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The 51 Shakti Peethas 36/51

Shriparvata Shakti Peetha

SundariUncertain: according to Sircar Shriparvata is Shrishaila, Andhra Pradesh (uncertain)

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Shriparvata Shakti Peetha: The 51 Shakti Peethas 36/51, Sundari, Uncertain: according to Sircar Shriparvata is Shrishaila, Andhra Pradesh (uncertain)
In short

Shriparvata is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas of the Pithanirnaya; by the text Sati’s right ankle fell here (some readings: the right ear), and the goddess is Sundari and the Bhairava Sundarananda. According to the historian D. C. Sircar Shriparvata is the same as Shrishaila south of the Krishna, but he takes the description of this pitha to be fanciful.

Deity
Sundari
Tradition
Shakta
List
The 51 Shakti Peethas 36/51
Place
Uncertain: according to Sircar Shriparvata is Shrishaila (the Nallamala hills)
State
Andhra Pradesh (uncertain)
Country
India

Where the sources differ

  • Shrishaila (pitha no. 27) also comes separately in the list; that is why Sircar looks for that Shrishaila near Sylhet.
  • The official website of the Srisailam Devasthanam (Andhra Pradesh) describes Mallikarjuna and Bhramaramba there as a Jyotirlinga and a Shakti Peetha, but names no limb and no list. As the identification is uncertain, 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 Shriparvata Shakti Peetha?

By the Pithanirnaya, the right ankle (some readings: the right ear); the goddess is Sundari and the Bhairava Sundarananda.

Where is Shriparvata Shakti Peetha?

Shriparvata Shakti Peetha is in Uncertain: according to Sircar Shriparvata is Shrishaila (the Nallamala hills), Andhra Pradesh (uncertain).

Which lists of tirthas include Shriparvata Shakti Peetha?

The 51 Shakti Peethas (number 36 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. 54 (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. Srisaila Devasthanam, official website (srisailadevasthanam.org): the main temple

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