Information About Nag Panchami 2023: Date, Story, Significance, Puja Vidhi, Katha, & Nag Panchami Mantra
What is Nag Panchami?
Naga Panchami (Monday, August 21, 2023) is observed on the Shukla Paksha Panchami during the Hindu calendar month of Savan or Shravan. As per the Gregorian calendar, Nag Panchami falls in July or August. It is celebrated two days after Hariyali Teej. On this day women pray for the well-being of their brothers and families. They worship the Nag Devta (the Lord of Serpents), in temples and also sometimes visit Snake pits/holes and offer milk to them.
The term 'Nag' means Serpent/snake/Cobra. The term Panchami means the fifth day of either the waxing Moon (Shukla Paksha) or waning Moon (Krishna Paksha), in the Lunar cycle with each phase lasting for 15 days. It is a special day of worshipping Snakes by the Hindus. Worshipping nature, animals are part of Hindu philosophy. Hindu Deities are mostly associated with an animal as Vahan or vehicle, and these Vahans are respected and worshipped by Hindus.
When is Nag Panchami this year? Nag Panchami 2022 Date, Tithi, Day
Nag Panchami 2023 is on Monday, August 21.
| Particular | Nag Panchami Date & Day | Time starts | Time ends |
| Nag Panchami Tithi | Aug 21, 2023 | 12:21 AM | |
| Puja Vidhi Muhurat | Aug 21, 2023 | 06:21 AM | 08:23 AM |
| Nag Panchami Tithi | Aug 22, 2023 | | 02:00 AM |
Nagpanchami is one of the most popular festivals which is celebrated with great devotion and enthusiasm by the Hindus. On this day, the Snake Lord is worshipped. Devotees perform the traditional ritual of Holy bathing the divine idol of Snake Lord. On this auspicious day one can also witness snake charmers in many places of the country with bamboo baskets in which real snakes are kept. These shake charmers make the snake dance by playing an instrument called pungi. Many people gather around the snake charmer and even offer milk to the snake and worship it. Devotees perform Naag Puja of the Ashta Naag devtas. Ashta Naag literally means eight snakes. Given below is a small prayer which is recited to venerate the Ashta (eight) Naag (snakes)
Vasuki: Takshaschaiva Kaliyo Manibhadrakah.
Airavato Dhritarashtra: Karkotakadhananjay.
Etebhayam prayachhanti praninam pranajeevinam.
(Bhavishyottara Purana â 32-2-7)
(Meaning: Vasuki, Takshaka, Kaliya, Manibhadrak, Airavata, Dhritarashtra, Karkotaka and Dhananjaya - these give fearlessness to beings.)
About Nag Panchami 2023
This year, Nagpanchami will be celebrated on the Monday, August 21, 2023 in the state of Maharashtra, Gujrat and Tamil Nadu according to the Amavasyant Calendar which is mainly followed by people living in the Eastern and Southern states of our country. Whereas, in the Northern part of India, the festival of Nag Panchami would be celebrated on the Monday, August 21, 2023 in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
About Hindu Culture
Since the beginning, the Hindu culture has always tried to establish a warm bond with animals, birds, trees, plants and natural herbs. In Hinduism, a cow is highly venerated and is often referred to as âGau mataâ. A cow is given the title of a âMotherâ and is worshipped. Similarly, on the auspicious occasion of Vat Purnima, the married women offer prayers and worship to the Banyan tree. Similarly, on auspicious events like the environment day which is known as the Vanotsav, we make sure to plant saplings, and take measures to safeguard our environment and avoid polluting it. But, the greatness of our Hindu culture is truly reflected when we offer prayers and worship a snake on the Holy festival of Nag Panchami. Snake is a reptile, which is mostly feared as it has the ability to kill you. Accepting Snake in the form of a deity thus shows, how kind and warm hearted the people of Aryan race were.
During monsoons, when the heavy showers of rain fall on the warm Earth proving to be beneficial for mankind and Nature, the snakes are forced to leave their natural habitat as water accumulates in the burrows, where they live. Sometimes, they enter our house, this is the time we should offer prayers to them and allow them to rest.
Nag Panchami Puja Vidhi
Wake up early in the morning and wear clean clothes.
