52 Shakti Peethas of Maa Parvati
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The number of Shakti Peethas has been mentioned as 108 in Devi Bhagavata Purana, twenty-six in Kalikapurana, fifty-one in Shivcharitra, Durga Saptasati, and 52 in Tantrachudamani. Genrally 52 Shakti Peethas are considered of Maa Parvati. About 52 Shakti Peethas have been mentioned in Tantrachudamani. Presenting the table of Tantrachudamani.
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1.Hinglaj
Hingula or Hinglaj Shaktipeeth which is situated 125 km northeast of Karachi is where the Brahmarandha (head) of Maa Parvati fell. Its power is Kotri (Bhairavi-Kottavisha) and Bhairav is called Bhimlochan.
2.Sharkarre (Karveer)
Sharkarre Shaktipeeth is situated near Sukkar station Karachi in Pakistan, where their mother’s eye fell. Its power- Mahishasurmardini and Bhairav are called Krodhish.
3. Sugandha- Sunanda
Maa Sugandha is situated on the banks of river Sondh, 20 km away from Barisal in Shikarpur, Bangladesh, where Maa’s nastika fell. Its power is Sunanda and Bhairav is called Trimbak.
4. Kashmir – Mahamaya
Mother’s throat had fallen near Pahalgam in Kashmir, India. Its power is Mahamaya and Bhairav is called Trisandhyeshwar.
5. Jwala – Siddhida (Ambika)
Mother’s tongue fell in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India, it is called Jwalaji Sthan. Its power is Siddhida (Ambika) and Bhairav is called Unmatta.
6. Jalandhar – Tripuramalini
Devi Talab near the cantonment station in Jalandhar, Punjab where the left breast of the maa had fallen. Its power is Tripuramalini and Bhairav is called fierce.
7. Vaidyanath – Jayadurga
Vaidyanathdham located in Deoghar, Jharkhand where mother’s heart had fallen. Its power is Jai Durga maa and Bhairav is called Vaidyanath.
8. Nepal – Mahamaya
The Gujareshwari temple is located near the Pashupatinath temple in Nepal where both the knees (Janu) of the maa had fallen. Its power is Mahashira (Mahamaya) and Bhairav is called Kapali.
9. Manas – Dakshayani
Mother’s right hand had fallen on a stone rock near Mansa of Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet. Its power is Dakshayani and Bhairav are immortal.
10 .Virja – Virjakshetra
Mother’s navel had fallen at the place located in Utkal in Viraj of the Indian state of Odisha. Its power is Vimla and Bhairav is called Jagannath.
11. Gandaki
The Muktinath Temple, situated on the banks of the Gandaki river in Nepal at a place called Pokhara, where the mother’s head or Gandsthal i.e. temple had fallen. Its power is Gandaki Chandi and Bhairav is Chakrapani.
12. Bahula
Mother’s left hand had fallen at a Bahul place situated on the banks of Ajeya river near Katua Ketugram, 8 km away from Bardhaman district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Its power is Maa Bahula and Bhairav is called Bhiruk.
13. Ujjayini – Mangalya Chandika
Mother’s right wrist had fallen at a place called Ujjayini, 16 km from Guskur station in Bardhaman district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Its power is Mangal Chandrika maa and Bhairav is called Kapilambar.
14. Tripura Sundari
Mata’s right leg had fallen on the peak of Matabadi mountain in Radhakishorpur village near Udaipur in the Indian state of Tripura. Its power is Tripura Sundari and Bhairav is called Tripuresh.
15. Chattal – Bhavani
Mother’s right arm fell in Chhatral (Chattal or Chahal) on Chandranath mountain peak near Sitakund station of Chittagong (Chittagong) district in Bangladesh. Its power is Bhavani maa and Bhairav is called Chandrashekhar.
16. Trisrota – Bhramari
Mother’s left leg had fallen at Salbari village of Boda mandal of Jalpaiguri in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its power is Bhramari and Bhairav is called Amber and Bhairaveshwar.
