes, worships, or bows to a Salagrama Sila will receive the same piety as doing millions of sacrifices and giving millions of cows in charity. Without having accumulated pious activities, it is very difficult to find a Salagrama Sila in this world, especially in the age of Kali-yuga. In the Padma Purana it is stated that if a devotee who is properly initiated in prescribed mantras does the puja of Salagrama Sila, he will attain the Supreme Lord's spiritual abode without a doubt. Servitor: Hrisikesananda das Photo: Adisorn Wattanavanich Sastric evidence from Sri Hari-bhakti-vilas translated by Sri Padmanabha Goswami, Sri Radha-ramana Temple, Vrndavana, U.P., India. About the Author | Other Stories by this Author Comment on this Story This story URL: http://vaishnava-news-network.org/world/WD9903/WD05-3247.html
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