Subsections of Sripaduka Sandhyakalpam
Materials needed
- Plank or Sukhāsana
- clean clothes
- paṃcapātra (a glass, preferably made of copper, used to hold water),
- uddhariṇa (spoon)
- hariveṇamu (plate)
- small pot filled water fetched sacredly
- flowers
- bell
Morning
Wake up before sunrise, complete morning routine, wear clean traditional clothes and tilak on forehead.
Draw a triangle with a dot in its centre with water, pay obeisance with folded hands, put the plank (Sukhāsana) on the triangle drawn.
Sit on it facing east in the pooja room or an appropriate place and keep the mind calm and quiet.
Subsections of Morning
Sankalpa
Achamana
Tattwa achamana
Smarta achamana
GhantaaNada
Sandhya achamana
Surya Dhyana
TarpaNas
Japa
Devapitru Namaskaras
Digdevata Namaskaras
Swasti namaskara
Chant “(deśakālādikaṃ saṃkīrtya) mama upātta samasta duritakṣayadvārā śrīparameśvara prītyarthaṃ tadvārā mama sarvābhīṣṭasiddhyardhaṃ, lokakalyāṇārdhaṃ, viśvaśāṃtyarthaṃ ca prātassaṃdhyāmupāsiṣye” (देशकालादिकं संकीर्त्य) मम उपात्त समस्त दुरितक्षयद्वारा श्रीपरमेश्वर प्रीत्यर्थं तद्वारा मम सर्वाभीष्टसिद्ध्यर्धं, लोककल्याणार्धं, विश्वशांत्यर्थं च प्रातस्संध्यामुपासिष्ये and touch the water in the paṃcapātra with the right hand.
- Put a flower in paṃcapātra.
- Recite the words, “puṃḍarīkākṣāya nama: puṃḍarīkākṣāya nama: (पुंडरीकाक्षाय नमः पुंडरीकाक्षाय नमः), and
- Sprinkle few drops of water on the head with the flower in the panchapatra two times.
By sprinkling water twice like this on the body, both internal and external sanctity prevail.
Chant “Śrī mahāgaṇādhipataye nama: śrīgurubhyonama: श्रीमहागणाधिपतयेनमः- श्रीगुरुभ्योनमः” and offer namaskāram to Lord Ganapati and guru.

