Sacred texts

Shiva Purana — Koti Rudra Samhita

शिवपुराण — कोटिरुद्रसंहिता

The section of the Shiva Purana that narrates the origin of the Jyotirlingas, shrine by shrine. Chapter numbering below follows the J. L. Shastri English translation (Motilal Banarsidass).

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What it means

This run of chapters narrates the twelve Jyotirlingas in turn — how Shiva became manifest at each place and why each shrine is worshipped. It is the main scriptural account behind the twelve-shrine yatra. GamaYeah cites it at chapter-range level because published editions differ in how individual shrine chapters are numbered.

Grishneshwar Temple

Verul, India

Named directly in the text

Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram

Rameswaram, India

Named directly in the text

Nageshwar Jyotirlinga

Dwarka, India

Named directly in the text

Trimbakeshwar Temple

Trimbak, India

Named directly in the text

Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Varanasi, India

Named directly in the text

Bhimashankar Temple

Bhimashankar, India

Named directly in the text

Baidyanath Dham

Deoghar, India

Named directly in the text

Kedarnath Temple

Kedarnath, India

Named directly in the text

Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga

Omkareshwar, India

Named directly in the text

Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, Ujjain

Ujjain, India

Named directly in the text

Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga, Srisailam

Srisailam, India

Named directly in the text

Somnath Temple

Prabhas Patan, India

Named directly in the text

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