In short
Shuchi is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas of the Pithanirnaya; by the text Sati’s upper teeth fell here, and the goddess is Narayani and the Bhairava Samhara. Its place is not known: the historian D. C. Sircar gives no identification, and some manuscripts read the name as "Anala".
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- Deity
- Narayani
- Tradition
- Shakta
- Place
- Unknown
- State
- Unknown
- Country
- India
Where the sources differ
- The text divides the teeth between two pithas: the upper teeth here, the lower teeth at the next pitha, Panchasagara.
- 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 Shuchi Shakti Peetha?
By the Pithanirnaya, the upper teeth; the goddess is Narayani and the Bhairava Samhara. The place of the pitha is not known.
Where is Shuchi Shakti Peetha?
Shuchi Shakti Peetha is in Unknown, Unknown.
Which lists of tirthas include Shuchi Shakti Peetha?
The 51 Shakti Peethas (number 33 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 index (Śuci, Anala) (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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