Four Mukhi Rudraksha

This rudraksha has four facets and is most suited for students, scholars, Scientist, Research person, Intellectuals, Artists, Writers, Journalists. The ruling planet for this bead is Mercury and the four mukhi rudraksha cures intellectual dullness, neurotic ailments, mental ailments, paralysis, yellow fever and nasal diseases. 

It makes a person intelligent, witty and enhances his communication abilities. It enhances intellectual abilities, makes one creative. Logical and analytical skills are known to improve also. The wearer also sharpens his memory and structures his thought processes. He becomes powerful also. His mind becomes free of negativity and evil thoughts. 

This bead is symbolized by Lord Brahma and Devi Saraswati and bestows, knowledge, creativity and logical thinking. It has been said that wearing a bracelet made of three four mukhi beads makes a person so illuminated and powerful that he overshadows everyone 

If this Rudraksha is boiled in milk and that milk is taken for 20 days, it gives knowledge and clarity of mind 


Take three beads of four faced Rudraksha and fasten them in a red thread, wash it with the Ganga water and unboiled milk. Then apply sandal wood and wear it on Monday chanting the mantra.

Om Hreem Namah
Om Hreem Chaturvaktrasya, Om Vam Kam Tham Ham Ee.

Salutations to the four faced supreme being who pervades the space, who bestows prosperity on us, who gives pleasures, who gives happiness and who gives knowledge.

As per Classics: 

MahaPuranam Srimad Devi Bhagavatam by Maharshi Veda Vyasa 
(Book IX Chapter VII))

The four-faced Rudraksha in Brahma Himself. The wearer gets his prosperity enhanced, his diseases destroyed, the divine knowledge springs in him and his heart is always pleased.

Shiva Purana 
(Shiva Purana Chapter XXV) 

68. A Rudraksha of four faces is Brahma Himself. It quells the sin of man slaughter. Its vision and its contact instantaneously bestow the achievement of the four aims of life.

Padma Purana 
(Shrishti Kand Chapter 57) 

Four mukhi rudraksha is Brahma Himself. Any person as a Dvij who wears it becomes an accomplished person knowing all Shastras, Vedajna and becomes acceptable and gets worshipped. If this rudraksha gets placed in the body of any wearer of this rudraksha, this Dvij (twice born — from any caste) becomes knowledgeable for all epics, Vedas and becomes acceptable. He attains Brahminism through Dvijitva. (This was the acceptable practice in ancient times and anyone could become Brahmin through Dvijitva route). 

A person (wearing four mukhi) becomes knowledgeable of the absolute meanings, knower of smriti and puranas. All sins created out of killings of humans or of lower level gets absolved immediately.

Rudraksha Jabalopanishad 









Lord Kalagnirudra said: The bead with four faces is of the form of the four-faced Brahma and the devotee wearing it attains the grace of Brahma.