- Prepare rice vermicelli mixture and fresh food, in some parts of the country people prepare food a day prior to the Nagpanchami and then consume this stale food on the day of Nagpanchmi.
- If you are fasting, then make sure to consume food once on the day of Chaturthi and observe fast on Panchami for the entire day and then consume food in the evening.
- At some places, people make use of brushes which are made of gold, silver or mud, even turmeric, sandalwood and cow-dung is used to draw five faced snakes on the main entrance of the house on both sides of the door as a sign of welcoming the snake Lord. People then offer prayers to this image
- At stated above, people draw images of Snake Lord with red sandalwood and Turmeric on both sides of the entrance door
- According to the tradition, A fresh lotus flower is placed in a Silver bowl and in front of this bowl, rangoli comprising of festive colours and patterns resembling five or eight hooded snake is drawn on the floor with brush made of clay, silver or gold
- Devotees than offer prayers and worship the rangoli by chanting Anantadi nagdevtabhyo namah
- Once the devotees are done chanting, they offer prayers by using unheated milk, curd, Durva, Kusha, fragrances, unbroken rice (akshat), flowers, water, Holy thread (roli) and rice to the image of Naag deva which is drawn on the wall
- Once the Puja is done, clarified butter, jaggery and sweets are presented to the image of the Snake Lord as an offering (Bhog)
- One must always use flowers and sandalwood while offering prayers to the Snake Lord as good aromas appeases the Lord
- On the auspicious occasion of Nag panchami, one must definitely take blessings of Nag dev by venerating Him. Also, the adobe of Snake Lord must be offered prayers.
- Also, remembering and chanting on the 12 divine Snake Gods namely Ananta, Vasuki, Shesha, Padma, Kambala, Karkotaka, Ashvatara, Dhritarashtra, Shankhapala, Kaliya, Takshaka, and Pingala is said to appease the 12 dicine energies.
- Chanting âāĨ ā¤āĨā¤°āĨā¤āĨā¤˛āĨā¤¯āĨ ā¤šāĨā¤ ā¤Ģā¤āĨ ā¤¸āĨā¤ĩā¤žā¤šā¤žâ is believed to safeguard from the snake venom
Legends of Nag Panchami
There are many legends associated with the auspicious occasion of Nag Panchami, let us take a look at few of them
As mentioned in the great epic of Mahabharata, there was once a King of Kuru linage named Janamejaya who was performing a ritual of killing snakes as a revenge of his fatherâs death. Janamejayas father was killed by the snake bite of a serpant named Takshak. Janamejaya made arrangements for a special Yagna in order to kill all the snakes in the world. He made arrangements by calling many great sages, scholars and Brahmins and invoked Fire God in the Yagna. The Yagna began as the Brahmins, saints and scholars started chanting powerful mantras which forced the snakes to come out of their natural habitat and fall in the burning Holy flames of the Yagna. When almost all the serpents were burned to ashes in this Agni Yagna, the pundits and saints realised that Takshak who had killed King Parikshit, the father of Janamejaya had taken refuge in the underworld of Lord Indra. After learning this, the Rishis and Saints increased the intensity of their chants in order to bring Takshak out. Takshak could not bear the intensity of the vibrations that were generated due to the mantras that were being chanted by the sages. In order to protect himself, Takshak coiled on all the four legs of the bed on which Lord Indra was resting. Even Indra was being pulled in the Yagna as Takshak had coiled his bed. Looking at this, all the Gods got worried and ran to Manas devi in order to stop the Yagna. After listening to their plea, the Goddess sent forth Her son named Astik to stop the Yagna. Astik reached the venue where the Yagna was being performed. He walked up to Janamejaya and requested him to stop the Yagna. Janamejaya refused, this is when Astik imparted divine scientific knowledge to Janamejaya and gave him many reasons to stop the Yagna. Janamejaya was impressed and this is how he stopped the Yagna and Lord along with Takshak serpant were saved. Thus, the custom of celebrating Nag Panchami came into existence on this day as the lives of many snakes were saved on this day. Lord Indra visited Mansadevi and offered prayers to Her.
