Tripuri Poornima Trimbakeshwar-Nashik

Tripurai Poornima

Kartik poornima is celebrated as Tripuri or Tripurari Poornima. It is celebrated by lighting diyas all around the house. There is a very interesting story behind celebration of deepotsava on this day.

This story is from Tretayug when a great Sage called Gritsamada lived. He had composed mantra. ‘Gananan Tvaam Ganapatim havamahe’. Once Rishi Gritsamada had a very big cough. From that came alive a reddish child. He told Gritsamada, “I am your son, When I become big, I shall conquer the three worlds and also defeat Indra.” In order to turn his ambitious sons mind towards devotion, he taught him Ganesh Mantra “Gananan Tvaam ganapatim Havamahe” and advised him to worship Lord Ganesha.

The child chanted the mantra for 5000 years and pleased lord Ganesha. Ganesha appeared before him to ask for his wishes. He asked for Lordship over the entire universe, fulfillment of all his desires and control over men, yaksha and Gandharva. Ganesha blessed him and said "All your wishes will come true. I will give you three cities made if iron, gold and silver. As long as the cities are intact you will not be defeated. You will be called Tripura, but only Shiva will be able to defeat you, through one arrow from Shankara all your three cities will be destroyed.”

Tripurasur came back and defeated all kings, Indra and serpents like Vasuki to gain control over three worlds. Brahma, Vishnu along with other gods were hiding in Himalayas while shiv and parvati left kailash and started living in Mandara mountain. 

Tripurasur had two sons chand and prachada. He gave kingdom of Brahmalok to one of his son and Vishnulok to another son.
Dev Rishi Narad once came to Himalayas to help Gods. He told them the history of Tripurasur  and told them that only Shiva can kill him. He told them to please Vighnaharta Gajanan to get rid of the danger. Gods then worshiped Ganapati and praised him by singing eight shloka, stotra called ‘Sankatnashanam Ganapati Stotra’( We have covered this stotra in detail in one of our posts). Ganapati said, “Whoever utters this stotra when in danger will be protected by me. I shall bring about Tripura’s defeat through Shankara’s hands.”

Then Ganapati in the guise of Brahmin went to Tripura’s abode and said, “O king! I am learned Brahmin called Kaladhar and have mastery over 64 arts. Hearing your fame I came to meet you.” Triprasur told him, “Hey Kaladhar, you show me your art, If I am pleased i will give fulfill all your wishes.”
Kaladhar said, “O king, I will give you three aeroplanes.You can go anywhere you desire. Except Lord Mahadev nobody can destroy these planes.”

Tripurasur was very pleased with his art and told Kaladhar to demand whatever he wants. Kaladhar demanded idol of Chintamani which was in possession of Lord Shankar.
Tripurasur sent his messenger on mount Mandar to get the idol of Chintamani. The messengers arrogantly demanded idol of Chintamani. Shiva refused to give the idol and started a war against Tripurasur. Shiva himself started off for the war and in a hurry forgot to worship Ganesh before leaving.

The axle of the chariot in which Shiva was sitting was smashed by Ganapati.There were other obstacles too.The Gods had retreated, unable to cope up with great onslaught of the demons. Shiva was left alone in the battle field . Knowing about defeat of the Shiva in the war, Goddess Parvati left mount Mandar and went to her father, Himalaya.
The victorious Tripurasur came on mount Mandar and took the idol Chintamani with him. While returning back home, the idol suddenly disappeared from the hands of Tripurasur.Thinking it to be an ill omen Tripurasur returned back with heavy heart.

Because of Gods defeat, sacrificial work (yadnya yag) was stopped and all the three worlds were ruled by unrighteousness.
Sage Narad told Shiva that they got defeated because he forgot to worship Ganesha before beginning the war.He also said “Tripurasur has pleased Ganesha through his long penance. You have to please him better.Then alone you can get victory.”

Lord Shivshankar was convinced . He went to Dandakaranya. In a solitary place he set in Padmasna posture,performed Pranayam and chanted six letters mantra of Ganapati. At the time Gajanana emerged from his face with a peculiar form. He had five faces, ten hands, moon on the crest, garlands of heads in the neck and the ornament of serpents. He was looking like Shiv roop of Gajanana .

He told Shankra,” In future whenver you remember me I will appear before you and remove your obstacles. After chanting my Beejamantra , send an arrow on the aeroplanes of Tripurasur. By that time all his three cities will be burnt. then you can easily kill tripurasur. I will also tell you my Sahastranam stotra (one thousand names). By chanting the same one gets victory everywhere, enemies are destroyed and desired fruits are obtained.
Lord Shivshankra chanted Shri Ganesha Sahastranama stotra and Ganesh appeared infront of the gods. Shiva established a Ganesha temple at the same place where he appear. This place was called Manipur, presently known as Ranjangaon.The deity here is hence rightly called as Mahaganapati.

