Vastu Purush

Vastu Purush

What is Vastu Purush

Vastu Purush is present in each and every plot whether it is big or small. He has a fixed and peculiar body. His head remains hanging down and his body is spread all over the length and breadth of the ground. There is an interesting story in the MATSYA PURAN in which the birth of Vastu Purush is narrated. By reading that story one knows why the worship of the Vastu Purush is necessary before beginning construction of any house. Get the tips on Construction Vastu and Vastu for home to bring the positivity in your life.

The Vastu Purush and Vastu Mandala, is the main base of Classical Vastu. It is mentioned in Matsya Puran, that one weird personality emerged from a drop of Lord Shiva’s sweat when he was fighting a war with Asuras. This weird person was cruel and when he was granted the boon of eating anything from the three worlds by Lord Shiva, he devoured everything on his way.

The Vastu Purusha Mandala is an indispensable part of Vastu Shastra and constitutes the mathematical and diagrammatic basis for generating design. It is the metaphysical plan of a building that incorporates the course of the heavenly bodies and supernatural forces. Purusha refers to energy, power, soul or cosmic man. Mandala is the generic name for any plan or chart which symbolically represents the cosmos.

The legend of the Vastu Purusha is related thus. Once a formless being blocked the heaven from the earth and Brahma with many other gods trapped him to the ground. This incident is depicted graphically in the Vastu Purusha Mandala with portions allocated hierarchically to each deity based on their contributions and positions. Brahma occupied the central portion - the Brahmasthana- and other gods were distributed around in a concentric pattern. There are 45 gods in all including 32 outer deities.

North- Kubera- Ruled by lord of wealth (Finance)

South- Yama- Ruled by lord of death – Yama (Damaging)

East- Indra- Ruled by the solar deity - Aditya (Seeing the world)

West- Varuna- Ruled by lord of water (Physical)

Northeast {Eshanya} - Ruled by Shiva

Southeast- Agni- Ruled by the fire deity - Agni (Energy Generating)

Northwest- Vayu- ruled by the god of winds (Advertisement)

Southwest- Pitru/Nairutya, Niruthi- Ruled by ancestors (History)

Center- Brahma- Ruled by the creator of the universe (Desire)