Name of "Rama" is eternal and it is associated with many Lord Vishnu's avatars like Parasurama, Balarama not Ayodhya Rama alone. Note: I'm not trying to demean Lord Shiva (i don't differentiate Shiva from Rama/Vishnu) or questioning greatness of name "Rama". Do scriptures mention any other names or mantras which can be used as Taraka mantra besides name of Rama and OM?.Why Rama Nama is called Taraka Mantra? (Answers from scriptures are preferred but you can also answer quoting words of Acharyas or Swamis).It is also said many miracles were performed by Neem karoli Baba who used to chant Name of "Rama" always. Name of Rama is highly praised in many Puranas. It is easy to understand OM as mantra of liberation, as Om is source of everything. Avatara also has tara and Ava means downwards). It is also popular belief that Lord Shiva says Rama nama in ears of the dead (at least among Telugu people).įrom what i understood, Taraka mantra is mantra which takes us away from samasara and hence mantra of liberation (tara = carrying across or crossing. Now, some authors translate Taraka mantra as "Pranava or OM" while others translate it as "Rama Nama". The great saint Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa saw Lord Shiva liberating the dead by imparting Taraka Mantra. Through the imparting of theĬhapter 33, Swarga Khanda of Padma Purana also says Lord Shiva liberates by imparting Taraka Mantra. With or without effort on one's part, one shallĪbandon the body and die in Käsi. Who dies in Käsi becomes immortal, with the favour of the O Pot-born Sage, without the knowledge that roots out Karmas, a person Many Puranas assert this fact.Ĭhapter 30, Purvavadha, Kasi Khanda of Skanda Purana says:
At Manikarnika Ghat of Varanasi (Kashi), Lord Shiva liberates the dead by saying " Taraka mantra" in ears of the dead.
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