How to Choose the Right Anushthan for Your Life Problems

We all face challenges: health problems, professional struggles, relationship existence. In Sanatan Dharma, pujas and ritual acts are potent spiritual weapons to fight off such roadblocks. 

But thousands of pujas are listed in scriptural texts, and picking the right one for your specific problem can be difficult. The right ritual serves as a spiritual magnet to pull your energies toward the goal, which very much supports the winning odds. 

Let’s understand how to choose the right puja step by step.  

First Step: Identify Your Problem

 Before you look for a remedy, you'll need to get right down to what's causing your trouble. Puja selection should be based on the cause of the problem, not just its symptoms.  

• Health Issues: Is it a chronic illness, mental stress, or repeated accidents?  

• Financial Blockages: Is money not coming in, period, or does it come but doesn’t stick around? 

• Relationship Stress: Is this delayed marriages, marital conflicts or family disarray? 

• Career & Education: Is the difficulty is remaining there destiny, losing concentration or something preventing said pushes? 

 If you don’t know the essence of your issue, you cannot choose correct the “spiritual remedy.”

Classification of Pujas Based on Purpose

 Vedas and Puranas The ancient texts categorise the rituals according to their purpose. When you know what your problem is, assign it to one of the following categories:

A. Graha Shanti & Dosha Removal

• Purpose: To easy malefic planets about Mangal Dosha, Kaal Sarp Dosha or Shani Sade Sati.

• Rituals: Navagraha Shanti Puja, Shani Shanti Puja, Rudrabhishek, Kaal Sarp Dosh Nivaran. 

B. Material Prosperity & Success

• Purpose: Prosperity, increase in business, development of career and success in materialistic desires.

• Rituals: Shri Suktam Path, Kanakdhara Stotra, Lakshmi-Kuber Puja, Ganesh Puja (for removing obstacles). 

C. Health & Protection

• Purpose: For Curing long-standing diseases, mental peace, fearlessness and removal of negative energy.

• Rituals: Maha Mrityunjaya Japa (for health, long life), Hanuman Chalisa (for fear, crises), Gayatri Japa.

D. Marriage & Relationships

• Purpose: Behind marriage delay, Love/ married life and peace in family.

• Rituals: Parvati-Shiva Puja (for suitable partner), Manorama Vara Prapti Anushthan, Manorama Vadhu Prapti Anushthan. 

Four Crucial Steps to Select the Right Puja

 Finding the ideal ritual is a combination of personal insight and expert advice.

Step 1: Take Astrological or Scriptural Consultation

• Consult a reliable astrologer or experienced priest to analyze your birth chart.  

• Identify which planet or dosha is causing the issue before deciding on the puja. 

• For example: If financial problems are linked to Jupiter, Vishnu Sahasranama Path may be more effective than just Lakshmi Puja. 

Step 2: Check the Method and Practicality of the Puja

• Understand the rules, timings, and availability of the required priest. 

• Make sure you can do the rite with sincerity, sanctity and reverence. 

Step 3: Prioritize Energy and Emotional Connection

• The most significant factor is the lining with the deity or mantra inside.

• Do not choose a puja just by hearing its name or on someone’s suggestion. Choose the one that is truly necessary for you.

• Remember, your intention and faith contribute far more to the success of a puja than the rituals themselves.

Step 4: Start with Simple & Effective Practices

• Rather than starting directly with big rituals, start out by doing daily chanting of something (if possible, some kind of stotras for devatas or kavachas).

• When you have gained inner strength from these practices, then progress to bigger and more specific pujas.

 Choosing the right puja is a thought-out process which involves a combination of spiritual intelligence, astrological knowledge and belief. Not just a matter of religious observance: it’s potent energy work, aligning how you live with cosmic powers.

 In selecting the right ritual, you’re not just clearing obstacles — you’re also laying the groundwork for a life that’s peaceful, prosperous and impactful.