According to another legend, there was once a farmer who lived in a village with his wife, two sons and one daughter. One day while ploughing the field, one of his sons accidently killed three snakes. The mother of the three snakes witnessed this and was determined to take revenge. On the same night, the mother of the three snakes entered the house of the farmer and bit the farmer, his wife and both the sons. All of them were dead. The next day, the only daughter of the farmer was shocked to witness her parents and brothers dead. She learned the reason of their death and with great grief offered milk to the snake mother, asking her to forgive her family and to accept the apology on their behalf. The girl wept with a true heart and pleaded the snake to bring her parents and brothers to life. The mother of the snakes was appeased by the pure devotion of the girl. The snake accepted the apology and forgave them and brought her parents back to life.
According to another important legend, there once lived a girl, she wanted to perform Naag pooja, so she asked her bother to get her Ketki flower. While performing Naag pooja, Ketki flowers are used. Her brother agreed and left in search of Ketki flower, as he was busy searching the Ketki flower, he was bit by a snake and he died on the spot. Learning about her brotherâs death, the girl observed fast and offered prayers to the snake Lord. Soon the Snake Lord was appeased and He brough her brother back to life.
There is another legend of Nag panchami which is associated with the episode of Samudra Manthan. During the churning of the Ocean of Milk, both asuras and devas churned the mountain together, during this process, a dreadful poison named Halahal came out of the Ocean, the poison was so fatal that it had the power to kill all the life on this planet. This is when, all the Gods and Goddess ran to Lord Shiva to seek help. The Supreme and Selfless Lord consumed the poison but while drinking few of its drops fell on the earth which were consumed by His snakes. The poison was so fatal that it started burning the throat of Lord Shiva hence, all the gods performed Ganga Abhishekam on Lord Shiva and the snakes. This is why Nag Panchami is celebrated with great valour and represents the rich history of our religion.
Importance of Snake as per Hindu Astrology
According to the Indian astrology, the snake is often associated with the moon nodes. The head of a snake is represented as Rahu whereas, the tail of the snake is referred to as Ketu. If, in the natal chart of an individual, all the seven houses that fall between Rahu and Ketu planet are placed in a reversed order than, the individual suffers from Kal Sarp dosha (relating to doshas caused by black snakes). A person suffering from Kal Sarp Dosha is believed to undergoes a lot of hardships and bad luck. Praying over snakes and offering them bhog during the Nag Panchami festival is said to offer relief from the Kal Sarp Dosha
On the auspicious day of Nagpanchami, people worship Lord Shiva along with Snake Lord. According to a religious belief, a devotee who worships Snake Lord and performs Rudra Abhishekam on Nagpanchami is liberated from all the hardships. It also helps to ward off unnecessary fears.
If planet Rahu or Ketu are placed in unfavourable houses in the natal chart of people belonging to the Taurus, Sagittarius, Gemini and Scorpio then they must definitely perform Nag panchami pooja. Also, offering prayers to Lord Shiva and Snake Lord on this auspicious day is said to offer relief from Pitra Dosha.
As mentioned in the Garuda Purana, A devotee who offers prayers to snakes on the Nag Panchami, followed by offering food or feeding the Brahmins is said to enjoy many benefits and lead a happy life.
Offering prayers to snakes and venerating them is believed to safeguard the devotee from the fear of snake bites.Women who have issues conceiving, install a small idol of snake under the Sacred Fig (Peepal Tree) and worship it. Snakes are associated with virility and are known to bless women who are suffering from barrenness with healthy offspring. Snakes are known to be gifted with the power of fecundity and therefore cure barrenness in women. If an individual often dreams about snakes, then worshipping snakes on the occasion of Nagpanchami is said to remove the fear of snakes. Snakes are believed to be more powerful than human beings as they are associated to the Supreme powers like Lord Shiva, Devi, Lord Vishnu, Krishna and Subramanya. This belief has instilled fear among people which led to deification of snake, especially the cobra and this is how snakes are worshipped by Hindus throughout the country.
Significance of snakes in History
- Lord Shiva is always portrayed with a snake coiled on His neck which is why He is also referred to as âKal devataâ. Lord Lakshman who was the brother of Lord Rama is known to be avatar of Shesh naag.
- The sacred Indian Scriptures like the Narada Purana, Agni Purana and Skanda purana mention the extolling worship of serpents and throw light on the rich history of snakes.
