Shakta pithas

The Shakti Peetha (Sanskrit: शक्ति पीठ, Śakti Pīṭha, seat of Shakti) are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism, the goddess-focused Hindu tradition. There are 51 or 108 Shakti peethas by various accounts, of which between 4 and 18 are named as Maha (major) in medieval Hindu texts.

Most of these historic places of goddess worship are in India, but there are seven in Bangladesh, three in Pakistan, two in Nepal, and one each in Tibet and Sri Lanka.

Various legends explain how the Shakti Peetha came into existence. The most popular is based on the story of the death of the goddess Sati. Out of grief and sorrow, Shiva carried Sati's body, reminiscing about their moments as a couple, and roamed around the universe with it. Vishnu had cut her body into 51 body parts, using his Sudarshana Chakra, which fell on Earth to become sacred sites where all the people can pay homage to the Goddess. To complete this massively long task, Lord Shiva took the form of Bhairava.

Legend

Lord Shiva carrying the corpse of Dakshayani

Lord Brahma performed a yajna (Vedic ritual of fire sacrifice) to please Shakti and Shiva. Goddess Shakti emerged, separating from Shiva and helped Brahma in the creation of the universe. Brahma decided to give Shakti back to Shiva. Therefore, his son Daksha performed several yagnas to obtain Shakti as his daughter in the form of Sati. It was then decided that Sati was brought into this world with the motive of getting married to Shiva.

However, due to Lord Shiva's curse to Brahma that his fifth head was cut off due to his lie in front of Shiva, Daksha started hating Lord Shiva and decided not to let Lord Shiva and Sati get married.

However, Sati got attracted to Shiva and finally one day Shiva and Sati got married. This marriage only increased Daksha's hatred towards Lord Shiva.

Daksha performed a yagna with a desire to take revenge on Lord Shiva. Daksha invited all the deities to the yajna except Lord Shiva and Sati. The fact that she was not invited did not deter Sati from attending the yagna. She expressed her desire to attend the yagna to Shiva, who tried his best to dissuade her from going. Shiva eventually relented and Sati went to the yagna. Sati, being an uninvited guest, was not given any respect at the yagna. Furthermore, Daksha insulted Shiva. Sati was unable to bear her father's insults toward her husband, so she immolated herself.

Enraged at the death and insult of his spouse, Shiva in his Virabhadra avatar destroyed Daksha's yagna, cut off Daksha's head, but later replaced it with that of a male goat as he restored him to life.Virabhadra didn't stop fighting; he kept raging with anger. Gods prayed to lord Vishnu. He came there and started fighting him. Still immersed in grief, Shiva picked up the remains of Sati's body, and performed the Tandava, the celestial dance of destruction, across all creation. The other Gods requested Vishnu to intervene to stop this destruction, towards which Vishnu used the Sudarshana Chakra, which cut through Sati's corpse. The various parts of the body fell at several spots all through the Indian subcontinent and formed sites which are known as Shakti Peethas today.

At all the Shakti Peethas, the Goddess Shakti is accompanied by her consort, Lord Bhairava (a manifestation of Lord Shiva). Shakti is an aspect of the Supreme Being Adi parashakti, the mother of the trimurti, the holy trinity in Hindu religion & scriptures.

Sati's self-immolation

Main article: Daksha Yaga

The history of Daksha yajna and Sati's self-immolation had immense significance in shaping the ancient Sanskrit literature and even influenced the culture of India. It led to the development of the concept of Shakti Peethas and thereby strengthened Shaktism. Enormous numbers of stories in the Puranas and other Hindu religious books took the Daksha yagna as the reason for their origin. It is an important incident in Shaivism, resulting in the emergence of Parvati in the place of Sati Devi and making Shiva a grihastashrami (house holder), leading to the origin of Ganesha and Kartikeya.

Shakti Peethas are shrines or divine places of the Mother Goddess. These are places that are believed to have been blessed with the presence of Shakti due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi, when Lord Shiva carried it and wandered throughout Aryavartha in sorrow. There are 51 Shakti Peeth linking to the 51 alphabets in Sanskrit. Each temple has shrines for Shakti and Kalabhairava, and most Shakti and Kalabhairava in different Shakti Peeth have different names.

