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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
Sri Shiva
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),

▬ Somanatha Jyotirlinga → Prabhasa Kshetra (Gir Somnath district, Gujarat)

▬ Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga → Shrishailam (Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh)

▬ Mahakaleshwara Jyotirlinga → Ujjain (Avanti) ()

▬ Omkareshwara Jyotirlinga → Omkareshwar ()

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Shiva
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),

▬ Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga → Baidyanath Dham (Deogarh district, Jharkhand)

▬ Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga → Parli Vaijnath (Beed district, Maharashtra)

▬ Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga → Baijnath (Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh)

▬ Bhimashankara Jyotirlinga → Bhimashankar (Pune district, Maharashtra)

▬ Bhimashankara Jyotirlinga → Bhimeshwar Dham (Kamrup district, Assam)

▬ Rameshwara Jyotirlinga → Rameshwaram (Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu)

▬ Nageshwara Jyotirlinga → Dwarka (Devbhoomi Dwarka district, Gujarat)

▬ Nageshwara Jyotirlinga → Aundha Nagnath (Hingoli district, Maharashtra)

▬ Nageshwara Jyotirlinga → Jageshwar Dham (Almora district, Uttarakhand)

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Shiva
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),

▬ Vishwanatha Jyotirlinga → Kashi (Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh)

▬ Tryambakeshwara Jyotirlinga → Nashik (Nashik district, Maharashtra)

▬ Kedarnatha Jyotirlinga → Kedarnath (Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand)

▬ Grishneshwara Jyotirlinga → Grishneshwar (Aurangabad district, Maharashtra)

▬ Grishneshwara Jyotirlinga → Siwar Ghushmeshwar (Sawai Madhopur district, Rajasthan)

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Shiva
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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Translated by greenmesg.org

• Shiva Purana: Jyotirlinga Events
Jyotirlingas:

Lord Shiva 1. Somanatha Jyotirlinga:
▬ Prabhasa Kshetra (Gir Somnath district, Gujarat)

2. Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga:
▬ Shrishailam (Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh)

3. Mahakaleshwara Jyotirlinga:
▬ Ujjain (Avanti) ()

4. Omkareshwara Jyotirlinga:
▬ Omkareshwar ()

5. Kedarnatha Jyotirlinga:
▬ Kedarnath (Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand)

6. Bhimashankara Jyotirlinga:
▬ Bhimashankar (Pune district, Maharashtra)
▬ Bhimeshwar Dham (Kamrup district, Assam)

7. Vishwanatha Jyotirlinga:
▬ Kashi (Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh)

8. Tryambakeshwara Jyotirlinga:
▬ Nashik (Nashik district, Maharashtra)

9. Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga:
▬ Baidyanath Dham (Deogarh district, Jharkhand)
▬ Parli Vaijnath (Beed district, Maharashtra)
▬ Baijnath (Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh)

10. Nageshwara Jyotirlinga:
▬ Dwarka (Devbhoomi Dwarka district, Gujarat)
▬ Aundha Nagnath (Hingoli district, Maharashtra)
▬ Jageshwar Dham (Almora district, Uttarakhand)

11. Rameshwara Jyotirlinga:
▬ Rameshwaram (Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu)

12. Grishneshwara Jyotirlinga:
▬ Grishneshwar (Aurangabad district, Maharashtra)
▬ Siwar Ghushmeshwar (Sawai Madhopur district, Rajasthan)



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