Shikarpur Ugratara - Sugandha Shakti Peetha

• Greatness:

► Shikarpur Ugratara (Shakti Peetha)
(Barishal district, Bangladesh)

▬ River Sugandha flows
(Lower Ganga Plain)

(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

• Devi: Devi abides in Shikarpur as Sugandha Shakti Peetha (identified with Shikarpur Ugratara).
- Shikarpur Ugratara Temple

करवीरे त्रिनेत्रं मे देवी महिषमर्दिनी । क्रोधीशो भैरवस्तत्र सुगन्धायाञ्च नासिका ॥
देवस्त्र्यम्बकनामा च सुनन्दा तत्र देवता ॥
- Shakti Peetha Stotram - verses 5 and 6 (Shikarpur has the Sugandha Shakti Peetha where the Nashika of Devi had fallen)

(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

▬ Sugandha Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Sugandha Shakti Peetha where the Nasika (Nose) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Sunanda and the Bhairava is called Tryambaka.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 5)

• Temples and Places:

Presence of Devi in Shikarpur:
• Sugandha Shakti Peetha: The Nasika (Nose) of Devi had fallen here. The Devi is known as Sunanda and the Bhairava is called Tryambaka. (Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)
► Shikarpur - Devi Ugratara Temple (Barishal district, Bangladesh) Shikarpur Ugratara Temple is identified with the Sugandha Shakti Peetha mentioned in the Peetha Nirnaya Tantra.

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