- In the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple which is situated in Ujjain, there is a shrine on the third floor. The most unique thing about this shrine is that it is opened only on the day of Nag Panchami and remains closed for the rest of the year. Also, the idol of Nagchandreshwar is unique as it depicts Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati seated on a snake which has ten hoods and are surrounded by Lord Ganesha, Nandi and other idols. According to the legend, The great Takshak snake lives in this shrine and when an individual visits this shrine and offers prayers to Nagchandreshwar on Nag Panchami, the devotee is blessed abundantkt and is set free from the afflictions of Sarpa Dosha, Nag Dosha and other form of Doshas.
- According to the ancient Scriptures, Sheshnaag offers support to the Earth by holding it on His Hood. It is stated that this divine snake lives in Hell and has hundred hoods, in each of this hood there is a diamond. It is said that Sheshnaag has evolved from the Tama element of Shri Vishnu. At the end of every Kalp, Lord Vishnu is witnessed relaxing on Sheshnaag in the great Ocean.
- In the Tretayuga, Sheshnaag was incarnated as Lakshman and Shri Vishnu incarnated as Lord Ram
- In the period between the Dwapara yuga and Kalyuga, Sheshnaag incarnated as the elder brother of Lord Krishna and was named as âBalramâ
- In Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta, Shri Krishna states âThe supreme amongst serpents is âAnantâ, that is me.â Thus showing his greatness.
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Auspicious Pujas To Be Performed On Nag Panchami
Nag Panchami Puja
Nag Panchami Puja performed on the day of Nag Panchami is highly auspicious and rewarding. The Vedas consider the Nagas (Snakes) very significant and divine. The festival of Nag Panchami is celebrated to offer prayers to the Snakes and Serpents that are associated with Lord Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh. Lord Vishnu, Himself rests on Ananta Shesha, a thousand-hooded Serpent. Lord Shiva always keeps the Snake named Vasuki around His neck. Names of 9 Naag Devatas are Anant, Vasuki, Shesh, Padmanabh, Kambal, Shankhapal, Dhrutrashtra, Takshak, and Kalia if prayed daily in the morning protects you from all evils and helps you become victorious in life.
Benefits of this Nag Panchami Puja:
- Health, wealth, success, and prosperity
- Peace, Protection, and Health
- Removes Doshas like Kaal Sarp Dosha and Vastu Dosha
- Blessings of Nag Devta
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Kaalsarp Shanti Puja at Trimbakeshwar Temple
Kaalsarp Shanti Puja performed at Trimbakeshwar Temple during Shravan month and on Nag Panchami is highly auspicious and spiritual. Kaal Sarp Dosh occurs when all the 7 planets are placed between Rahu and Ketu. Kaal means death and Sarp means snake. The person born under Kaal Sarp Yog struggles even after putting in the appropriate amount of hard work. For individuals suffering from Kaal Sarp Dosh, success is hard to come by and their financial position remains fragile. Kaal Sarp Dosh can be of two types namely ascending and descending and can cause various problems such as loss in business and family problems
Benefits of this puja:
- Provides professional and personal stability
- Removes hurdles in the way to success
- Provides harmony and peace of mind
- Relief from other malefic effects of the Kaal Sarp Dosh
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Narayan Nagbali Rites at Trimbakeshwar Temple
On Nag Panchami, if you perform Narayan Nagbali Pooja, you get rid of most of the issues at a personal and professional level. Narayan Nagbali Puja consists of two different rituals. One is Narayan Bali performed to get rid of ancestral curse (pitru dosh /pitru Shaap) while Nagbali is done to get rid of the sin of killing snakes, especially Cobra which is worshipped in India. It can be performed only at Trimbakeshwar.
This puja is best for those facing obstacles in Business, Waste of Money, Family health Problems, Conflicts, education hindrances, Marriage Problems, Accidental Death, Unnecessary expenses, and Emotional problems. It is also performed to get rid of problems that occur due to curses from father, mother, brother, corpse, wife, and other shraps (Pitru shrap, Pratashap, Matrushap, Bhatrushap, patnishap, matulshap). Narayan Nagbali is performed to get respite from various problems.
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