In short
Panchasagara is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas of the Pithanirnaya; by the text Sati’s lower teeth fell here, and the goddess is Varahi and the Bhairava Maharudra. Its place is not settled: according to the historian D. C. Sircar the name perhaps points to the oceans, or to five kundas near Haridwar.
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- Deity
- Varahi
- Tradition
- Shakta
- Place
- Uncertain
- State
- Uncertain
- Country
- India
Where the sources differ
- The text divides the teeth between two pithas: the upper teeth at the previous pitha, Shuchi, the lower teeth here.
- Some popular lists today link this pitha with a temple, but we found no official or scholarly source for it; so no temple and no map are 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 Panchasagara Shakti Peetha?
By the Pithanirnaya, the lower teeth; the goddess is Varahi and the Bhairava Maharudra. The place is not settled.
Where is Panchasagara Shakti Peetha?
Panchasagara Shakti Peetha is in Uncertain, Uncertain.
Which lists of tirthas include Panchasagara Shakti Peetha?
The 51 Shakti Peethas (number 34 of 51 in the list).
Sources
- 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. 54 (archive.org)
- Vachaspatyam (Taranatha Tarkavachaspati), "pitha": the list of pithas quoted from the Tantrachudamani (Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries, sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de)
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