Bilvapatra (leaves of the bel tree)

Bilvapatra (leaves of the bel tree) contain 2% Shiva tattva. By offering bilvapatra to the Shivpindi on Mahashivaratri, the manifest Shiva tattva near the stalk of the bilvapatra gets activated. Due to this, the waves of Chaitanya (Divine Consciousness) as well as Shiva tattva are emitted by the bilvapatra. The bilvapatra attracts 20% of the Shiva tattva present in the Shivpindi towards itself on that day. By immersing this bilvapatra in water or by placing it in grains, the Shiva tattva present in the bilvapatra is transmitted to them. Generally, the Shiva tattva in the bilvapatra is activated to a larger extent on Mondays when it transmits 10% of the Shiva tattva and sattvikta. On other days only 1% of the Shiva tattva is activated in the bilvapatra.