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देवीपीठ (devIpITha)

 
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देवीपीठ / DEVĪPĪṬHA. The dead body of Satīdevī crumbled into small pieces and fell in different places in bhārata. Each place where a piece of the dead body fell, is known by the name devīpīṭha. There is a reason why the dead body crumbled into pieces.
dakṣa performed a sacrifice to which śiva was not invited and Satīdevī came to the sacrifice, and committed suicide by jumping into the fire. śiva who became furious, killed dakṣa and carrying the dead body of his wife on his shoulder, walked the length and breadth of bhārata like a mad man. It seemed that he was not going to recover from this mania, and the devas (gods) were worried at this. To rescue śiva from this mental disposition, Mahāviṣṇu, unseen by others, followed śiva with a bow and arrow. Whenever it was convenient Mahāviṣṇu sent an arrow at the body of Satīdevī, on the shoulder of śiva. By the hitting of the arrows the body was crumbled into pieces and fell here and there. Thus within a few days the body of Satīdevī came to an end and śiva walked to kailāsa. The pieces of the dead body fell in 108 places, and thus 108 Devīpīṭhas came into existence. The names of the places and the names by which the devī is known in such places are given below.devīpīṭha Name of devī1. vārāṇasī Viśālākṣī2. Naimiṣāraṇya Liṅgadhāriṇī3. prayāga Kumudā4. gandhamādana Kāmukī5. Dakṣiṇa kailāsa (mānasa) Kumudā6. uttara kailāsa (mānasa) Kumudā7. gomanta Gautamī8. mandara Kāmacāriṇī9. caitraratha Madotkaṭā10. hastināpura Jayantī11. Kānyakubja Gaurī12. Malayācala Rambhā13. Ekāmrapīṭha Kīrtimatī14. viśva Viśveśvarī15. puṣkara Puruhūtā16. Kedārapīṭha Sanmārgadāyinī17. Himavatpṛṣṭha Mandā18. gokarṇa Bhadrakarṇikā19. Sthāṇvīśvara Bhavānī20. Villvaka Villvapatrikā21. Śrī Śaila Mādhavī22. Bhadreśvara Bhadrā23. Varāhaśaila Jayā24. Kamalālaya Kamalā25. rudrakoṭi Rudrāṇī26. Kālañjara kālī 27. Śālagrāma Mahādevī28. śivaliṅga Jalapriyā29. Mahāliṅga Kapilā30. Mākoṭa Mukuṭeśvarī31. māyāpurī Kumārī32. Santāna Lalitāmbikā33. gaya Maṅgalā34. puruṣottama Vimalā35. Sahasrākṣa Utpalākṣī36. hiraṇyākṣa Mahotpalā37. Vipāśa Amoghākṣī38. Puṇḍravardhana Pāṭalā39. supārśva Nārāyaṇī40. trikūṭa Rudrasundarī41. vipula Vipulā42. Malayācala Kalyāṇī43. Sahyādri Ekavīrā44. hariścandra Candrikā45. rāmatīrtha Ramaṇā46. yamunātīrtha Mṛgāvatī47. Vikoṭa tīrtha Koṭi48. Mādhavavana Sugandhā49. Godāvarītīrtha Trisandhi50. gaṅgādvāra Ratipriyā51. Śivakuṇḍa Śubhānandā52. Devikātaṭa Nandinī53. dvāravatī Rukmiṇī54. Vṛndāvana Rādhā55. Madhurā Devakī56. pātāla Parameśvarī57. citrakūṭa Sītā58. vindhya Vindhyādhivāsinī59. karavīra Mahālakṣmī60. vināyaka Umādevī61. Vaidyanāthatīrtha Ārogyā62. mahākāla Maheśvarī63. Uṣṇatīrtha Abhayā64. Vindhyaparvata Nitambā65. māṇḍavya Māṇḍavī66. Maheśvarīpura Svāhā67. Chagalāṇḍa Pracaṇḍā68. amarakaṇṭaka Caṇḍikā69. Someśvara Varārohā70. prabhāsa Puṣkarāvatī71. sarasvatī Devamātā72. mahālaya Mahābhāgā73. payoṣṇī Piṅgaleśvarī74. Kṛtaśauca Siṁhikā75. Kārttika Atiśāṅkarī76. Varttaka Utpalā77. Śoṇasaṅgama Subhadrā78. Siddhavana Mātā (lakṣmī)79. Bharatāśrama Anaṅgā80. jalandhara Viśvamukhī81. Kiṣkindhaparvata Tārā82. devadāruvana Puṣṭi83. Kāśmīramaṇḍala Medhā84. Himādri Bhīmā85. kapālamocana Śuddhi86. Kāyāvarohaṇa Mātā87. Śaṅkhoddhāra Dharā88. piṇḍāraka Dhṛti89. Candrabhāga Kalā90. Acchoda Śivadhāriṇī91. Veṇa amṛtā 92. Badaryāśrama Urvaśī93. uttarakuru Auṣadhi94. kuśadvīpa Kuśobhā95. hemakūṭa Manmathā96. kumuda Satyavādinī97. Aśvattha Vandanīyā98. Vaiśravaṇālaya Nidhi99. Vedapatana Gāyatrī100. Śivasannidhi Pārvatī101. Devaloka Indrāṇī102. Brahmaloka Sarasvatī103. Sūryabimba Prabhā104. Mātṛloka Vaiṣṇavī105. Satītīrtha Arundhatī106. rāmatīrtha Tilottamā107. Citta Brahmakalā108. Jīvaśarīra Śakti