Four Adi Shakti Pithas

Some of the great religious texts like the Shiva Purana, the Devi Bhagavata, the Kalika Purana,the AstaShakti and Pithanirnaya Tantra recognize four major Shakti Peethas (centers), like Bimala (Pada Khanda) (inside the Jagannath Temple of Puri, Odisha), Tara Tarini (Sthana Khanda, Purnagiri, Breasts) (Near Berhampur, Odisha), Kamakhya Temple (Yoni Khanda) (Near Guwahati, Assam) and Dakshina Kalika (Mukha Khanda) (Kolkata, West Bengal) originated from the parts of the corpse of Mata Sati in the Satya Yuga.

The Ashtashakti and Kalika Purana says (in Sanskrit):

"Bimala Pada khandancha,

Stana khandancha Tarini (Tara Tarini),

Kamakhya Yoni khandancha,

Mukha khandancha Kalika (Dakshina Kalika)

Anga pratyanga sanghena

Vishnu Chakra Kshyta nacha"

Further explaining the importance of these four Pithas, the "Brihat Samhita" also gives the location of these Pithas as (in Sanskrit)

"Rushikulya* Tatae Devi,

Tarakashya Mahagiri,

Tashya Srunga Stitha Tara

Vasishta Rajitapara" (Rushikulya is a holy river flowing on the foothill of the Tara Tarini Hill Shrine).

In the listings below:

• "Shakthi" refers to the Goddess worshiped at each location, all being manifestations of Dakshayani (Sati), Parvati or Durga;
• "Body Part or Ornament" refers to the body part or piece of jewelry that fell to earth, at the location on which the respective temple is built.

Temple	City/Town	State in India/Country	Body Part	Image
Vimala Temple	Puri	Odisha	pada (feet)
Taratarini Temple	Berhampur	Odisha	stana (breast)
Kamakhya Temple	Guwahati	Assam	yoni (genitals)
Kalighat Kali Temple	Kolkata	West Bengal	mukha (face)

Apart from these 4 there are 48 other famous Peethas recognized by religious texts. According to the Pithanirnaya Tantra the 51 peethas are scattered all over present day countries of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and Pakistan. The Shivacharita besides listing 51 maha-peethas, speaks about 26 more upa-peethas. The Bengali almanac, Vishuddha Siddhanta Panjika too describes the 51 peethas including the present modified addresses. A few of the several accepted listings are given below. One of the few in South India, Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh became the site for a 2nd-century temple.

The List of Shakti Peethas

In the listings below:

• "Shakti" refers to the Goddess worshipped at each location, all being manifestations of Dakshayani, Sati; later known as Parvati or Durga;
• "Bhairava" refers to the corresponding consort, each a manifestation of Shiva;
• "Body Part or Ornament" refers to the body part or piece of jewellery that fell to earth, at the location on which the respective temple is built.

The details of this is available in the text "TANTHRACHOODAMANI" where Parvathi tells these details to her son Skanda.

