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12 Jyotirlingas
Jyotirlingas of
of Lord
Lord
Shiv
Shiv

A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirling or Jyotirlingam (Sanskrit:

ज्योितिलर् ङ्ग) are shrines where Lord Shiva, is wor-
shipped in the form of a Jyotirlingam. ‘Jyothi’
means ‘Radiance’ and Lingam, the Shiva Lingam-
‘the mark or sign’ of The Almighty or the phallus
symbol. Jyotir Lingam means the The Radiant sign
of The Almighty. There are twelve traditional
Jyotirlinga shrines in India.
Lord Shiva Grst manifested himself as a Jyotirlinga
on the night of the, Aridra Nakshatra thus the spe-
cial reverence for the Jyotirlinga. There is nothing
to distinguish the appearance, but it is believed
that a person can see these lingas as columns of
Gre piercing through the earth after he reaches a
higher level of spiritual attainment. There are
twelve Jyotirlingas in India and they are spread all
over India.
As per Shiv
Shiv Mahapuran
Mahapuran, once Brahma
Brahma (the God
of creation) and Vishnu
Vishnu (the God of Preservation)
had an argument in terms of supremacy of cre-
ation. To test them, Shiva pierced the three worlds
as a huge endless pillar of light, the jyotirlinga.
Vishnu and Brahma split their ways to downwards
and upwards respectively to Gnd the end of the
light in either directions. Brahma lied that he found
out the end, while Vishnu conceded his defeat.
Shiva appeared as a second pillar of light and
cursed Brahma that he would have no place in ce-
remonies while Vishnu would be worshipped till the
end of eternity.
The jyotirlinga is the supreme partless reality, out
of which Shiva partly appears. The jyothirlinga
shrines, thus are places where Shiva appeared as a
Gery column of light. Originally there were believed
to be 64 jyothirlingas while 12 of them are con-
sidered to be very auspicious and holy. Each of the
twelve jyothirlinga sites take the name of the
presiding deity – each considered different mani-
festation of Shiva. At all these sites, the primary
image is lingam representing the beginningless
and endless Stambha pillar, symbolizing the inGnite
nature of Shiva. The twelve jyothirlinga are
Somnath
Somnath in Gujarat, Mallikarjuna
Mallikarjuna at Srisailam in
Andra Pradesh, Mahakaleswar
Mahakaleswar at Ujjain in Mad-
hya Pradesh, Omkareshwar
Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh,
Kedarnath
Kedarnath in Himalayas, Bhimashankar
Bhimashankar in Ma-
harashtra, Viswanath
Viswanath at Varanasi in Uttar Pra-
desh, Triambakeshwar
Triambakeshwar in Maharashtra, Vaidy-
Vaidy-
anath
anath Jyotirlinga at Deogarh in Jharkhand,
Nageswar
Nageswar at Dwarka in Gujarat, Rameshwar
Rameshwar at
Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu and Ghushmeshwar
Ghushmeshwar
at Shiwar in Sawai Madhopur district Rajasthan,
12th joytrilinga is Grishneshwar
Grishneshwar at ellora in aur-
angabad district Maharashtra.
The following sanskrit sloka ( द्वादश ज्योितिलर्ं ग स्तोत्रम्)
(Dwadasha Jyotirlingum Strota) describes about
the 12 Jyotirlingas –
सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मिल्लकाजुर्नम्। उज्जियन्यां
महाकालमोङ्कारममलेश्वरम्॥
परल्यां वैद्यनाथं च डािकन्यां भीमशङ्करम्। सेतुबन्धे तु रामेशं
नागेशं दारुकावने॥
वाराणस्यां तु िवश्वेशं त्र्यम्बकं गौतमीतटे। िहमालये तु केदारं
घुश्मेशं च िशवालये॥
एतािन ज्योितिलर् ङ्गािन सायं प्रातः पठे न्नरः। सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं
स्मरणेन िवनश्यित॥
एतेशां दशर्नादेव पातकं नैव ितष्ठित। कमर्क्षयो भवेत्तस्य यस्य तुष्टो
महेश्वराः॥:
द्वादश ज्योितिलर्ं ग स्तोत्रम्
English
English Conversion
Conversion
“Saurashtre Somanathamcha Srisaile Mallikarjun-
am|
Ujjayinya Mahakalam Omkaramamaleswaram ||
Paralyam Vaidyanathancha Dakinyam Bheema
Shankaram |
Setu Bandhethu Ramesam, Nagesam Darukavane||
Varanasyantu Vishwesam Tryambakam
Gautameethate|
Himalayetu Kedaaram, Ghrishnesamcha shiv-
aalaye||
Etani jyotirlingani, Saayam Praatah Patennarah|
Sapta Janma Kritam pApam, Smaranena Vinashy-
ati||”
English
English Translation(Literal)
Translation(Literal)
Somanath in Saurashtra and Mallikarjunam in Shri-
Shailam. (सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मिल्लकाजुर्नम्).
Mahakaal in Ujjain and Amleshwar in Omkaresh-
war. (उज्जियन्यां महाकालमोङ्कारममलेश्वरम्).
Vaidyanath in Paralya and Bhimashankaram in
Dakniya. (परल्यां वैद्यनाथं च डािकन्यां भीमशङ्करम्).
Rameshem (Rameshwaram) in Sethubandh and
Nageshem (Nageshwar) in Darauka-Vana. (सेतुबन्धे तु
रामेशं नागेशं दारुकावने).
Vishwa-Isham (Vishvanath) in Vanarasi and Triam-
bakam at bank of Gautami River. (वाराणस्यां तु िवश्वेशं
त्र्यम्बकं गौतमीतटे)).
Kedar (Kedarnath) in Himalayas and Gushmesh
(Gushmeshwar) in Shivalaya (Shiwar). (। िहमालये तु
केदारं घुश्मेशं च िशवालये).
One who recites these Jyotirlingas every evening
and morning. (एतािन ज्योितिलर् ङ्गािन सायं प्रातः पठे न्नरः।).
He is relieved of all sins committed in past seven
lives.(सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं स्मरणेन िवनश्यित)
One who visits these, gets all his wishes fulGlled
(एतेशां दशर्नादेव पातकं नैव ितष्ठित)
and one’s karma gets eliminated as Maheshwara
gets satisGed to the worship:(कमर्क्षयो भवेत्तस्य यस्य
तुष्टो महेश्वराः)

The names and the locations of 12 other ‘Jyotirl-

ingas are mentioned in the Shiva
Shiva
Puran
Puran (Śatarudra Saṁhitā,Ch.42/2-4). These
shrines are:

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1 Somnath Gujarat

2 Mallikārjuna Andhra Pra-

desh

3 Mahakaleshwar Madhya Pra-

desh

4 Omkareshwar Madhya Pra-

desh

5 Kedarnath Uttarakhand

6 Bhimashankar Maharashtra

7 Visheakarmeshwar Uttar Pra-

desh

8 Trimbakeshwar Maharashtra

9 Baidyanath Jyotirl- Jharkhand

inga

10 Nageshvara Uttarakhand
Jyotirlinga

11 Rameshwar Tamil Nadu

12(b) Grishneshwar Maharashtra

Some of the other major Shiva temples that are not

listed as Jyotirlingas are Amarnath in Jammu and
Kashmir, India , Pashupatinath in Kathmandu,
Nepal ,

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