Purashcharana

Purashcharana

पुरश्चरण, puraścaraṇa

Purashcharana, also called Purascharana, and Siddhikarana is the process of realizing the power of mantra.

According to “Mantra-yoga-samhita” and other authoritative texts on the practice of mantras, to gain "mantra-siddhi" (the power of a mantra), a mantra must be recited a certain number of times.

It is believed that each syllable of the mantra must be recited one "lakh", which is one hundred thousand repetitions. Further, the tantras recommend a tenth of the recitation, i.e. ten thousand times to do havan, i.e. to perform worship of this form of the Deity in Agni. Then one do tarpana 1000 times, marjana 100 times and brahmana-bhojana (feeding the brahmins) 10 times.

Tantrik sadhana for realizing mantra-siddhis can be very difficult and, in fact, finding Guru who will know all the subtleties perfectly is not an easy task.