Sr. No.	Place	State in India/Country	Body Part or Ornament	Shakti	Bhairava	Image
1	A.Amarnath Temple, from Srinagar through Pahalgam 94 km by Bus, Chandanwari 16 km by walk B. Shri Parvat in Ladakh	Jammu and Kashmir	A. Throat B. Anklet	Mahamaya	Trisandhyeshwar
2	At a village also named as Attahas or Ashtahas around 2 km east of Labhpur village road in the district of Birbhum	West Bengal	Lips	Phullara	Vishvesh
3	Bahula at Ketugram, 8 km from Katwa, Purba Bardhaman	West Bengal	Left arm	Goddess Bahula	Bhiruk
4	Bakreshwar, on the banks of Paaphara river, 24 km distance from Siuri Town [a district headquarter], district Birbhum, 7 km from Dubrajpur Rly. Station	West Bengal	Portion between the eyebrows	Mahishmardini	Vakranath
5	Bhairavparvat, at Bhairav hills on the banks of Shipra river in the city of Ujjaini. These Shaktpeeth known as Harsiddi temple.	Madhya Pradesh	Elbow	Avanti	Lambkarna
6	Bhabanipur, located in the Upazila of Sherpur, Bogra, Rajshahi Division. Also located at Karatoyatat, it is about 28 km distance from the town of Sherpur.	Bangladesh	Left anklet (ornament)	Aparna	Vaman
7	Biraja Temple at Jajpur, in Jajpur District	Odisha	Navel	Biraja	Varaha (Baraha)
8	Chhinnamastika Shaktipeeth at Chintpurni, in Una District of Himachal Pradesh	Himachal Pradesh	Feet	Chhinnamastika	Rudra Mahadev
9	Muktinath Temple	Nepal	Temple	Gandaki Chandi	Chakrapani
10	Goddess Bhadrakali on banks of Godavari in Nashik city (Saptashrungi)	Maharashtra	Chin (2 parts)	Bhramari	Vikritaksh
11	Hinglaj	Balochistan	Bramharandhra (Part of the head)	Kottari	Bhimlochan
12	Jayanti at Nartiang village in the Jaintia Hills district. This Shakthi Peetha is locally known as the Nartiang Durga Temple.	Meghalaya	Left thigh	Jayanti	Kramadishwar
13	Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple	Bangladesh	Palms of hands and soles of the feet	Jashoreshwari	Chanda
14	Jwalaji, Kangra from Pathankot alight at Jwalamukhi Road Station from there 20 km	Himachal Pradesh	Tongue	Siddhida (Ambika)	Unmatta Bhairav
15	Kalipeeth, (Kalighat, Kolkata)	West Bengal	Right Toes	Kalika	Nakuleshwar
16	Kalmadhav on the banks of Son River in a cave over hills near to Amarkantak	Madhya Pradesh	Left buttock	Kali	Asitang
17	Kamgiri, Kamakhya, in the Neelachal hills in Guwahati	Assam	Genitals	Kamakhya	Umananda or Bhayaanand
18	Kankalitala, on the banks of Kopai River 10 km north-east of Bolpur station in Birbhum district, Devi locally known as Kankaleshwari	West Bengal	Pelvis	Devgarbha	Ruru
19	Kanyashram of Balaambika – The Bhagavathy temple in Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of mainland India, Tamil Nadu (also thought to be situated in Yunnan province, China)	Tamil Nadu	Back	Sarvani	Nimish
20	Karnat, Brajeshwari Devi, Kangra	Himachal Pradesh	left Breast	Jayadurga	Abhiru
21	Kiriteswari Temple at Kiritkona village, 3 km from Lalbag Court Road station under district Murshidabad	West Bengal	Crown	Vimla	Sanwart
22	Ratnavali, on the banks of Ratnakar river at Khanakul I Krishnanagar, district Hooghly [from Tarakeswar railway station by bus] [It is easier to ask for going to the more well known Ghanteshwar Shiv Mandir, and the shakti peetha is just beside it. There is a confusion with the title of shakti peetha with the nearby Anandamayee Tala. So need more investigation and future edit.]	West Bengal	Right Shoulder	Kumari	Ghanteshwar
23	'A.Locally known as Bhramari Devi in Jalpaiguri near a small village Boda on the bank of river Teesta or Tri-shrota (combination of three flows) mentioned in Puranas B.Ma Malai Chandi Temple at Amta, Howrah	West Bengal	A. Left leg B. Part of Left Knee	Bhraamari	Ambar
24	Manas, under Tibet at the foot of Mount Kailash in Lake Manasarovar, a piece of Stone	Tibet	Right hand	Dakshayani	Amar
25	Manibandh, at Gayatri hills near Pushkar 11 km north-west of Ajmer. People know this temple as Chamunda Mata Temple.	Rajasthan	Wrists	Gayatri	Sarvanand
26	Mithila, near Janakpur railway station on the border of India and Nepal	Nepal	Left shoulder	Uma	Mahodar
