विरजा शक्तिपीठ

viraja 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.

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sthan bhed

is shaktipith ke sthan ko lekar mataantar hai. kuchh vidvan isako 'jagannathapuri' mean bhagavan shri jagannath ji ke mandir ke praangan mean sthit bhairav 'jagannath' ko pith manate haian-

'ulkale nabhideshastu virajakshetranuchyate. vimala sa mahadevi jagannathastu bhairavah॥'

is sthan par sati ki 'nabhi' ka nipat hua tha. jabaki kuchh vidvan 'poornagiri' mean nabhi ka nipat manate haian.

• yahaan ki shakti 'vimala' tatha bhairav 'jagannath purushottam' haian.
• 108 shaktipithoan ki soochi mean 'viraja pith' ka ullekh nahian hai, apitu vahaan purushottam pith ka ullekh hai, jisaki shakti ka nam 'vimala' hai-

'gangayaan mangala nam vimala purushottame.

'gangayaan mangala prokta vimala purushottame॥

is tarah shabdarth ki drishti se 'viraja' tatha 'vimala' donoan hi ek hi shaktiyaan haian. unamean aantar nahian hai aur yahi 'katyayani viraja' tatha 'vimala ubhay' nam se do vibhinn sthanoan par sthit haian. atah donoan hi sthan shaktipith ke roop mean many haian.

yajapur

odisha ke tin sthal prakhyat haian- bhuvaneshvar, yajapur tatha konark. isamean yajapur ko mahattvapoorn sthan mana jata hai.

yajapur mandir mean dvibhuji devi viraja tatha unake vahan sianh ki pratima hai. kahate haian, brahma ji dvara yahaan kie ge yajn-kund se devi ka prakaty hua. yah mandir vaitarani nadi ghat se lagabhag 2 kilomitar door prachin garu dastanbh ke pas hai. yahaan par shraddh-tarpan adi ka vishesh mahattv hai. ise nabhi gayakshetr, chakrakshetr adi bhi kahate haian.

aitihasik tathy

sanpoorn odisha (tatkalin utkal) bhagavati ka nabhi kshetr kaha jata hai. utkal kisi nagar ya gaanv ka nahian varanh ek desh ya rajy ka nam hai, jo viraja kshetr hai-

"varshanaan bharatan shreshthan deshanamutkalah smritah. utkalen samodesho deshoan naasti mahitale॥"

'viraja' shabd ko 'kshetr' shabd ke visheshan ke roop mean lene par samagr utkal hi 'malavimukt' hai, jahaan ki aradhya 'vimala' haian tatha bhairav 'jagannath purushottam'.

puranoan ke anusar

kalika puran ke anusar pratham pith 'auandr pith' hai-

"auandrakhyan prathaman pithan dvitiyan jal shailakamh....
auandrapithan pashchime tu tathaivoandreshvari shivamh.
katyayanian jagannath modreshan ch prapoojayeta॥"

yah aundrapith hi odisha hai tatha jagannath ji ke prabhu purushottam jagannath hi tantr choo damani ke ullikhit bhairav (jagannath) haian. yajapur ki viraja devi utkal ki pradhan devi haian jinaka varnan brahmapuran mean is prakar milata hai-

viraje viraja mata brahmani sanpratishthita.
yasyaah sandarshanatmartyah ghunatya saptaman kulamh॥

kubjikatantr, jnanarnav tantradi mean bhi inaka ullekh hai tatha mahabharat ke vanaparv mean pandavoan ke vanavas ke dauran vaitaranisthit viraja devi tirth ka ullekh hai.

yatayat aur parivahan

puri bhuvaneshvar ke age hai, jo desh ke vibhinn sthanoan se rel tatha s dak marg se ju da hai. yajapur hav da valteyar relave lain par vaitarani rod steshan se lagabhag 18 kilomitar door vaitarani nadi ke tat par sthit hai. yajapur ke lie vaitarani rod steshan se hi bas ki suvidha upalabdh hai.

panne ki pragati avastha

adhar

prarambhik

madhyamik

poornata

shodh

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