Lord Shiva came back to fight with demon (Asura) This time he made chariot of special nature. Prithvi (earth) became the chariot. Sun and Moon became the wheels. Brahma Deva was the charioteer. Meru became the bow. Vishnu was the arrow. Ashwinikumar became the horses. Shiva chanted the Ganesh Sahastranama and fixed the arrow on the bow; with the sankalpa (determination) of destroying Tripurasura he released the arrow. At that time there was light everywhere like that of lighting Tripurasura fainted and fell down dead. His three cities were burnt. The demons Prana came out of his body in the form of a Jyoti (flame) and entered Shivas body. The asura thus attained Moksha(salvation).

This incident happened on Kartiki Purnima. Hence it is called Tripuri Purnima. Gods got their aboads back. Sages started studing vedas. All the three worlds were happy. Shiva was worshiped and deepotsava was also celebrated in the night of this Purnima. Alongwith Magha and Bhadrapada Chaturthi, this tripuri purnima is also celebrated in some of the Ganapati temples. Various deeds like snan (bath) and Dan charity on this day leads to abundance

About Trimbakeshwar - Nashik

Trimbakeshwar ki History

 

Trimbakeshwar is an ancient Hindu temple in the town of Trimbak, in the Trimbakeshwar tehsil in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India, 28 km from the city of Nashik and 40 km from nashik road. It is dedicated to the god Shiv and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, where the Hindu genealogy register.
Trimbakeshwar is an ancient Hindu temple in the town of Trimbak, in the Trimbakeshwar tehsil in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India, 28 km from the city of Nashik and 40 km from nashik road. It is dedicated to the god Shiv and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, where the Hindu genealogy registers at Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra are kept. The origin of the sacred Godavari river is near Trimbak.Kusavarta, a kunda (sacred pond) in the temple premises is the source of the Godavari River, the longest river in peninsular India. The current temple was built by Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao (Nanasaheb).

The temple is located between three hills namely Brahmagiri, Nilagiri and Kalagiri. The temple has three lingams (an iconic form of Shiv) representing Shiv, Vishnu and Brahma. The temple tank is called Amritavarshini, which measured 28 m (92 ft) bu 30 m (98 ft). There are three other bodies of water, namely, Bilvatheertha, Viswananthirtha and Mukundathirtha. There are images of various deities, namely, Gangadevi, Jaleswara, Rameswara, Gautameswara, Kedarnatha, Rama, Krishna, Parasurama and Lakshmi Narayana. The temple has also several monasteries and samadhis of saints Jyotirlinga.

Triambakeshwar Temple, Nashik

As per the Shiva Purana, once Brahma (the Hindu God of creation) and Vishnu (the Hindu God of preservation) had an argument in terms of supremacy of creation.To test them, Shiva pierced the three worlds as a huge endless pillar of light, the jyotirlinga. Vishnu and Brahma split their ways to downwards and upwards respectively to find the end of the light in either direction. Brahma lied that he found out the end, while Vishnu conceded his defeat. Shiva appeared as the second pillar of light and cursed Brahma that he would have no place in ceremonies while Vishnu would be worshipped till the end of eternity. The jyotirlinga is the supreme partless reality, out of which Shiva partly appears. The Jyotirlinga shrines, thus are places where Shiva appeared as a fiery column of light.[3][4] Originally there were believed to be 64 jyotirlingas while 12 of them are considered to be very auspicious and holy.Each of the twelve jyotirlinga sites take the name of the presiding deity - each considered different manifestation of Shiv.At all these sites, the primary image is lingamrepresenting the beginningless and endless Stambha pillar, symbolizing the infinite nature of Shiv.Thetwelve jyothirlinga are Somnath in Gujarat, Mallikarjuna at Srisailamin Andhra Pradesh, Mahakaleswar at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh , Kedarnath in Himalayas,Bhimashankar in Maharashtra, Viswanath at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Trimbakeshwar in Maharashtra,Vaidyanath at Deoghar in Jharkhand, Nageshwar Temple at Dwaraka in Gujarat, Rameshwar at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu and Grishneshwar at Aurangabad in Maharashtra.Lord Shiva showed himself as a Jyotirlinga on the night of the Aridra Nakshatra. It is believed that a person can see the Jyotirlingas as columns of fire piercing through the earth as he reaches a higher level of spiritual attainment. Each Jyotirlinga site takes the name of the presiding deity. 

Basically, the Jyotirlinga signifies the infinite nature of Lord Shiv. At the highest level, Shiva is regarded as formless, limitless, transcendent and unchanging absolute Brahman and the primal Atman (soul, self) of the universe.Genealogy register

Hindu genealogy registers at Trimbakeshwarare the genealogy registers of pilgrims maintained here by pandas.

