Significance Of Conch Shell Or Shankh In Hinduism

As per Hindu religion, Samkha or Shankh is of huge importance and signifies purity, luster, auspicious, and brilliance start. It is a devout article and is utilized in all spiritual rituals. The most popular Shankha is Panchajanaya of Lord Vishnu. In Mahabharata, Lord Krishna and 5 Pandavas have distinct conch shell and it is mentioned in the start of Bhagvad Gita. In devout rituals, Shankh is utilized to declare the start of prayer or start of deity and in few places divine water is poised and distributed in it.

Literally Shankh means ‘appeasing inauspicious.’ In Hindu culture, source of conch shell took place during Samudra Manthan or churning of ocean. There are 2 forms of Shankh – left handed conch shell and right hand conch shell. Lakshmi Shankh or Valampiri Shankh is right a right hand conch shell and it is believed auspicious.

Shankha is blown at each and every auspicious festival and starts and sound ushers in new hope and freshness. Right hand conch shell is kept at home by numbers of people as it is considered to bring prosperity and wealth. It is also connected to Kubera, wealth god. Several organizations and institutions employ conch shell as their sign. 

Natural Qualities Of Conch Shells

In  ancient time, our ancestors used the natural objects as a power object and Conch Shell is one of them, which carries various magical uses and power in it. As it has emerged from the sea water, it is considered as strong water element. It also carries some power of moon. Both the energies from moon and water are termed as a feminine energy which helps an individual to acquire the things of their desire. Shells need to be energised before getting used for its magical purpose. You can keep the shells acquired from the seashores in a bowl with water and sea salt and place the bowl under direct sunlight and moon light for a complete day and night.

The conch shell is considered as a symbol of Aphrodite, which is considered as a symbol of love in Green tradition. It helps an individual to attract their mate by wearing it any form of jewellery. It has believed that writing the initial of lover on inside wall of each of the shell and then sticking it with glue helps two of them together for always.

It also carries an element to attract money through it. Many countries used these shells as a currency; North America and Africa are two of them. It has been said that, a pouch consisting of seashell and silver coin increases the inflow of money that can be used at the place of your business. An individual can also keep these seashells in their wallet for money inflow.