Bharat mein Hindu dharm ke anuyayiyon ke liye Bhagwan Shiv ki pooja ka vishesh mahatva hai. Shiv ji ko Mahadev, Neelkanth, Bhole Nath jaise anek naamon se pukara jaata hai. Shiv ki shakti aur aastha ka kendra unke 12 Jyotirling hain. Ye Jyotirling Bharat ke vibhinn hisso mein sthit hain, aur pratyek Jyotirling ka apna alag mahatva aur itihas hai. Aaiye, jaante hain baarah Jyotirlingon ke baare mein vistaar se.
- Somnath Jyotirling (Gujarat) Somnath Mandir Bharat ke Gujarat rajya ke Saurashtra kshetra mein sthit hai. Ise pratham Jyotirling maana jaata hai. Is mandir ka mahatva isliye bhi badh jaata hai kyunki ise swayam Chandr Dev ne sthapit kiya tha. Yeh mandir saat baar nasht hua aur har baar ise phir se banaya gaya.
- Mallikarjun Jyotirling (Andhra Pradesh) Mallikarjun Jyotirling Andhra Pradesh ke Srisailam mein sthit hai. Ise Dakshin ka Kailash kaha jaata hai. Yahan Shiv aur Parvati ki pooja ek saath hoti hai. Iska vishesh mahatva is baat mein bhi hai ki yeh vah sthan hai jahan Kartikeya ne niwas kiya tha.
- Mahakaleshwar Jyotirling (Madhya Pradesh) Ujjain sthit Mahakaleshwar Jyotirling atyant prasiddh hai. Yeh un kuch Jyotirlingon mein se ek hai jahan Shivling swayambhu roop mein sthit hai. Yahan Shiv ki pooja ke saath-saath Mahakal ka tantrik anushthan bhi vishesh roop se hota hai.
- Omkareshwar Jyotirling (Madhya Pradesh) Omkareshwar Jyotirling Narmada nadi ke kinare, Madhya Pradesh ke Khandwa zille mein sthit hai. Is Jyotirling ka naam Omkareshwar isliye pada kyunki yahan Omkaara dhvani ka gunjti rehti hai. Yeh mandir do pahadiyon ke beech sthit hai aur ise adhyatmik drishti se atyant mahatvapurn maana jaata hai.
- Kedarnath Jyotirling (Uttarakhand) Kedarnath Jyotirling Uttarakhand ke Rudraprayag zille mein Himalaya ki unchai par sthit hai. Yeh mandir Char Dhamon mein se ek hai aur iske darshan karne ke liye bhakton ko kathin yatra karni padti hai. Kedarnath Mandir ko prakritik aapdaon ke bawajood bhi Shiv ki kripa se surakshit maana jaata hai.
- Bhimashankar Jyotirling (Maharashtra) Maharashtra ke Pune zille mein sthit Bhimashankar Jyotirling Sahyadri parvaton mein sthit hai. Yeh mandir Bhagwan Shiv ke Bhimashankar roop ki pooja ke liye prasiddh hai. Yeh Jyotirling vishesh roop se us katha se juda hai jahan Bhagwan Shiv ne Tripurasur rakshas ka vadh kiya tha.
- Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirling (Uttar Pradesh) Kashi Vishwanath Mandir Varanasi mein Ganga nadi ke tat par sthit hai. Ise Mokshdayini Jyotirling ke roop mein bhi jaana jaata hai. Yahan ka vatavaran atyant shaant aur adhyatmik hota hai. Kashi Vishwanath ke darshan karne se vyakti ko jeevan aur maut ke chakra se mukti milti hai, aisa maanyata hai.
- Tryambakeshwar Jyotirling (Maharashtra) Tryambakeshwar Jyotirling Maharashtra ke Nashik zille mein sthit hai. Yeh mandir teen mukhon wale Shivling ke liye prasiddh hai. Yeh Brahmagiri parvat ke paas sthit hai, jahan Godavari nadi ka udgam hota hai. Is mandir ka ullekh Skand Purana mein bhi milta hai.
- Vaijnath Jyotirling (Jharkhand) Vaijnath Jyotirling Jharkhand ke Deoghar mein sthit hai. Ise ‘Vaijnathdham’ ke naam se bhi jaana jaata hai. Is mandir ka sambandh Ravan se hai, jinhone yahan Shivling ki sthapana ki thi. Vaijnath Jyotirling ko rog se mukti ka sthan maana jaata hai.
- Nageshwar Jyotirling (Gujarat) Nageshwar Jyotirling Gujarat ke Dwarka ke paas sthit hai. Yeh Shivling samudra ke nikat hai aur ise Nageshwar Mahadev ke naam se bhi jaana jaata hai. Yahan par Shivling ki pooja karne se vyakti ko vishail jeevon aur anya vipattiyon se suraksha milti hai.
- Rameshwar Jyotirling (Tamil Nadu) Rameshwar Jyotirling Tamil Nadu ke Rameshwaram dweep par sthit hai. Is mandir ka nirman Bhagwan Ram ne Lanka par vijay prapt karne ke baad kiya tha. Yahan Shivling ko sthapit karne ke peechhe ki katha atyant rochak hai, aur yeh Hindu dharm ke sabse mahatvapurn teerth sthaloon mein se ek hai.
- Ghrishneshwar Jyotirling (Maharashtra) Ghrishneshwar Jyotirling Maharashtra ke Aurangabad zille ke Ellora ke paas sthit hai. Yeh sabse chhota Jyotirling hai aur ise Ghusmeswar bhi kaha jaata hai. Yahan par Bhagwan Shiv ki pooja Ghusma naamak ek bhakt ke dwara ki gayi thi, jinki bhakti se Shiv prasann hokar prakat hue the.