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The 51 Shakti Peethas 3/51

Sugandha Shakti Peetha, Shikarpur

SunandaShikarpur, Barishal Division

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Sugandha Shakti Peetha, Shikarpur: The 51 Shakti Peethas 3/51, Sunanda, Shikarpur, Barishal Division
In short

Sugandha is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas of the Pithanirnaya; by the text Sati’s nose fell here, and the goddess is Sunanda and the Bhairava Tryambaka. The historian D. C. Sircar identifies it with Shikarpur on the Sugandha (Sondha) river near Barisal in Bangladesh, and the list in Banglapedia also has the nose falling here.

Deity
Sunanda
Tradition
Shakta
List
The 51 Shakti Peethas 3/51
Place
Shikarpur, Uzirpur upazila, Barishal district; on the Sugandha (Sandhya) river
Region
Barishal Division
Country
Bangladesh

Where the sources differ

  • The government portals of Shikarpur-Uzirpur union and Uzirpur upazila list the Durga and Ugratara temples at Tarabari there, but call none of them a Shakti Peetha; we found no reliable source saying which temple is the pitha, 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

Where is the Sugandha Shakti Peetha and which limb fell there?

In Bangladesh, at Shikarpur in Uzirpur upazila of Barishal district, on the Sugandha (Sandhya) river. By the Pithanirnaya Sati’s nose fell here; the goddess is Sunanda and the Bhairava Tryambaka.

Which lists of tirthas include Sugandha Shakti Peetha, Shikarpur?

The 51 Shakti Peethas (number 3 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. 44 (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
  4. Shikarpur-Uzirpur Union Parishad, places of interest (shikerpurwazirpurup.barisal.gov.bd); Uzirpur upazila, list of temples (wazirpur.barishal.gov.bd)

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