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The 51 Shakti Peethas 24/51

Kanyashrama Shakti Peetha

SarvaniUncertain; one suggestion: Kumarikunda, Chattogram Division (probable)

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Kanyashrama Shakti Peetha: The 51 Shakti Peethas 24/51, Sarvani, Uncertain; one suggestion: Kumarikunda, Chattogram Division (probable)
In short

Kanyashrama is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas of the Pithanirnaya; by the text Sati’s back fell here, and the goddess is Sarvani and the Bhairava Nimisha. Its place is not settled: the historian D. C. Sircar only suggests Kumarikunda in the Chittagong area (today Bangladesh).

Deity
Sarvani
Tradition
Shakta
List
The 51 Shakti Peethas 24/51
Place
Uncertain; one suggestion: Kumarikunda, Chittagong area
Region
Chattogram Division (probable)
Country
Bangladesh

Where the sources differ

  • According to Sircar the original Pithanirnaya probably had only one of Varanasi (the previous pitha) and Kanyashrama.
  • According to Banglapedia a "Kanyashram" temple in a suburb of Chittagong is held to be this pitha, and its table has the back falling at Kumarikunda, but this opinion is mainly a local one; Benimadhab Shil’s Phul Panjika links the name with a village in Rajasthan. 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 Kanyashrama Shakti Peetha?

By the Pithanirnaya, the back; the goddess is Sarvani and the Bhairava Nimisha. The place is not settled.

Where is Kanyashrama Shakti Peetha?

Kanyashrama Shakti Peetha is in Uncertain; one suggestion: Kumarikunda, Chittagong area, Chattogram Division (probable) (Bangladesh).

Which lists of tirthas include Kanyashrama Shakti Peetha?

The 51 Shakti Peethas (number 24 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. 51 (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. Banglapedia (Asiatic Society of Bangladesh), "Sakta-pitha" by Masahiko Togawa: the table of the pithas in Bangladesh

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