Saṅkalpa Literally means ‘a very strong willed effort’. To do any work it is necessary to have a Saṅkalpa. No work is completed unless you step forward to do it with the determination (Saṅkalpa) that I have to do this work because there is no alternative. Only then can you put your entire effort into completing that task honestly. As long as there are options, the person remains confused among those options. But when there is no option left, then the feeling which makes a task complete is called ‘Saṅkalpa’. Saṅkalpa is considered very important in Sanatan Dharma. Before doing any chanting, penance, worship, Yajña, ritual etc., Brahmins take water in their hands and make us take a Saṅkalpa oath. The purpose for which the ritual is being performed is achieved only by taking a Saṅkalpa and performing that ritual. Because the Saṅkalpa with which the ritual is performed, the energy of that ritual is used in fulfilling that Saṅkalpa. In the dham of Shri Karauli Shankar Mahadev, Saṅkalpa is the most important rule, without which, the rituals you perform, it’s energy does not give you any benefit. As soon as you Saṅkalpa to destroy any Smṛti due to which you are troubled or in pain, praying to Baba Ji & Gurumata Ji, that Smṛti is immediately destroyed and your Saṅkalpa is fulfilled. But this is possible only when you have enough energy, for which you are required to adopt one of the processes of Shri Karauli Shankar Mahadev Dham. Because the Saṅkalpa will be fulfilled when there is sufficient positive energy; positive energy will be sufficient when our ancestors present in the Preta Yoni (Phantom Realm) who steals away our virtues, attains Mukti (Liberation to their next birth-death cycle), and liberation of the ancestors is possible only when there is the presence of the Poorna Guru.   There are two types of Saṅkalpa in the dham:

1. One you do by yourself.
2. That which is presented to you by the Dham (live by Gurudev or through his audio-video clips).

Dham conducts live Saṅkalpa every Tuesday and Saturday in which people also participate in the Saṅkalpa through YouTube and by making the Saṅkalpa as per the guidelines given by Gurudev, they get relief from their troubles sitting at home. Because “Saṅkalpa is the Power”. How to make a Saṅkalpa? 

• To make a Saṅkalpa, you have to sit in any comfortable posture with both eyes closed and both your hands placed on your thighs.
• Now first of all you have to pay obeisance to Lord Bholenath and Maa Kamakhya in your mind. Then one has to pay obeisance to the most revered Baba Ji and the most revered Gurumata Ji. 
• Now you have to pray in your mind and say: – “Most Revered Baba Ji, Most Revered Gurumata Ji, I request you that the Smṛti due to which  __________ (tell about the pain you are facing) is happening to me. Yes, please destroy all those Smṛti. I will be very thankful to you.” 

  (For example: 1. If you are having a headache, then say, “Most Revered Baba Ji, Most Revered Gurumata Ji, I request you to please destroy all the Smṛti due to which I am having a headache.” Please, I will be very thankful to you.”

2. If you are having pain in your back but there is a pricking sensation in that pain, then you will Saṅkalpa that “Most Revered Baba Ji, Most Revered Gurumata Ji, I request you to please destroy the Smṛti due to which I am having pricking pain in the back. I will be very thankful to you.”)

That is, whatever problems have occurred or are occurring, by making a Saṅkalpa describing each of its symptoms, that problem gets eliminated from its roots. Rather than taking Saṅkalpa for all the troubles Smṛti at once, you have to take a Saṅkalpa for all the troubles separately (one-by-one). This is the right and most effective way of making Saṅkalpa.  

• Keep in mind that any disease causes pain in the body according to its symptoms. Therefore, while making a Saṅkalpa to get rid of that disease, keep in mind that you will tell all the symptoms of that disease to rev. Babaji & Gurumata Ji and pray to destroy their Smṛti too. 

(As:

• If there is TB (tuberculosis) disease in the lungs, then you will feel all the symptoms related to it like – cough, fever, sometimes bleeding from the mouth, bleeding from the mouth along with cough, excessive mucus production, Symptoms like bleeding, sudden rapid weight loss, weakness and fever in the body, stiffness/heaviness in the chest, pain in the chest etc. are included in your Saṅkalpa one by one. Tell Baba-Maa and pray that those Smṛti due to which this is happening or is happening, please destroy them forever. By doing this, your sufferings will get relief quickly.
• If there is any disease related to kidney, then along with that disease, its symptoms like – pain in the back, pain in the penis (below the navel), pain in the pelvis (below the navel) while urinating, burning sensation while urinating, Symptoms that you feel like bleeding in urine while urinating, urinating only with great force, less urination, no urination at all, less sweating or no sweating, etc. Tell them to Baba-Maa and pray to destroy their Smṛti that the Smṛti due to which this happens or is happening, please destroy those Smṛti forever. By doing this your sufferings will get relief quickly.)

