Namasthasyei Namasthasyei Namasthasyei namo namaha ||
Vimalai Devi Sakthi peet is in Puri in 'Uthkalam' (Orissa).
The legend of Dakshayani says that the navel from her dismembered
burnt body fell at this place and so it became one of the 51 sacred
Devi-sthalas of India.
(refer to 'Yoga-agni' in 'Abodes of devi' for background story)
This is also called 'Bairavi Peetam'.
The legend about King Daksha is well known. He performed an 'yagna'
without inviting Lord Siva the first among Gods and his
son.in.law. Lord Siva's consort Dakshayani was furious at
this act of her father and immolated herself in 'yoga-agni'.
When Siva goes on ' Rudhra-thandav' with the body
of Gathyayani on his shoulders which threatens to destroy the
universe Lord Vishnu dismembered the body of dakshayani into pieces
to seperate 'Sakthi' from 'Sivam' and this act widely scattered parts of her body
establishing holy 'Devi-sthals' wherever the bodily parts fell.
Lord Maha-vishnu however was remorse-stricken at having cut the body of devi Dakshayani into pieces. So he immolated himself in 'yoga-agni' and his body became a log which the river ganga carried down stream to Utkalam. The log got lodged in a crevice on the river bank.
Lors Vishnu appeared in the dream of a sage and told him to retrieve the log and install it in a temple as Jaganath for popular worship.
Accordingly the sage collected the log , shaped it into an idol though crude. and consecrated it as Lord Jagannath. Parvathi devi is here as Vimalai
To emphasise the one-ness of the 'Trinity' (Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudhra) Jaganath is here as an aspect of Siva. It should be recalled that in Pushkar Rudhra is there as Brahma. In Krishna avathar Devi Vimalai was born to Yasodha as a daughter and named 'Yoga-maya'.
Lord Maha-vishnu however was remorse-stricken at having cut the body of devi Dakshayani into pieces. So he immolated himself in 'yoga-agni' and his body became a log which the river ganga carried down stream to Utkalam. The log got lodged in a crevice on the river bank.
Lors Vishnu appeared in the dream of a sage and told him to retrieve the log and install it in a temple as Jaganath for popular worship.
Accordingly the sage collected the log , shaped it into an idol though crude. and consecrated it as Lord Jagannath. Parvathi devi is here as Vimalai
To emphasise the one-ness of the 'Trinity' (Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudhra) Jaganath is here as an aspect of Siva. It should be recalled that in Pushkar Rudhra is there as Brahma. In Krishna avathar Devi Vimalai was born to Yasodha as a daughter and named 'Yoga-maya'.
Om Sakthi
Location
Puri is near Kurdha road rail station.
Puri is near Kurdha road rail station.
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