करतोयाघाट शक्तिपीठ
karatoyaghat shaktipith 51 shaktipithoan mean se ek hai. hindoo dharm ke puranoan ke anusar jahaan-jahaan sati ke aang ke tuk de, dharan kie vastr ya abhooshan gire, vahaan-vahaan shaktipith astitv mean aye. ye atyant pavan tirthasthan kahalaye. ye tirth poore bharatiy upamahadvip par phaile hue haian. 'devipuran' mean 51 shaktipithoan ka varnan hai.
sthiti
yah shaktipith lal manirahat-santahat relave lain par boang da janapad mean boang da steshan se dakshin-pashchim mean 32 kilomitar door bhavanipur gram mean hai. lal rang ke baluha patthar ke bane is mandir mean chittakarshak terakota ka prayog hua hai. bangal ati prachin kal se hi shakti upasana ka vrihatkeandr raha hai. ullekhaniy hai ki baangladesh ke chattal shaktipith ke shiv mandir ko terahavean jyotirliang ki manyata hai. shakti sangam tantr mean baangladesh kshetr ko sarvasiddhi pradayak kaha gaya hai-
'ratnakaran samarabhy brahmaputraantagan shive. bangadesho maya proktah sarvasiddhi pradarshakah॥'[1]
baangladesh ke char shaktipithoan- 'karatoyaghat', 'vibhasapith', 'sugandhapith' tatha 'chattal pith' mean karatoya pith ko ati vishisht kaha gaya hai. yah shaktipith baangladesh evan kamaroop ke sangam sthal par karatoya nadi ke tat par 100 yojan vistrit shakti-trikon ke aantargat ata hai tatha ise siddh kshetr bhi kaha gaya hai-
'karatoyaan samasady yavachchhi khakhasinim. shatayojan vistirnan trikonan sarvasiddhidmh॥[2]
manyata
manyata hai ki sadanira-karatoya nadi ka udgam shiv-shiva ke panigrahan ke samay mahashiv ke hath mean dale ge jal se hi hua. isilie isaki mahatta shiv nirmaly[3] sadrishy hai tatha ise laanghana bhi nishiddh mana gaya hai.
- yahaan sati ke 'vamatalp' ka nipat hua tha.
- yahaan devi 'aparna' roop mean tatha shiv 'vaman bhairav' roop mean vas karate haian-
karatoya tate talpan vame vaman bhairavah.
aparna devata tatr brahmaroopa karodbhava॥[4]
- yahaan pahale 'bhairav' (shiv) ka tadanantar devi aparna ka darshan kiya jata hai. jo manushy yahaan nadi mean snan ke bad tin rat tak upavas karata hai, use ashvamedh yajn ke phal ki prapti hoti hai, aisa mahabharat ke vanaparv mean ullekh hai-
'karatoyaan samasady triratro poshito narah. ashvamedhamvapnoti prajapati kritovidhi॥'[5]
pauranik ullekh
- 'anand ramayan' mean ata hai ki shriram yahaan tirth karane ge the, kiantu isako laanghana nishiddh man us par nahian ge tatha ashvamedh yajn ka unaka ashv bhi karatoya ke tat tak gaya tha-
'pashyan sthalani sanprapy taptaan shri manikarnikamh. karatoya nadi toye svaantvagre n yayau vibhuah॥[6]
'yayauvaji vayugattya shighran jvalamukhian prati. dosh bhitya karatoyaan tirtva naivagrato gatah॥'[7]
- vayu puran mean karatoya nadi ka udgam 'rriksh parvat' kaha gaya hai tatha isake jal ko mani sadrishy ujjval bataya gaya hai.
- 'tantrachoo damani' mean ise 'brahmaroopa karodbhava' kaha gaya hai.
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tika tippani aur sandarbh
sanbandhit lekh