27	Nainativu (Manipallavam), Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Located 36 km from the ancient capital of the Jaffna kingdom, Nallur. The murti of the Goddess is believed to have been consecrated and worshipped by Lord Indra. The protagonist, Lord Rama and antagonist, Ravana of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana have offered obeisances to the Goddess. Nāga and Garuda of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata; resolved their longstanding feuds after worshipping this Goddess.	Sri Lanka	Silambu (Anklets)	Indrakshi (Nagapooshani / Bhuvaneswari)	Rakshaseshwar (Nayanair)
28	Guhyeshwari Temple	Nepal	Both Knees	Mahashira	Kapali
29	Chandranath Temple	Bangladesh	Right arm	Bhawani	Chandrashekhar
30	Panchsagar Near Lohaghat (in Champawat District of Uttarakhand) just 12 km from nearest railway station Tanakpur. पूर्णागिरी / DeviDhura Champawat Varahi Devi	Uttarakhand	Lower teeth/ Navel	Varahi	Maharudra
31	Prabhas, 4 km from Veraval station near Somnath temple in Junagadh district. Local People call this temple as Kali Mandir, It is nearby Triveni Sangam.	Gujarat	Stomach	Chandrabhaga	Vakratund
32	Alopi Devi Mandir near Sangam at Prayagraj	Uttar Pradesh	Finger	Lalita	Bhava
33	Present day Kurukshetra town or Thanesar ancient Sthaneshwar	Haryana	Ankle bone	Savitri/BhadraKali	Sthanu
34	Sharda Peeth on top Trikoot Hill, at Maihar	Madhya Pradesh	necklace	Shivani	Chanda
35	Nandikeshwari Temple is located in Sainthia city.	West Bengal	Necklace	Nandini	Nandikeshwar
36	Kotilingeswar Ghat temple on the banks of Godavari river near Rajamundry	Andhra Pradesh	Cheeks	Rakini or Vishweshwari	Vatsnabh or Dandpani
37	Naina Devi Temple	Himachal Pradesh	Right Eye	Mahishmardini	Krodhish
38	Shondesh, at the source point of Narmada River in Amarkantak	Madhya Pradesh	Right buttock	Narmada	Bhadrasen
39	Srisailam in Shriparvat hills under Kurnool district	Andhra Pradesh	Right anklet (ornament)	Shrisundari	Sundaranand
40	Sri Sailam, at Nallamalai hills, Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh, India	Neck	Mahalaxmi	Sambaranand
41	Shuchi, in a Shiva temple at Suchindrum 11 km on Kanyakumari Trivandrum road	Tamil Nadu	Upper teeth	Narayani	Sanhar
42	Sugandha, situated in Shikarpur, Gournadi, about 20 km from Barisal town, on the banks of Sonda river.	Bangladesh	Nose	Sugandha	Trayambak
43	Udaipur, Tripura, at the top of the hills known as Tripura Sundari temple near Radhakishorepur village, a little distance away from Udaipur town	Tripura	Right leg	Tripura Sundari	Tripuresh
44	Ujaani, at Mangalkot 16 km from Guskara station in Purba Bardhaman district	West Bengal	Right wrist	Mangal Chandika	Kapilambar
45	Varanasi at Manikarnika Ghat on banks of the Ganges at Kashi	Uttar Pradesh	Face or Earring	Vishalakshi & Manikarni	Kalbhairav
46	Vibhash, at Tamluk under district Purba Medinipur	West Bengal	Left ankle	Kapalini (Bhimarupa) also known as Bargabheema	Sarvanand
47	virat nagar district alwar, near Bharatpur, India, or Virat Nagar Patiram area at Dakshin Dinajpur district,	Rajasthan Or West Bengal	Fingers of Left Leg	Ambika	Amritaksha
48	Vrindavan, near new bus stand on Bhuteshwar road within Bhuteshwar Mahadev Temple, Katyayanipeeth. Vrindavan www.katyayanipeeth.org.in	Uttar Pradesh	Ringlets of hair	Uma	Bhutesh
49	Jalandhar, from Jalandhar Cantonment Station to Devi Talab.	Punjab	Left Breast	Tripurmalini	Bhishan
50	Baidyanath Dham	Jharkhand	Heart	Jaya Durga	Baidyanath
51	Kamakshi Amman Temple	Tamil Nadu	Odyanam(Navel)	Kamakshi
52	Jogadya (যোগাদ্যা), at Kshirgram (ক্ষীরগ্রাম) near Kaichar under Burdwan district	West Bengal	Great Toe	Jogadya (যোগাদ্যা)	Ksheer Kantak (ক্ষীর কন্টক)
53	Pithapuram under Kakinada Port Town	Andhra Pradesh	Hip Part	Purohotika
54	Ambaji at Anart	Gujarat	Heart	Amba	Batuk Bhairav
55	Jwaladevi Temple, Shaktinagar, Sonbhadra	Uttar Pradesh	Tongue	Jwala Devi
56	Chandika Sthan, near Munger town	Bihar	Left Eye	Chandika Devi
57	Danteshwari Temple, Dantewada	Chhattisgarh	Tooth or daant	Danteshwari devi	Kapalbhairav
58	Juranpur, Nadia	West Bengal
59	Tara Tarini, Berhampur, Ganjam	Odisha	Breast/Sthan	Maa Taratarini	Tumbeswar
60	Nalhateswari, Nalhati	West Bengal	Stomach/Nauli	Kalika	Jogesh