17. Kamagiri – Kamakhya
Mata’s vaginal part had fallen at Kamakhya place of Nilanchal mountain located in Kamagiri area of Guwahati district of the Indian state of Assam. Its power is Kamakhya and Bhairav is called Umanand.
18. Prayag- Lalita
The finger of the mother’s hand had fallen on the Sangam bank of Allahabad city (Prayag) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its power is Lalita and Bhairav is called Bhava.
19. Jayanti – Jubilee
Jayanthi temple on the Khasi mountain of Bhorbhog village Kalajor of Jayantiya pargana, Sylhet district of Bangladesh where the left thigh of the mother fell. Its power is Jayanti and Bhairav is called Kramdishwar.
20. Yugadya – The Exorcist
Mata’s right toe had fallen at Jugadya (Yugadya) place in Kheergram, Bardhaman district of West Bengal. Its power is Bhootdhatri and Bhairav is called Kshir Khandak.
21. Kalipeeth – Kalika
Mother’s left toe had fallen in Kalighat, Kolkata. Its power is Kalika and Bhairav is called Nakusheel.
22. Kirit- Vimla (Bhubaneshi)
Mata’s crown had fallen near Kiritkon village of Lalbagh Court Road station in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Its power is Vimla and Bhairav is called Samvarta.
23. Varanasi – Vishalakshi
Mother’s earrings studded with pearls had fallen at Manikarnik Ghat in Kashi, Uttar Pradesh. Its power is Vishalakshi Manikarni and Bhairav is called Kaal Bhairav.
24. Kanyashram – Sarvani
Mother’s back part had fallen in Kanyashram. Its power is Sarvani and Bhairav is called Nimish.
25. Kurukshetra – Savitri
Mata’s heel (Gulf) had fallen in Kurukshetra, Haryana. Its power is Savitri and Bhairav is Sthanu.
26. Manidevik – Gayatri
Two Manibandhs had fallen on the Gayatri mountain of Manibandh place of Pushkar near Ajmer. Its power is Gayatri and Bhairav is called Sarvanand.
27. Srishail – Mahalakshmi
Mata’s throat (cervix) had fallen at a place called Shail near Jaipur village in the northeast of Sylhet district of Bangladesh. Its power is Mahalakshmi and Bhairav is called Shambaranand.
28. Kanchi – Devgarbha
Mother’s bone had fallen at a place called Kanchi on the banks of the Kopai River, located northeast of Bolarpur station in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. Its power is Devgarbha and Bhairav is called Ruru.
29. Kalamadhav – Goddess Kali
Mata’s left buttock fell near the banks of the Shon River at Kalmadhav in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, where there is a cave. Its power is Kali and Bhairav is called Ashtanga.
30. Shondesh – Narmada (Shonakshi)
Mother’s right buttock had fallen at Shondesh place at the origin of Narmada at Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh. Its power is Narmada and Bhairav is called Bhadrasen.
31. Ramgiri- Shivani
Mother’s right chest had fallen at Ramgiri place near Jhansi-Manikpur railway station Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh. Its power is Shivani and Bhairav is called Chand.
32. Vrindavan – Uma
Mother’s bunches and chudamani fell at Bhuteshwar place of Vrindavan near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Its power is Uma and Bhairav is called Bhutesh.
33. Shuchi- Narayani
On the Kanyakumari-Thiruvananthapuram road in Tamil Nadu is the Shuchitheertham Shiva temple, where the upper teeth (vertical teeth) of the mother fell. Its power is Narayani and Bhairav is called destruction.
34. Panchsagar – Varahi
Mother’s lower teeth (adhodanta) had fallen in Panchsagar (place unknown). Its power is Varahi and Bhairav is called Maharudra.
35. Kartoyatta – Aparna
Mother’s anklet (Talp) fell at Kartoya beach, 28 km away from Sherpur Bagura station in Bangladesh, across Bhawanipur village. Its power is Arpan and Bhairav is called Vaman.
