Different types of Saligrama shilas & their Features

The sacred Saligrama stones may be white, yellow, brown, red, black, green, tawny or ash coloured. They may contain stains, and they may be multi coloured. The colours might be excessive or faded. Hence they occur in many colours, shades and forms.

In the Brahma Purana Lord Narayana says, "O Brahma, I eternally reside in the form of Saligrama-shila. Hear from Me the different names of all these shilas according to the various chakras marking them."

There are several conflicting descriptions of the various types of Saligramas in different scriptures. The following are the names of the various Saligramas.

Vasudeva-shila

Sankarsana-shila

Pradyumna-shila

Anirudha-shila

Keshava-shila

Gadadhara-shila

Narayana-shila

Gopala-shila

Hari-shila

Paramesthi-shila

Vishnu-shila

Narasimhadeva-shila

Kapila-shila

Narasimha-shila

Kapila-shila

Varaha-shila

Matsya-shila

Kurma shila

Hayagriva-shila

Vaikuntha  shila

Shridhara-shila

Sudarsana-shila

Damodara-shila -

Ananta shila

Purushottama-shila

Yogeshvara-shila

Padmanabha-shila

Shivalinga-shila

Ganesha-shila

Devi-shila

Hiranyagarbha-shila

Hrishikesha-shila

Lakshmi-Narasimha-shila

Trivikrama shila

Krishna-shila

Chaturmukhi-shila

Vishnu-panjara shila

Shesha-shila

Garuda-shila

The Janardhana-shila

Lakshmi-Narayana-shila

All the shilas mentioned above give auspicious results, but those that are very small are even more auspicious. Elsewhere in the Padma Purana, the Supreme Lord Vishnu explains to Lord Brahma that the smaller the shila, the more auspicious results it gives. Such a shila should certainly be worshiped by the devotee to attain perfection in religion, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation. He declares, ''O Brahma, in that shila small like an amalaki fruit or even much smaller, I eternally remain along with My divine consort, Shrimati Lakshmidevi.''   

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