Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga

Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga temple, also known as Vaijnath is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the most sacred abodes of Shiva. The location of Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga is disputed.[1] The claimed locations are:

Still now government of India didn't confirmed as any of original.

In Dwadasa jyothirlinga sthothram, Adi Sankaracharya has praised Vaidyanath jyothirlinga in following verses,[3]

Poorvothare prajwalika nidhane
sada vasantham girija sametham
surasurarachitha padapadmam
srivaidyanatham thamaham namami


[4]

Sourashtre Somanadham, cha Sri Shaile Mallikarjunam, Ujjayinyam Maha Kalam, Omkaram, amaleshwaram, Paralyam Vaidyanatham, cha Dakinyam Bhimasankaram, Sethubandhe thu Ramesam, Nagesam thu Darukavane, Varanasyam thu Viswesam, Trayambakam Gouthami thate, Himalaye thu Kedaram, Ghushmesam cha Shivalaye, Ethani Jyothirlingani sayam pratha paden nara, Saptha janma krutham papam smaranena vinasyathi.


Above main verse location "Parlam Vaidyanatham" as above verses it is clear"parlam" is location of sri Vaidyanatham. Parlam Vaidyanatham" main verse close to Shri Vaijnath Temple Parli, Maharashtra which is today at Beed. Also Chidabhoomi indicates that, in olden days, this was a funeral place, where corpses are burnt and post-death ceremonies were performed. This place could have been a centre of tantric cults like Kapalika/Bhairava where Shiva is worshipped significantly as smasan vasin (meaning, residing in crematorium), sava bhasma bhushita (meaning, smearing body with ashes of burnt bodies).[5]

In Jan 2018 three-day congregation of the priests from all the twelve Jyotirlingas was jointly organised by Madhya Pradesh Government and the management committee of the Ujjain-based Mahakaleswar shiva temple listed a Vaijnath temple in Parli, Maharashtra, as a Jyotirling.

References
  1. "Deoghar priests slam removal of temple from Jyotirling". The Times of India. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  2. "Vaijnathdham Temple". www.maharashtratourism.gov.in. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. "Dwadash Jyotirlinga Stotram". Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Om Prakash Ralhan (1998). Encyclopaedia Of Political Parties, Volumes 33–50. ISBN 9788174888655.


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