Re: Threshold - puja
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Originally Posted by
AmIHindu
I do not know what is the importance of doing Threshold puja. Threshold was used in our scripture when Narsimha Avataar, kills Hiranyakashyapu.
If anyone from HDF know anything more about threshold puja, please add to my knowledge.
Let me offer this one view of where the threshold resides. It represents madhya , the middle, the gap, we call turīya. It suggests where we can find the Divine.
Hiraṇyakaśipu could not be killed by human, deva or animal. narasiṃha appears as half-man half-animal.
Hiraṇyakaśipu could not be killed in the day or at night; narasiṃha comes at nether day or night but at twilight.
Hiraṇyakaśipu could not be killed neither indoors or outdoors; narasiṃha comes to neither but on the threshold of a courtyard, from within the pillar ( as we are told).
praṇām
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yatastvaṠśivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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