Temple Legend

Close up of the top of Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple

Trimbakeshwar is a religious center having one of the twelve Jyotirlingas. The extraordinary feature of the Jyotirlinga located here is its three faces embodying Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Rudra. Due to the excessive use of water, the linga has started to erode. It is said that this erosion symbolizes the eroding nature of human society. The Lingas are covered by a jeweled crown which is placed over the Gold Mask of Tridev (Brahma Vishnu Mahesh). The crown is said to be from the age of Pandavs and consists of diamonds, emeralds, and many precious stones. The crown is displayed every Monday from 4-5 pm (Shiv).

All other Jyotirlingas have Shiva as the main deity. The entire black stone temple is known for its appealing architecture and sculpture and is at the foothills of a mountain called Brahmagiri. Three sources of the Godavari originate from the Brahmagiri mountain.

Story related to the Godavari river

Entrance to the Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple.

Brahmadev worshipped God Trivikram when he came to Satya Loka (on earth) with the same holy water of the Ganges, to get the river Ganges held up by God Shankar on his head, to flow. There was a famine of 24 years and people were affected by the pangs of hunger. However, Varun - the God of Rains, pleased with Sage Gautama arranged rains every day in Gautama's Ashram (dwelling place) which was in Trimbakeshwar. Gautama used to sow rice in the surrounding fields of his Ashram in the morning, reap the crop in the afternoon and with it fed a large group of Hrishis, who took shelter in his Ashram on account of the famine. The blessings of the group of rishis increased the merit (Punya) of Gautama. Lord Indra's position became shaky because of his increased merit. So Indra ordered clouds to rain all over Trimbakeshwar, so that the famine will be over and rishis will go back and the increasing merits of Gautama will be weakened. Although the famine was over, Gautama urged the Rishis to stay back and kept on feeding them and gaining merit. Once he saw a cow grazing in the paddy field and he drove her away by throwing Darbha (sharp, pointed grass). The slender cow died by this. It was Jaya - Parvati's friend, who had taken the form of a cow. This news upset the Rishis and they refused to luncheon at his Ashram. Gautama requested Rishis to show a way out of this sin. He was advised to approach Lord Shiva and request him to release the Ganges and a bath in the Ganges would set him free of his sins. Gautama then practiced penance by going to the peak of Brahmagiri for 1000 years. Lord Shankara was pleased by his worships and gave him the Ganges.


Kusavarta, a place where river Godavari takes course.

However, Ganges was not prepared to part with Lord Shiv, which irritated him. He made TandavNrutya (dance) on the peak of Brahmagiri and dashed his jata there. Frightened by this action, Ganges appeared on Brahmagiri. Later on, Ganges appeared in the Trimbak Tirtha. Gautama praised her but she off and on appeared on the mountain at various places and disappeared in anger. Gautama could not bathe in her waters. The Ganges then appeared in Gangadwar, Varaha-tirtha, Rama-Laxman tirtha, Ganga Sagar tirtha. Still, Gautama could not bathe in her waters. The Gautama surrounded the river with enchanted grass and put a vow to her. The flow stopped there and the tirtha thus came to be called Kushavarta. It is from this Kushavarta that the river Godavari flows up to the sea. The sin of killing a cow by Gautama was wiped off here.

This place is famous for lots of religious rituals (vidhis). Narayan Nagbali, Kalsarpa Shanti, Tripindi Vidhi are done here. Narayan Nagbali puja is performed at Trimbakeshwar only. This puja is performed in three days. This puja is performed on special dates. Some days are not suitable to perform this puja. This puja is performed for many reasons like to cure an illness, going through bad times, killing a Cobra (Nag), childless couples, financial crisis or you want to perform some religious puja to have everything.

Trimbakeshwar town has a large number of Brahmin households and is also a centre for Vedic Gurukuls (kind of boarding school). It also has ashrams and Muths devoted to Ashtanga Yoga, the Hindu art of living.

The existing temple was built out of basalt after it was commissioned by Peshwa Nanasaheb. It so happens that the Peshwa made a bet on whether the stone surrounding the Jyotirlinga, is hollow from the inside or not. The stone was proved to be hollow, and on losing the bet, the Peshwa built a marvelous temple out of it. The Shiva deity of the temple consisted of the world-famous Nassak Diamond. It was looted by the British in The Third Anglo-Maratha War and lies with one owner or the other ever since. The diamond presently lies with Edward J. Hand, a trucking firm executive from Greenwich, Connecticut,USA.

The place is known for its scenic beauty in rainy/monsoon season and is surrounded by lush green hills untouched by pollution. Anjaneri mountain, the birthplace of Lord Hanuman, is 7 km from Trimbakeshwar.

Shri Nilambika/Dattatreya/Matamba Temple

Back view of Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple

This temple is on top of the Neel mountain. All goddesses ('Matamba', 'Renuka', 'Mananmba') came here to see 'Parashuram' when he was performing penance (tapas). After his penance, he requested all goddesses to stay there and the temple was formed for these goddesses.

Akhil Bhartiya Shree Swami Samarth Gurupeeth, Trimbakeshwar Temple of Shri Swami Samarth Maharaj. This temple is 1 km from Shiva Temple. This temple is a marvelous example of Vastu Shastra.

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