Shakta pithas

Shakta pithas, wanda kuma ake kira Shakti pithas ko Sati pithas ( Sanskrit  , Śakta Pīṭha, kujerun Devi Sati  ), wurare ne masu muhimmanci da wuraren ibada a Shaktism, wato ƙungiyar uwa ga allahiya a addinin Hindu . An keɓe wuraren ibada ga nau'ikan Adi Shakti daban-daban.  Puranas daban-daban kamar Srimad Devi Bhagavatam sun bayyana wanzuwar adadi daban-daban na 51, 52, 64 da 108 Shakta pithas   wanda 18 daga cikinsu an sanya musu suna Astadasha Maha (babban) kuma 4 an sanya musu suna Chatasrah Aadi (na farko) a cikin rubutun Hindu na zamanin da. (Devanagari: चतस्रः आदि) 
Tatsuniyoyi da dama sun yi bayani game da yadda Shakta pithas ta samo asali. Mafi shaharar ta dogara ne akan labarin mutuwar Sati, wani allah a cewar Hindu. Shiva ta ɗauki gawar Sati, tana tuna lokutan da suka yi tare a matsayin ma'aurata, kuma ta yi yawo a sararin samaniya da shi. Vishnu ta yanke gawarta zuwa sassa 51, ta amfani da Sudarshana Chakra ɗinta, wanda ya faɗi a duniya don ya zama wurare masu tsarki inda duk mutane za su iya girmama allahiya. Don kammala wannan aikin, Shiva ta ɗauki siffar Bhairava .

Yawancin waɗannan wuraren tarihi na bautar allahiya suna cikin Indiya, amma akwai wasu a Nepal, bakwai a Bangladesh, biyu a Pakistan, kuma ɗaya a Tibet, Sri Lanka  da Bhutan.  Akwai tatsuniyoyi da yawa a cikin tsoffin tushe na zamani waɗanda ke rubuta wannan shaidar. Ra'ayi na yarjejeniya game da adadin da kuma wurin da ainihin wuraren da gawar allahiya Sati ta fadi ba ta da kyau, kodayake wasu shafuka sun fi daraja fiye da wasu.

Mafi yawan Shakta pithas suna cikin yankin Bengal. A lokacin rabuwa lambobin sun kasance West Bengal (19,) da Bangladesh (7). Bayan canja wurin sirri na Dhakeshwari Shakta pitha daga Dhaka zuwa Kolkata lambobin suna tsaye a matsayin West Bengal (20,) da Bangladesh (6).

 Addinin Hindu 
Brahmanda Purana, daya daga cikin manyan Puranas goma sha takwas ya ambaci 64 Shakta pithas na allahiya Parvati a cikin Bharat ko Babbar Indiya ciki har da Indiya ta yanzu, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, wasu sassan Kudancin Tibet a China da sassa na kudancin Pakistan. Wani rubutu wanda ke ba da jerin waɗannan wuraren ibada shine Shaktha pitha stotram, wanda Adi Shankara, masanin falsafar Hindu na ƙarni na 9 ya rubuta.

A cewar rubutun Mahapithapurana (c. 1690-1720 AZ), akwai irin waɗannan wurare 52. Daga cikinsu, 23 suna cikin yankin Bengal, 14 daga cikin waɗannan suna cikin abin da ke yanzu West Bengal, Indiya, 1 a Baster (Chhattisgarh), yayin da 7 ke cikin abin da yake yanzu Bangladesh.

A cewar labari, Ubangiji Brahma ya taɓa gudanar da babban Yajna (hadaya ta al'ada), inda aka gayyaci dukkan prajapatis, alloli, da sarakuna na duniya. An kuma kira Shiva da Sati don shiga cikin yajna. Dukansu sun zo don yajna, kuma sun zauna a wurin bikin. Daksha ya zo na ƙarshe. Lokacin da ya isa, kowa da kowa a cikin yajna, ban da Brahma da Shiva, sun tashi tsaye, suna nuna girmamawa a gare shi. Brahma, kasancewar mahaifin Daksha, bai tashi ba. Shiva, kasancewar surukin Daksha ne, kuma saboda ya fi Daksha girma, ya kasance zaune. Daksha bai fahimci aikin Shiva ba, kuma ya dauki wannan aikin a matsayin zagi. Daksha ya yi rantsuwa da ɗaukar fansa a kan zagi a wannan hanyar.
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