॥ Saurashtra Somnath Cha Srishaile Mallikarjunam Ujjayinyan Mahakalam Omkarammaleshwaram॥
॥ Parlyam Vaidyanatham cha dakinya Bhimashankar setubandhe tu Ramesh Nageshan Darukavane ॥
॥ In Varanasya, you are Vishwavesham Trayambakam, Gautamita, Himalayas, you are the Shivalayes of Kedaram Ghrishnesham.॥
॥ By reciting the Atani Jyotirlinga in the evening and in the morning, a man is destroyed of the sins committed in seven births ॥
There was a demon Tripurasura who performed penance in the forest of Bhimashankar a long time ago i.e. in Tretayuga to please Lord Shiva to attain the gift of immortality. Lord Shiva, who is especially known for his kindness towards his devotees, was pleased with Tripurasura's commitment towards him. So as always, he blessed him with the power of immortality with the condition that, “He should strive in the best interest of the people, otherwise he may be permanently prosecuted for violating the condition.” With the flow of time, Tripurasura forgot the situation in which he was reared, and eventually started troubling the people as well as other gods. Chaos spread there and for its solution all the gods approached Lord Shiva.
Thus to prosecute Tripurasura, Lord Shiva prayed to Goddess Parvati (Kamalja Mata) to help him accomplish this task. Accordingly, Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati assumed a new form, known as “Ardha-Narya-Nateswara” and killed Tripurasura on Kartik Purnima, known as “Tripuraari Purnima”.
After the death of Tripurasura his wives (Dakini and Shakini) went to Lord Shiva with the question of their existence without Tripurasura. Thus Lord Shiva blessed both of them with the power of immortality, which he had given to Tripurasura. Since then Bhimashankar area is known as “Dakinyambhimashankaram”.
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|---|---|
| at 05:00 am | Temple Opens |
| 05:00 am – 05:30 am | Worship |
| 05:30 am - 12:00 noon | Darshan and Abhishekam |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Naivedyam puja (offering) |
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| 02:45 PM – 03:20 PM | Worship |
| 03:20 pm – 07:30 pm | Dev Darshan |
| 07:30 PM – 08:00 PM | Worship |
| 08:00 PM – 09:30 PM | Dev Darshan |
| 09:30 pm | Temple Closes |
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