An aim of shava sadhana is to unite the Kundalini with Param Shiva. The purpose to do shava sadhana varies from person to person. Due to the intensity of consequences if the ritual is not properly done, a Tantric priest from Bolpur said that the ritual is rarely practiced in the area. Even a small mistake in the ritual can lead to death or insanity of the practitioner.
The sadhaka needs to adhere to all rules of the ritual and is warned that violation of the regulations may lead to dire consequences. It is also regarded as the "most difficult form of spiritual practice". Shava sadhana is "the most secret part of Tantric mysticism" and is regarded one of the most "misunderstood" due to its non- Aryan nature. Shaiva Aghoris from Varanasi are also known to practice this ritual. Shava Sadhana is regarded the most important ritual in Shakta Tantra, particularly in West Bengal. The Shakta poet Ramprasad Sen is also told to have performed the ritual and gained the vision of his patron, goddess Kali. Sarvananda became a siddha and the first tantrika to see the theophany of the Goddess' ten mahavidya forms. She blessed him with vak siddhi, the ability to make something happen by just saying it.
Purvananda volunteered to be used as the corpse for shava sadhana and Sarvananda performed the ritual, where ghosts tormented him storms tried to interrupt his practice beautiful dancers tempted him, until the Goddess gave him a vision. Purvananda, now an old man, now served Sarvananda, who he passed the secret of shava sadhana ritual, told by his former master. Vasudeva gave his servant Purvananda an engraved copper plate with a mantra. A voice told him about the ritual and that he will gain moksha in his next life when he will be reborn as his own grandson Sarvananda. Vasudeva Bhattacharya of Tipperah (West Bengal) went to the Goddess temple of Kamakhya and worshipped the deity by Tantric means. Īn oral tale about the shava sadhana is told by the Tantrikas of Bengal. The Kali tantra says that those who worship goddess Parvati without shava sadhana will suffer in Naraka (hell) until dissolution of the world. The following Tantric texts detail the ritual process: Kaulavali-nirnaya, Shyamarahasya, Tara-bhakti-sudharnava, Purasharcharyarnava, Nilatantra, Kulachudamani and Krishnananda's Tantrasara. The goddess Kali (pictured) is believed to have given the poet Ramprasad Sen a vision due to the practice of shava sadhana.
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