Vaidyaath sanctuary at Deogarh The old journey town of
Deogarh in the Santal Parganas range of Bihar is venerated as one of the 12
Jyotirlingas of Shiva. Yogeshwari of Ambejogai was hitched to Lord Vaidyanatha
of Parali.
Be that as it may, when the marriage party achieved, the propitious
time of the wedding had passed. Subsequently the general population of the
marriage party transformed into stone statues. Yogeshwari was holding up far
from Parali. This is one story that is every now and again heard there.
At the point when the Gods and Demons attempted in Amrit
Manthan (Churning for Nectar), fourteen diamonds rose. There were Dhanwantari
and Amrit Ratnas in it. At the point when the Demons hurried to get Amrit, Lord
Vishnu concealed the Amrit and Dhanwantari in the Shiva Linga of Lord Shankara.
Generally as the Demons attempted to touch the Linga, blazes began exuding from
the Linga.
The frightened Demons ran aay. Be that as it may, when lovers of
Lord Shankara touched the Linga, there was a free stream of Amrit from the
same. Indeed, even today, lovers touch the Shiva Linga as a piece of taking
Darshan. Here, there is no segregation between rank, statement of faith or
shading. Anybody can come and visit this spot. As the Lingamurthy should have
Amrit and Dhanvantari, it is otherwise called Amriteshwar and Dhanvantari.
This hallowed place speaks to one of the 12 Jyotirlingamsof
Shiva held in worship all through the nation. Vaidyanath is situated at Deogarh
in the Santal Parganas area of Bihar.
The twelve Jyotirlingas of Shiva are Somnath in Gujarat,
Bhimeshwar, Grushneshwar, Nageshwar and Triyambakeshwar in Maharashtra,
Vaidyanath in Deogarh (or in Parali in Andhra Pradesh), Sree Sailam in Andhra
Pradesh, Rameswaram in Tamilnadu, Benares in Uttar Pradesh, Ujjain and
Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh and Kedarnath in the Himalayas.
Deogarh is otherwise called Vaidyanath, Haritaki Vana,
Ketaki Vana, Ravana Vana, Chitabhoomi and Hardapeetha. A few schools of thought
trust Vaidyanath close Parali in Andhra Pradesh to be the Vaidyanatha
Jyotirlingam. Different schools of thought claim that Kiragram in Punjab and
Dabhoi in Gujarat are the Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga sanctuaries. The Vaideeswaran
Koyil sanctuary in Tamilnadu (which is not a Jyotirlingam sanctuary) reveres
Vaidyanathar.
Legend has it that Ravana ruminated upon Shiva, and asked
for him to approach Sri Lanka, all together that his capital may get to be
invulnerable. It is said that he endeavored to lift Mount Kailash and bring it
with him to his capital; however Shiva pulverized him with his finger, and
Ravana appealed to him and looked for his benevolence, after which Shiva gave
him one of the twelve Jyotirlingamswith the condition that in the event that it
was set on the ground it would flourish quickly.
Ravana conveyed the Jyotirlingam and started his trek back
to his capital. Varuna the God of water, entered his tummy, and made him feel
the need to mitigate himself. Vishnu then descended as a chap and volunteered
to hold the Jyotirlingam as he eased himself. Before Ravana returned, Vishnu
set the Jyotirlingam on the ground, and it got to be attached to the spot. A
frustrated Ravana offered serious compensations to Shiva here, and cut off nine
of his heads. Shiva resuscitated him and joined the heads to the body, as
though by the work of a Vaidya or a doctor, thus this Jyotirlingam passes by
the name Vaidyanath. The same legend holds at Gokarnam in Karnataka.
Another legend has it that this sanctuary was re-found by a
cowherd Baiju, and henceforth the name Baijnath.
Vaidyanath is additionally thought to be one of the 52
Shakti Pitha sanctuaries of Sati. It is trusted that the heart of Sati fell
here, when her half copied body being conveyed by Shiva toward the end of
Daksha's yagna was slashed to pieces by Vishnu's disk.
The sanctuary: The sanctuary is arranged in an open patio
limited by stone dividers. In the sanctuary complex are twenty two different
sanctuaries. The Baijnath or Vaidyanath sanctuary confronts east. The highest
point of the Shiva Lingam is marginally broken, keeping with the legend that it
wore down when Ravana attempted to remove it. Close to the sanctuary is the
Sivaganga lake. The Chandrakoopa well, close to the principle passageway is
said to have been fabricated and blessed with water from a few thirthams by
Ravana.
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