Offering of Deepak

While offering Deepak to the Lord during the month of Kartik or as a matter of fact any time we can generate different bhav or Viniyog or Sankalp to achieve different end result with the same work or kritya. First of all attention should be paid to the making of the wick. It should be made of three lengths of thread, each representing Adhidevik, Adhibhautik and Adhyatmik doshas or faults. We may request the Lord that as we burn the three strands in the Deepak, same way He should burn all three types of our shortcomings and make us cleansed. We can also have the bhavana of Ida, Pingla and Sushumana in the three strands of the wick and can think of a different kind of sankalp with it. The whole meaning here being that one can achieve different result with the same deed by changing the no of strands depending upon work or by changing viniyog or sankalp. This is my own humble thinking and not a specific quote from any scripture. ………Om!

As per Bhavishya Purana,p/529 different colours of the wick are mentioned for different devtas which are being given here for everyone’s reference.

White Wick is for Ishwar is called Ishwarvarti, Yellow wick is for Vishnu is called Bhogvarti, Kusum coloured wick for Gauri is called Saubhagyavarti, Lac coloured wick for Durga is called Poornvarti, wick offered to Brahma is called Brahmvarti, wick offered in the deeepak of snakes is called Naagvarti, one offered to various planets is called Grahvarti. One should do poojan of the devta first and then only offer the Deepak in their name.

………Om!