Historical notes

First relating to Brahmanda Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, it mentions 64 Shakthi Peetha of Goddess Parvati in the Bharat or Greater India including present day India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, some parts of Southern Tibet and parts of southern Pakistan. Another text which gives a listing of these shrines, is the Shakthi Peetha Stotram, written by Adi Shankara, the 9th-century Hindu philosopher.

According to the manuscript Mahapithapurana (c. 1690 – 1720 CE), there are 52 such places. Among them, 23 are located in the Bengal region, 14 of these are located in what is now West Bengal, India, 1 in Baster (Chhattisgarh), while 7 are in what is now Bangladesh.

Rishi Markandeya composed the 'Devi Saptashati' or the seven hundred hymns extolling the virtues of the Divine Goddess at the shaktipeetha in Nashik. The idol is also leaning a little to the left to listen to the sages composition. The Saptashati or the "Durga Stuti" forms an integral part in the vedic form of Shakti worship.

The third eye of Mata Sati fell below a tree in a mortuary in the Ishan corner of Vakreshwar. This is on the bank of the north flowing Dwarka river in the east of Baidyanath. Here Mata Sati is called Chandi Bhagwai Ugra Tara and Bhairav is called Chandrachur. This Shaktipeeth is called Tarapith in Birbhum district West bengal, India.

18 Maha Shakti Pithas

The modern cities or towns that correspond to these 64 locations can be a matter of dispute, but there are a few that are totally unambiguous, these are mentioned in the Ashta Dasa Shakthi Peetha Stotram by Adi Shankara. This list contains 18 such locations which are often referred to as Maha Shakthi Peeths.

Sr. No.	Temple	Place	State in India/Country	Appellation	Part of the body fallen	Shakti	Image
1	Shankari Temple	Triconmalee	Triconmalee, SriLanka	Lankayam Shankari Peetham	Heart	Shankari
2	Kamakshi Amman Temple	Kanchi	Tamil Nadu	Adi Kamakshi Devi Temple(or Kaliyambal Temple) behind Kama koti peetam	Navel	Kamakshi Amman
3	Shrinkala	Pradmunyee (pandua)	West Bengal	BavTharini Peetham	Stomach	Maa Shrinkala	-
4	Chamundeshwari Temple	Mysore	Karnataka	Krounja Peetham	Hair	Maa Chamundeshwari
5	Jogulamba Devi	Alampur, Gadwal district	Telangana	Yogini Peetham	Teeth	Jogulamba Thalli (Yogamba)
6	Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Temple	Srisailam,	Andhra Pradesh	Srisaila Peetham	Neck	Maa Bhramarambika
7	Mahalakshmi Temple, Kolhapur	Kolhapur	Maharashtra	Shri Peetham	Eyes	Aai Ambabai
8	Eka Veerika Temple	Mahur, Maharashtra	Maharashtra	Moola Peetham	Left Hand	Eka Veerika
9	Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga	Ujjain	Madhya Pradesh	Ujjaini Peetham	Tongue	Maa Kaali
10	Kukkuteswara Swamy Temple	Pithapuram	Andhra Pradesh	Pushkarini Peetham	Back	Maa Puruhutika
11	Biraja Temple	Jajpur	Odisha	Oddyana Peetham	Navel	Maa Biraja
12	part of Kumararama Bhimeswara Temple	Draksharamam	Andhra Pradesh	Draksharama Peetham	left cheek	Maa Manikyamba
13	Kamakhya Temple	Guwahati	Assam	Kamarupa Peetham	Genitals	Devi Kamakhya
14	Alopi Devi Mandir	Prayagraj	Uttar Pradesh	Prayaga Peetham	Fingers	Maa Madhaveswari
15.	Jwalamukhi Temple	Kangra	Himachal Pradesh	Jwalamukhi Peetham	Head	Maa Jwalamukhi
16.	Mangla Gauri Temple	Gaya	Bihar	Gaya Peetham	Breast	Maa Sarvamangala
17.	Vishalakshi Temple	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi Peetham	Noses	Maa Vishalakshi
18.	Sharada Peeth	Sharada	Jammu and Kashmir	Sharada Peetham	Right Hand	Maa Sharada Devi

