Category: Indonesian Rudraksha
Presiding Deities: Param Shiva, Rudra Netra, Shakti-Pinda of Shiva
Ruling Planet: Saturn
Beej Mantra: Om Namah
Scripture References
1. Devi Bhagwat
Sanskrit Verse:
चतुर्दशास्यो रुद्राक्षो यदि लभ्येत पुत्रक॥ ३४॥
English Meaning:
O child, if the Fourteen Mukhi Rudraksha is obtained, it is considered extremely rare and sacred.
2. Shrimad Devi Bhagwat Purana
Sanskrit Verse:
चतुर्दशमुखश्चाक्षो सर्वव्याधिहरश्चैव रुद्रनेत्रसमुद्भवः।
सर्वारोग्यप्रदायकः॥ ३९॥
English Meaning:
The Fourteen Mukhi Rudraksha is born from the eye of Rudra. It is said to remove suffering and grant complete wellbeing.
3. Shiva Mahapurana
Sanskrit Verse:
चतुर्दशमुखो यो हि रुद्राक्षः परमः शिवः।
धारयेन्मूर्धिन तं भक्त्या सर्वपापं प्रणश्यति॥ ८०॥
English Meaning:
The Fourteen Mukhi Rudraksha is Param Shiva Himself. One should wear it devotedly on the head; by doing so, all karmic impurities are destroyed.
4. Shiva Mahapurana
Reference: Vidyeshwar Samhita, Chapter 25, Verse 80
Sanskrit Verse:
चतुर्दशमुखो यो हि रुद्राक्षः परमः शिवः।
सर्वव्याधिहरश्चैव सर्वारोग्यप्रदायकः॥
English Meaning:
The Fourteen Mukhi Rudraksha is none other than Param Shiva. It is said to remove suffering and grant complete wellbeing.
5. Padma Purana
Reference: Srishti Khanda, Chapter 59, Verses 195–196
Sanskrit Verse:
चतुर्दशमुखं वत्स रुद्राक्षं यदि धारयेत्।
सततं मूर्ध्नि बाहौ वा शक्तिपिंडं शिवस्य च॥
किं पुनर्बहुनोक्तेन वर्णितेन पुनः पुनः।
पूज्यते सततं देवैः प्राप्यते पुण्यगौरवात्॥
English Meaning:
O child, if the Fourteen Mukhi Rudraksha is worn, especially on the head or arms, the wearer becomes a Shakti-Pinda of Lord Shiva. What more needs to be said again and again? Such a wearer receives great spiritual glory and becomes worthy of divine honour.