52 Shakti Peeth
Have you heard about shakti peeth before? If your answer is no, then let’s
discuss about it and if your answer is yes, then let’s discover it more.
There is 108 in devi Bhagwat purana, 51 in shivcharitra, 26 in kalika purana, 52
in Durga saptashati and tantra chudamani. Generally, 51 shaktipeeths are
considered. About 52 shakti peethas have been described in tantra chudamani.
It is said that every wish gets fulfilled just by visiting these shakti peethas.
So first lets known about the story behind 52 shakti peethas
It is believed that lord brahma performed the yagya to please goddess Adi
shakti and lord shiva. Goddess Adi shakti appeared and separated from shiva
and helped brahma in the creation of the universe. Brahma was very pleased
and decided to hand over the goddess Adi shakti to shiva again. and after this
Mata sati taken the reborn as a daughter of Daksha.
Lord brahma lost his fifth head in the curse of lord shiva because of his lies in
front of shiva. Due to this reason Daksha had hatred for lord shiva and decided
not to get lord shiva and Mata sati married. However, Mata sati got attracted
towards shiva and after doing severe penance, finally one day shiva and Mata
sati got married.
There was yagya performed at Daksha place. Daksha invited all the god except
lord shiva and his daughter Mata sati. Mata sati expressed her desire to be
present in the yagya. Shiva tried his best to stop but Mata sati went to the
yagya. Mata sati was not welcomed after reaching at yagya in addition Daksha
insulted lord shiva. Mata sati was unable to bear the humiliation by her father,
so she sacrificed her body.
Lord shiva, enraged by the insult and injury, performed a tandava and in the
veerabhadra avatar of shiva destroyed Daksha’s yajna and beheaded him. After
request from all the gods present at yagya, Daksha was brought back to life
and a goat’s head was placed at Daksha head.
Holding Mata sati body and deeply saddened shiva lifted and performed the
divine dance of destruction. The other gods requested Vishnu to intervene to
stop this destruction, upon which Vishnu cut the body of Mata sati into 51 pieces using the Sudarshan chakra. Various parts of the body fell at many
places in Indian subcontinent and were established as shakti peethas.
On each location “sati” refers to the goddess worshipped, all being
manifestation of dakshayani, Parvati or durga.
According to devi purana, 51 shaktipeeths have been established and all these
shaktipeeths are very holy pilgrimages. At present, these 51 shaktipeeths are in
many parts of Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
So, we know what is 52 shakti peeths now discuss separately each shakti
peeths in details.
1. Vimala shaktipeeth
Vimala temple is Hindu temple which is devoted to devi Vimala. Which is
located within the Jagannath temple complex at puri in the state of Orissa,
India. It is said that the feet of goddess sati fell here.
2. Tara Terni
Tara Terni Temple is the most revered Shakti Peeth and one of the major
pilgrimage centers of Hinduism. It is believed that the breast of Goddess
Mata Sati fell on the Kumari hills where Tara Terni Peeth is situated.
Berhampur is located 35 km from the temple, Bhubaneshwar (165 km) and
Puri (220 km).
3. Kamagiri-kamakhya
Mother’s vagina had fallen at kamakhya place of nilanchal mountain in
Guwahati district of assam. If you are going there by train you must reached
nilanchal station.
4. Kalipeeth-kalika
Mata sati left toe had fallen in Kalighat, Kolkata. This peeth place is situated
on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River. The nearest railway station is
Howrah, and the nearest metro station is Kalighat.
5. Kirit
Mata sati crown fell near kiritkon village of murshid bad district of west
Bengal.
6. karveerpur
This the shakti peeth located in Kolhapur, Maharashtra where the eyes of
Mata sati felt.
7. Vrindavan
In Vrindavan tehsil of Mathura district of uttar Pradesh, bunches of Mata
sati hair had fallen. Vrindavan is 50 kms agar and 150 kms from Delhi.
8. Virja
This shakti peeth is in Utkal of Orissa. Here the navel of Mata sati had fallen.
9. Mansa
This shaktipeeths of Mata sati is established near mansarover located in
Tibet. The right hand of Mata sati had fallen this place.
10. Kashmir- mahamaya
In Kashmir Mata sati throat fell near pahalgaon district. This shaktipeeth is
also known as mahamaya.
These are only 10, there are 41 more such shakti peeths, where different
parts of the body of Mata sati have fallen. The name of the following are
given below.
Shriparvat, Varanasi-vishalkashi, Sunanda, Mahashira, Gandaki Chandi,
Goddess Bahula, Mangal Chandika, Tripura Sundari, Bhawani, Bhraamari,
Jugaadya, Lalita, Jayanti, Vishalakshi & Manikarni, Sarvani, Savitri, Gayatri,
Mahalaxmi, Devgarbha, Kali, Narmada, Shivani, Narayani, Varahi, Arpana,
Shrisundari, Kapalini, Chandrabhaga, Avanti, Bhramari, Rakini or
Vishweshwari, Kumari, Uma, Kalika Devi, Jayadurga, Mahishmardini,
Jashoreshwari, Phullara, Nandini, Kottari, Danteshwari.
At all shakti peethas, the goddess shakti by lord bhairava (a manifestation
of lord shiva).
So when you are to visit 😊.