[*]Sharada Peeth: This temple is currently non-existent*. Only ruins are found in these places. Its ruins are near the Line of Control (LOC) between the Indian and Pakistani-controlled portions of the former princely state of Kashmir and Jammu. Instead, Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri in Karnataka even though not a Shakthi Peetha, is this aspect of the goddess. Requests have been made by the Hindu community in Pakistan to the Pakistani government to renovate the temple, the issue being raised by former Indian Home minister L. K. Advani to the Pakistan authorities as a confidence-building measure, by increasing the people to people cross-border interaction.

Among these, the Shakthi Peethas at Kamakhya, Gaya and Ujjain are regarded as the most sacred as they symbolise the three most important aspects of the Mother Goddess viz. Creation (Kamarupa Devi), Nourishment (Sarvamangala Devi/Mangalagauri) and Annihilation (Mahakali Devi).

18 Shakthi Peetas

As per Sankara Samhita of Sri Skanda Purana,

1. Sri Sankari Peetam (at Lanka)
2. Sri Simhika Peetam (at Simhala)
3. Sri Manika Peetam (at Dakshavati)
4. Sri Sudkala Peetam (At Petapur)
5. Sri Bhramaramba Peetam (Srisailam)
6. Sri Vijaya Peetam (Vijayapura)
7. Sri Mahalakshmi Peetam (Kolhapuri)
8. Sri Kamakshi Peetam ( Kanchipuram)
9. Sri Kuchananda Peetam (Salagrama)
10. Sri Viraja Peetam (Odyana, Jajpur)
11. Sri Bhadreswari Peetam (Harmyagiri)
12. Sri Mahakali Peetam (Ujjayini)
13. Sri Vindhyavasini Peetam (The Vindhya mountains)
14. Sri Mahayogi Peetam (Ahicchatra)
15. Sri Kanyaka Peetam (Kanya Kubja)
16. Sri Visalakshi Peetam ( Kashi)
17. Sri Saraswati Peetam (Kashmira)
18. Sri AbhirAmA Peetam (Padmagiri, Dindigul)

Aṣṭhādaśa śakti Pīṭha Stotram

Devanāgarī :
लङ्कायाम् शांकरीदेवी कामाक्षी काञ्चिकापुरे।
प्रद्युम्ने शृङ्खला देवी चामुण्दा क्रौञ्चपट्टणे॥
अलम्पुरे जोगुलाम्ब श्रीशैले भ्रमराम्बिक।
कोल्हापुरमहलक्ष्मी माहुर्यमेकवीरिका॥
उज्जयिन्याम् महाकाळी पीठिकायाम् पुरुहुतिका।
ओड्ढ्यायाम् गिरिजादेवी माणिक्या दक्षवाटिके॥
हरिक्षेत्रे कामरूपी प्रयागे माधवेश्वरी।
ज्वालायाम् वैष्णवीदेवी गयामाङ्गल्यगौरिके॥
वारणास्याम् विशालाक्षी काश्मीरेतु सरस्वती।
अष्ठादशैवपीठानि योनिनामप दुर्लभानिच॥
सायंकालं पठेन्नित्यम् सर्वरोगनिवारणम्।
सर्वपापहरम् दिव्यम् सर्वसम्पत्करम् शुभम्॥

