7 Janam Dosh Nivaran, 11 Vishnu Sahasranama and Paap-Kshay Yagya Maha Anushthan

Purpose of This Anushthan

• The blessing of an end to the accumulated sinful karmas, curses and prarabdh doshas of 7 past lives

• The wish for calming of constant unexplained failures, heavy debt, business losses and poverty

• A prayer for destroying incurable illnesses, the fear of untimely death and unknown mental stress

• The blessing of peace from Rahu-Ketu, Shani and Pitru Doshas from Lord Vishnu, who is awake on Dev Uthani Ekadashi

The Divine Importance of the “Paap-Kshay Mahayagya” on Dev Uthani Ekadashi
The Shukla Ekadashi of the month of Kartik (Dev Uthani or Prabodhini Ekadashi) is the greatest Mahamuhurat of Sanatan Dharma. On this day Lord Shri Hari Vishnu wakes after the 4-month Yog Nidra (Chaturmas).
The scriptures say that on the day Jagatpati Vishnu himself wakes from Yog Nidra, sattvik and auspicious energy in the universe is at its peak. It is believed that when a “Paap-Kshay Yagya” for the removal of the doshas of 7 lifetimes is done on this holy Mahamuhurat, Lord Shri Hari hears the devotee’s call at once and forgives the karma-dand of many lifetimes.

What Is the Spiritual and Tantrik Secret of “Paap-Kshay”?
According to Sanatan Dharma and the Garud Puran, a human being does not only experience the karma of this life, but the accumulated karma-sanskars of 7 past lives (Past Lives Karma) also go along with them. When some fierce sins or bad karmas of past lives (such as hurting someone’s heart, killing a living being, disrespecting Pitars or not repaying a loan) come into this life, a person has to face heavy losses, illnesses and failures even without any fault.

Paap-Kshay Siddhant: “Paap-Kshay” means burning accumulated sins to ash. It is believed that when offerings of the 1,000 secret names of Lord Vishnu are made through Agni Dev, that “Paap-Kshay Agni” destroys the sin-sanskars of 7 lifetimes hidden in the devotee’s subtle body.

Freedom and welfare: It is said that as soon as sins are destroyed on Dev Uthani Ekadashi, stuck fortune awakens, illnesses are calmed and Achal Laxmi (lasting Laxmi) comes to life.

Glory of the Vishnu Sahasranama (the 1,000 Divine Names of Lord Vishnu)
The Vishnu Sahasranama originates from the Anushasan Parv of the Mahabharata. When Yudhishthir asked Bhishma Pitamah, lying on a bed of arrows, “What is the best dharma in the world by which a person is freed from all sorrows?”, Pitamah Bhishma said that the kirtan and stuti of the 1,000 names of Lord Vishnu is the greatest sin-destroying dharma in the world.

“यशः प्राप्नोति विपुलं ज्ञातिप्राधान्यमेव च।

अचलां श्रियमाप्नोति श्रेयः प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्॥”

Meaning: A person who recites and listens to the Vishnu Sahasranama receives fame in society, respect in the kul, lasting wealth-Laxmi and the highest welfare.

Glory of the Tirunelveli Tirth Kshetra (Tamil Nadu)
Tirunelveli, in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India, is a very ancient and Siddh Vaishnav Tirth place, set on the bank of the holy “Tamraparni river.”

Tapobhoomi of Rishi Agastya: According to the Purans, this region has been the tapobhoomi of Maharshi Agastya. Here Lord Shri Hari Vishnu sits in person in his auspicious form.

The holy stream that destroys sin: It is believed that a bath in the holy stream of the Tamraparni river, and the jaap and yagya done on Dev Uthani Ekadashi at the Siddh Vishnu Dham on its bank, give 1,000 times more fruit than at an ordinary place.