River Kshipra (Shipra)

River Kshipra (Shipra) (195 km) (A tributary of river Chambal)

(Madhya Pradesh)
1. Kshipra (Shipra) Udgam: Kakri Bardi Hills (Dhar district) -- Around 11 km from Ujjain
2. Kshipra (Shipra) flows: Ujjain (Ujjain district) -- Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, Sandipani Ashram
3. Kshipra (Shipra) flows: Dhulet (Ujjain district) -- Dhurjateshwar Mahadev Temple
4. Kshipra (Shipra) flows: Kila Mehidpur (Ujjain district) -- Shatrunjay Adinath Tirthdham

(Madhya Pradesh - Rajasthan border)
5. Kshipra (Shipra) - Chambal Sangam: Sipavara (Mandsaur district) -- Dipeshwar Mahadev Temple; associated with sage Pulastya

► 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)

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