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Prabhasa Shakti Peetha

ChandrabhagaPrabhas Patan, Gujarat

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Prabhasa Shakti Peetha: The 51 Shakti Peethas 38/51, Chandrabhaga, Prabhas Patan, Gujarat
In short

Prabhasa is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas of the Pithanirnaya, taken to be the Prabhasa area of Somnath in Saurashtra, Gujarat. By the text Sati’s belly (some readings: the lips) fell here, and the goddess is Chandrabhaga and the Bhairava Vakratunda; but no official source we found names a particular temple of the pitha here.

Deity
Chandrabhaga
Tradition
Shakta
List
The 51 Shakti Peethas 38/51
Place
Prabhas Patan (Somnath), Gir Somnath district
State
Gujarat
Country
India

Where the sources differ

  • The pages of the Shree Somnath Trust and Gujarat Tourism describe Somnath as a Jyotirlinga, not as a Shakti Peetha; so no temple or map is given here.
  • The Devi Bhagavata (7.30) names the goddess at Prabhasa Pushkaravati.
  • 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 Prabhasa Shakti Peetha?

By the Pithanirnaya, the belly (some readings: the lips); the goddess is Chandrabhaga and the Bhairava Vakratunda.

Where is Prabhasa Shakti Peetha?

Prabhasa Shakti Peetha is in Prabhas Patan (Somnath), Gir Somnath district, Gujarat.

Which lists of tirthas include Prabhasa Shakti Peetha?

The 51 Shakti Peethas (number 38 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. Devi Bhagavata Purana 7.30 (the list of 108 pithas), English translation by Swami Vijnanananda (wisdomlib.org)
  4. Shree Somnath Trust (somnath.org); Gujarat Tourism (gujarattourism.com): Somnath Temple

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