Ujjain (Avanti Kshetra) - Moksha Puri, Mahakaleshwara Jyotirlinga, Ujjayini Shakti Peetha, Bhairava Parvata Shakti Peetha and Sandipani Ashrama

► Ujjain (Avanti) (Moksha Puri) (Jyotirlinga) (Shakti Peetha) (Place of Kumbha Mela)
(Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh)

▬ River Kshipra (Shipra) flows → Ram Ghat (Aarti)
(Malwa Plateau)
(Shiva Purana)
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)
(Srimad Bhagavatam)
(Skanda Purana - Avanti Kshetra Mahatmya)

• Shiva: Lord Shiva protected devotee brahmin Veda Priya and brahmanas from the atrocities of demon Dushana at Avanti and abides as Mahakaleshwara Jyotirlinga.
- Mahakaleshwara Temple

• Devi: Devi abides in Ujjain (Avanti) as Ujjayini Shakti Peetha and Bhairava Parvata Shakti Peetha.
- Devi Harsiddhi
- Devi Gadh-Kalika

• Krishna: Sri Krishna and Sri Balarama studied in the gurukula of sage Sandipani in Avanti and mastered 64 arts in 64 days.
- Sri Krishna returned the dead son of sage Sandipani in Avanti.
- Ankapada Sandipani Ashram

• Sages: Sages associated with Ujjain:

○ Sandipani: Sage Sandipani had his hermitage and gurukula in Avanti where Sri Krishna studied with brother Balarama.
- Ankapada Sandipani Ashram

अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची अवन्तिका ।
पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायकाः ॥
- Sapta Mokshapuri Sloka (Avanti is a Moksha Puri)

सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम् ।
उज्जयिन्यां महाकालं_ॐकारममलेश्वरम् ॥
- Dwadasa Jyotirlinga Stotra - verse 1 (Avanti has the Mahakaleshwara Jyotirlinga)

उज्जयिन्यां कूर्परञ्च माङ्गल्य कपिलाम्बरः
भैरवः सिद्धिदः साक्षाद्देवी मङ्गलचण्डिका ॥
- Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 16 (Avanti has the Ujjayini Shakti Peetha where the Kurpara of Devi had fallen)

उदरञ्च प्रभासे मे चन्द्रभागा यशस्विनी ।
वक्रतुण्डो भैरव ऊर्ध्वोष्ठो भैरवपर्वते ॥
अवन्ती च महादेवी लम्बकर्णस्तु भैरवः ॥
- Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 43 and 44 (Avanti has the Bhairava Parvata Shakti Peetha where the Urdhva Ossttha of Devi had fallen)


(Shiva Purana)
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)
(Srimad Bhagavatam)
(Skanda Purana - Avanti Kshetra Mahatmya)

▬ Mahakaleshwara Jyotirlinga - Lord Shiva protecting devotee Veda Priya and brahmanas from the atrocities of demon Dushana
(Shiva Purana - Koti Rudra Samhita - 16 to 17)
▬ Ujjayini Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Ujjayini Shakti Peetha where the Kurpara (Elbow) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Mangala Chandika and the Bhairava is called Kapilambara.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 16)
▬ Bhairava Parvata Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Bhairava Parvata Shakti Peetha where the Ossttha (Upper Lip) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Avanti and the Bhairava is called Lambakarna.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 44)
▬ Sri Krishna becoming the disciple of Sandipani Muni in Avanti
(Srimad Bhagavatam - Skanda 10 - 45)
▬ Sri Krishna returning the dead son of Sandipani Muni in Avanti
(Srimad Bhagavatam - Skanda 10 - 45)

► Avanti - Mahakaleshwar Temple
(Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh)

Avanti Mahakaleshwar Temple is identified with the Mahakaleshwara Jyotirlinga mentioned in the Shiva Purana.

► Avanti - Devi Harsiddhi Temple
(Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh)

Avanti Devi Harsiddhi Temple is identified with the Ujjayini Shakti Peetha mentioned in the Peetha Nirnaya Tantra.

► Avanti - Devi Gadh-Kalika Temple
(Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh)

Avanti Devi Gadh-Kalika Temple is identified with the Bhairava Parvata Shakti Peetha mentioned in the Peetha Nirnaya Tantra.

► Ujjain - Sandipani Ashram (Ankapada)
(Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh)

Sandipani Ashram is the place where Sri Krishna and Balarama learnt the sixty-four arts and skills in sixty-four days (and amazed their guru).