36. Sriparvat – Srisundari
The anklet of the mother’s right foot had fallen on the mountain of Ladakh region of Kashmir. According to another belief, Dakshin Gulf i.e. the heel of the right foot had fallen at Srisailam in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Its power is Srisundari and Bhairav is called Sundaranand.
37. Vibhash – Kapalini
Mother’s left heel had fallen at Vibhash place located in Tamluk near East Medinipur district of West Bengal. Its power is Kapalini (Bhimrup) and Bhairav is called Sharvanand.
38. Prabhas – Chandrabhaga
Mata’s abdomen had fallen in Prabha’s area, 4 km from Veraval station near Somnath temple located in the Junagadh district of Gujarat. Its power is Chandrabhaga and Bhairav is called Vakratunda.
39. Bhairav Parvat – Avanti
Mother’s lips fell on Bhairav mountain near the banks of the Shipra river in Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh. Its power is Avanti and Bhairav is called Lambakarna.
40. Janasthan – Bhramari
Mother’s chin had fallen at the Janasthan located in the Godavari river valley located in Nashik city of Maharashtra. Its power is Bhramari and Bhairav is Virataksha.
41. Sarvshail
Mata’s left ass (cheek) fell at Sarvshail place near Kotilingeshwar temple on the banks of river Godavari in Rajahmundry region of Andhra Pradesh. Its power is Rakini and Bhairav is called Vatsanabham.
42. Godavaritir
Mother’s right ass had fallen here. Its power is Vishweshwari and Bhairav is called Dandapani.
43. Ratnavali Kumari
Mother’s right shoulder had fallen on the banks of the Ratnakar River at Ratnavali on the Khanakul-Krishnanagar road in the Hooghly district of Bengal. Its power is Kumari and Bhairav is called Shiva.
44. Mithila- Uma (Maha Devi)
Mother’s left shoulder had fallen in Mithila near Janakpur railway station on the Indo-Nepal border. Its power is Uma and Bhairav is called Mahodar.
45. Nalhati – Kalika Tarapeeth
Mother’s leg bone had fallen at Nalhati near Nalhati station in Birbhum district of West Bengal. Its power is Kalika Devi and Bhairav is called Yogesh.
46.Karnataka – Jayadurga
Both the ears of the mother had fallen in Karnat (place unknown). Its power is Jaydurga and Bhairav is called Abhiru.
47. Vakreshwar – Mahishmardini
Mata’s brow (mind) had fallen on the banks of the Paphar river at Vakreshwar, seven km from Dubrajpur station in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. Its power is Mahishmardini and Bhairav is called Vakranath.
48. Yashore – Yashoreshwari
Mother’s hands and feet fell (Panipadma) at Yashor place of Ishwaripur in the Khulna district of Bangladesh. Its power is Yashoreshwari and Bhairav is called Chand.
49. Attahas – Fullra
Mother’s lips had fallen at Atthas place, two km away from Labhpur station in West Bangla. Its power is Fullra and Bhairav is called Vishwesh.
50. Nandipur – Nandini
Mother’s necklace had fallen near the banyan tree in the boundary wall of Sainthia railway station, Nandipur in Birbhum district of West Bengal. Its power is Nandini and Bhairav is called Nandikeshwar.
51. Lanka – Indrakshi
Mother’s anklet probably fell in Trincomalee in Sri Lanka (near the famous Trikoneshwar temple in Trincomalee). Its power is Indrakshi and Bhairav is called Rakshaseshwar.
52. Virat – Ambika
The toe had fallen in Virat (place unknown). Its power is Ambika and Bhairav is called nectar.
Apart from this, Magadha Shaktipeeth is considered somewhere in the area of Patna-Gaya.
53. Magadha – Sarvanandkari
The thigh of the right leg had fallen in Magadha. Its power is Sarvanandkari and Bhairav is called Vyomkesh.