IAST:

laṅkāyām śāṃkarīdevī kāmākṣī kāñcikāpure।
pradyumne śṛṅkhalā devī cāmuṇdā krauñcapaṭṭaṇe॥
alampure jogulāmba śrīśaile bhramarāmbika।
kolhāpuramahalakṣmī māhuryamekavīrikā॥
ujjayinyām mahākāḻī pīṭhikāyām puruhutikā।
oḍḍhyāyām girijādevī māṇikyā dakṣavāṭike॥
harikṣetre kāmarūpī prayāge mādhaveśvarī।
jvālāyām vaiṣṇavīdevī gayāmāṅgalyagaurike॥
vāraṇāsyām viśālākṣī kāśmīretu sarasvatī।
aṣṭhādaśaivapīṭhāni yonināmapa durlabhānica॥
sāyaṃkālaṃ paṭhennityam sarvaroganivāraṇam।
sarvapāpaharam divyam sarvasampatkaram śubham॥

Translation of the stotra

Goddess Shankari in Sri Lanka, Kamakshi in Kanchipuram Goddess Shrinkhala in Pradymna and Chamunda in Mysore

Goddess Jogulamba in Alampur, Goddess Brhamarambika in Sri Shailam Goddess Maha Lakshmi in Kolhapur and Goddess Eka Veera in Mahur

Goddess Maha Kali in Ujjain, Purhuthika in Peethika Goddess Girija in Odhyana and Manikya in the house of Daksha

Goddess Kama Rupi in the temple of Vishnu, Madhaveshwari in Prayagraj Goddess giving flame in Jwala Mukhi and Mangala Gowri in Gaya

Goddess Vishalakshi in Varanasi, Saraswati in Kashmir These are the 18 houses of Shakthi, which are rare even to the Devas

When chanted every evening, all the enemies would get destroyed all the diseases would vanish, and prosperity would be showered.

Map of Shakti Peethas

Kalika

Taratarini

Kamakhya

Vimala

Shankari

Kamakshi

Shrinkala Devi

Chamundeshwari

Jogulamba

Bhramarambha

Ambabai

Ekavirika Devi

Mahakali

Puruhutika

Biraja Devi

Manikyamba

Kamarupini

Madhaveswari/Lalita

Jwalamukhi

Sarvamangala

Vishalakshi

Sharada

Hinglaj Mata

Mahishasuramardini

Dhakeshwari

Mahamaya

Vaishnodevi

Meenakshi

Mahishmardini

Phullora

Avanti

Aparna

Chinnamasta

Gandaki Chandi

Saptashrungi

Jayanti

Jeshoreshwari

Dakshayani

Tripura Sundari

Tripuramalini

Chandrabhaga

Devgarbha

Kanya Kumari

Uma

Nagapooshani

Mahashira

Bhawani

Varahi

Bhadrakali

Shivani

Danteshwari

Chandika

Amba

Shyamala Devi

Naina Devi

Nandini

Rakini/Visveshwari

Narayani

Sugandha

Jaya Durga

Katyayani

Ambika

Shaila/Shona

Bhadrakali

Sari

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Shakti names at locations of Shakti Peethas

Adi Shakti Peethas – Blue Astadasha Maha Shakti Peethas – Red

Daksha yagna site – Yellow

Further reading

• Dineschandra Sircar (1998). The Śākta Pīṭhas. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 978-81-208-0879-9.

Notes

https://www.blindaim.com/2018/11/kamakhya-temple.html

References

• Phyllis K. Herman, California State University, Northridge (USA), "Siting the Power of the Goddess: Sita Rasoi Shrines in Modern India", International Ramayana Conference Held at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL USA, 21–23 September 2001.
• Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions (ISBN 81-208-0379-5) by David Kinsley
• com/navratra/Shaktipeeth.html 51 Nav Durga Shaktipeeths- Legend and listing Zee News
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See also

• List of Shakti peeth in Bengal

External links

• 52 shakti peethas map
• 51 Shakti Peethas of Ma Durga
• 18 shakti peethas map
• Sri Swamiji visits Sri Lanka for Shankari Temple Darshan
• Comprehensive guide on 51 Shakti Peethas
• Daksha Yagna – The story of Daksha's sacrifice and the origin of the Shakti Pithas