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Dwadasa Jyotirlingani - Sanskrit Text with English Translation (Meaning)
द्वादशज्योतिर्लिङ्गानि - सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम्
Dwadasa Jyotirlingani - Saurastre Somanatham Ca Shrishaile Mallikarjunam
Shiva
सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम् ।
उज्जयिन्यां महाकालं_ॐकारममलेश्वरम् ॥१॥
Saurastre Somanatham Ca Shrishaile Mallikarjunam |
Ujjayinyaam Mahakalam-Omkaaram-Amaleshvaram ||1||
Meaning:
1.1: At
Saurashtra is the
Somanatha (
Somanatha Jyotirlinga)
and at
Srishaila is the
Mallikarjuna (
Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga),
1.2: At
Ujjayini is the
Mahakala (
Mahakaleshwara Jyotirlinga) and at
Omkara (Omkareshwar) is the
Amaleshwara (or Mamaleshwara) (
Omkareshwara Jyotirlinga),
•
Prabhasa Kshetra - Somnath (Gir Somnath district, Gujarat)•
Shrishailam - Mallikarjuna (Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh)•
Ujjain - Mahakaleshwar (Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh)•
Omkareshwar (Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh)
परल्यां वैद्यनाथं च डाकिन्यां भीमाशंकरम् ।
सेतुबंधे तु रामेशं नागेशं दारुकावने ॥२॥
Paralyam Vaidyanatham Ca Dakinyam Bhimashankaram |
Setubandhe Tu Ramesham Nagesham Darukavane ||2||
Meaning:
2.1: At
Parli is the
Vaidyanatha (
Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga)
and at
Dakini is the
Bhimashankara (
Bhimashankara Jyotirlinga),
2.2: At
Setubandha is the
Ramesha (
Rameshwara Jyotirlinga) and at
Darukavana is the
Nagesha (
Nageshwara Jyotirlinga),
•
Baidyanath Dham (Vaidyanath)
(Deogarh district, Jharkhand)•
Parli - Vaijnath (Vaidyanath)
(Beed district, Maharashtra)•
Kangra - Baijnath (Vaidyanath)
(Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh)•
Bhimashankar (Bhimashankar)
(Pune district, Maharashtra)•
Kamrup - Bhimeshwar Dham (Bhimashankar)
(Kamrup district, Assam)•
Rameshwaram (Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu)•
Dwarka - Nageshwar (Nageshwar)
(Devbhoomi Dwarka district, Gujarat)•
Aundha Nagnath (Nageshwar)
(Hingoli district, Maharashtra)•
Almora - Jageshwar Dham (Nageshwar)
(Almora district, Uttarakhand)
वाराणस्यां तु विश्वेशं त्र्यंबकं गौतमीतटे ।
हिमालये तु केदारं घुश्मेशं च शिवालये ॥३॥
Varanasyam Tu Vishvesham Tryambakam Gautami-tatte |
Himaalaye Tu Kedaaram Ghushmesham Ca Shivaalaye ||3||
Meaning:
3.1: At
Varanasi is the
Vishwesha (
Vishwanatha Jyotirlinga), and at the
bank of river
Gautami (Godavari) is the
Tryambaka (
Tryambakeshwara Jyotirlinga),
3.2: At
Himalaya is the
Kedara (
Kedarnatha Jyotirlinga), and at
Shivalaya is the
Ghushmesha (
Grishneshwara Jyotirlinga),
•
Kashi - Vishwanath (Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh)•
Nashik - Tryambakeshwar (Nashik district, Maharashtra)•
Kedarnath (Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand)•
Aurangabad - Grishneshwar (Ghushmeshwar)
(Aurangabad district, Maharashtra)•
Siwar - Ghushmeshwar (Ghushmeshwar)
(Sawai Madhopur district, Rajasthan) 
एतानि ज्योतिर्लिङ्गानि सायं प्रातः पठेन्नरः ।
सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं स्मरणेन विनश्यति ॥४॥
Etaani Jyotirlingani Sayam Pratah Patthen-Narah |
Sapta-Janma-Krtam Papam Smarannena Vinashyati ||4||
Meaning:
4.1: These Jyotirlingas, those
persons who
recites (i.e. meditates upon) during the
Evenings and
Mornings, ...
4.2: ... (These Jyotirlingas) will
destroy by
remembrance, the
sins committed during the
seven births.

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Jyotirlingas:

1.
Somanatha Jyotirlinga:
•
Prabhasa Kshetra - Somnath (Gir Somnath district, Gujarat)
2.
Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga:
•
Shrishailam - Mallikarjun (Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh)
3.
Mahakaleshwara Jyotirlinga:
•
Avanti - Mahakaleshwar (Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh)
4.
Omkareshwara Jyotirlinga:
•
Omkareshwar (Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh)
5.
Kedarnatha Jyotirlinga:
•
Kedarnath (Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand)
6.
Bhimashankara Jyotirlinga:
•
Bhimashankar (Pune district, Maharashtra)
•
Kamrup Bhimeshwar Dham (Kamrup district, Assam)
7.
Vishwanatha Jyotirlinga:
•
Kashi - Vishwanath (Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh)
8.
Tryambakeshwara Jyotirlinga:
•
Nashik - Tryambakeshwar (Nashik district, Maharashtra)
9.
Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga:
•
Deoghar - Baidyanath Dham (Deogarh district, Jharkhand)
•
Parli - Vaijnath (Beed district, Maharashtra)
•
Kangra - Baijnath (Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh)
10.
Nageshwara Jyotirlinga:
•
Dwarka - Nageshwar (Devbhoomi Dwarka district, Gujarat)
•
Aundha Nagnath - Nageshwar (Hingoli district, Maharashtra)
•
Almora Jageshwar - Nageshwar (Almora district, Uttarakhand)
11.
Rameshwara Jyotirlinga:
•
Rameshwaram - Rameshwar (Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu)
12.
Grishneshwara Jyotirlinga:
•
Aurangabad - Grishneshwar (Aurangabad district, Maharashtra)
•
Siwar - Ghushmeshwar (Sawai Madhopur district, Rajasthan)

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