Similarly, whatever problems or troubles you feel, you should make Saṅkalpa according to their symptoms, so that your diseases, sufferings and problems can be eliminated quickly in the most effective manner. Because when your Saṅkalpa is correct, only then your sufferings will also end. Otherwise, if you find out that you are having ‘pain with a prick’ in your back and you have made a Saṅkalpa that you are having ‘pain with a stretch’ in your back, then in such a situation, your Saṅkalpa will start working on the Smṛti that cause pain with stretching. And your ‘pricking pain in the back’ will still be there. Then you think that you made a Saṅkalpa but did not get any relief. That is why it is very important to make the right Saṅkalpa.  Procedure for Live Tuesday Saṅkalpa conducted by Shri Gurudev Ji –     To get relief from your troubles, make sure to make a live Saṅkalpa every Tuesday.  

• It takes time for the Saṅkalpa to start, so be patient.

 

• Take a glass of water and add two spoons of white sugar in it.

And add two cloves – this is for one person. If 5 members are taking the Saṅkalpa then 5 glasses of water will have to be made like this.  

• You should keep Brahmin Dakṣiṇā close to the family.

All members should separately keep their Dakṣiṇā with them. 

• Do not cover your head and leave your hair braided.

 

• No boundations: Saṅkalpa can be taken even after meal or sitting on the floor/ on the chair.

You can take it while sitting. But you don’t have to take it while sitting on the bed.  

• Keep your eyes closed while making a Saṅkalpa. Do not open your eyes in between.

  Saṅkalpa is accomplished in 4 stages –  First phase – Saṅkalpa of the devotees who have completed the Dham process   Second phase – Saṅkalpa of those devotees whose 7 Havans have been completed or any process is still incomplete.    Third phase – The Saṅkalpa of those new devotees who have not started the process or who have already performed 6 Havans.   Last step – Everyone gets a Saṅkalpa of 5 minutes to pray for an end to their suffering.  

• Out of the first 3 steps, whichever step you Saṅkalpa, you have to do it after listening to the instructions of Gurudev Ji and whatever Gurudev asks you to speak, you also have to speak. After the Saṅkalpa, you have to wait for the Saṅkalpa of the last step. .

 

• In the last phase of Saṅkalpa, you will get 5 minutes in which you have to Saṅkalpa to destroy the Smṛti of your troubles. 

 

• If you forget your troubles then write it on a paper and in that 5 minutes time you can read it with your eyes open and then close your eyes.

 

• If you want to take a Saṅkalpa for someone included in your DNA, then you can also take it in the last step, for this you can take a Saṅkalpa by keeping the clothes worn by that person which have not been washed or his photo. Keep in mind that for this member also you have to prepare a glass of water and give Dakṣiṇā to the Brahmin.

 

• After the Saṅkalpa, you have to rotate the glass of water straight above the head 6 times and turn it upside down once and pour the water into the toilet. If you have made a Saṅkalpa by placing a member’s cloth or photo, then you have to rotate the glass of water over his cloth or photo in the same manner and pour water into the toilet and flush it.

• Keep aside your Brahmin Dakṣiṇā and when you come to the dham, put that Dakṣiṇā with your own hands in the Saṅkalpa Dakṣiṇā box.

  Procedure for Live Saturday Saṅkalpa conducted by Shri Gurudev Ji –     This Saṅkalpais only for the devotees who have completed the one-day process of Dham and those who have attained the virtues of One Day Anuṣṭhāna by doing Padayātrā or Daṇḍavat Yātrā and those devotees who have been initiated in Mantra and Tantra. This Saṅkalpa should be taken only by those who have been told about it. Like Tuesday Live Saṅkalpa, this Saṅkalpais also done but in only 2 phases – in the first phase, we have to say whatever Shri Gurudev Ji says and in the second phase, Gurudev gives 5 minutes time in which we try to destroy the Smṛti of our troubles. We take resolutions and then Gurudev fulfills our resolutions. Like the Tuesday Live Saṅkalpa, in this also the process of water has to be done at the end and Dakṣiṇā has to be given.