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The 51 Shakti Peethas 40/51

Janasthana Shakti Peetha

BhramariThe Janasthana of the Ramayana: the upper Godavari valley, Maharashtra

Also known as: Variant reading: Jalasthala

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Janasthana Shakti Peetha: The 51 Shakti Peethas 40/51, Bhramari, The Janasthana of the Ramayana: the upper Godavari valley, Maharashtra
In short

Janasthana is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas of the Pithanirnaya; by the text Sati’s chin fell here, and the goddess is Bhramari and the Bhairava Vikritaksha. The historian D. C. Sircar takes it as the Janasthana of the Ramayana, the upper Godavari valley around Nashik in Maharashtra; the text names no temple.

Deity
Bhramari
Tradition
Shakta
List
The 51 Shakti Peethas 40/51
Place
The Janasthana of the Ramayana: the upper Godavari valley, Nashik region
State
Maharashtra
Country
India

Where the sources differ

  • The text quoted in the Vachaspatyam reads the name of the place "Jalasthala".
  • Saptashrungi Gad (Vani) in Nashik district is counted as the half pitha in Maharashtra’s tradition of "three and a half Shakti Peethas" (Nashik district website); that tradition is separate from the Pithanirnaya’s list of 51, and no official source links the Janasthana pitha with any temple. So no map is given here.
  • The count of pithas depends on the text: the Pithanirnaya lists 51, some Bengali lists 52, the Devi Bhagavata (7.30) gives 108 places with names of the goddess, and the early Tantras name only four (Sircar).

Frequently asked questions

Which limb of Sati fell at the Janasthana Shakti Peetha?

By the Pithanirnaya, the chin; the goddess is Bhramari and the Bhairava Vikritaksha. The place is taken to be the Nashik region.

Where is Janasthana Shakti Peetha?

Janasthana Shakti Peetha is in The Janasthana of the Ramayana: the upper Godavari valley, Nashik region, Maharashtra.

Which lists of tirthas include Janasthana Shakti Peetha?

The 51 Shakti Peethas (number 40 of 51 in the list).

Sources

  1. D. C. Sircar, The Śākta Pīṭhas (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal 1948; Motilal Banarsidass, 1973): table of the Pithanirnaya pp. 35-37, note on this pitha p. 55 (archive.org)
  2. Vachaspatyam (Taranatha Tarkavachaspati), "pitha": the list of pithas quoted from the Tantrachudamani (Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries, sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de)
  3. Nashik district (nashik.gov.in): Shree Saptshrungi Gad, Vani

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