Shrishaila Kshetra (Shrishailam) - Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga and Shrishaila Shakti Peetha

► Shrishailam (457 m) (Jyotirlinga) (Paadal Petra Sthalam) (Shakti Peetha) (Ashta Dasha Shakti Peetha)
(Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh)

☗ End part of Seshachalam (of Eastern Ghats)
☗ Shrishaila Hill
▬ River Krishna flows
(Andhra Pradesh Ghats)

(Shiva Purana)
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

• Shiva: Lord Shiva and Devi Parvati came to meet their son Kumara at Shrishailam and abided there as Jyoti (Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga).
- Shrishailam Mallikarjuna Temple

• Devi: Devi abides in Shrishailam as Shrishaila Shakti Peetha (identified with Devi Bhramaramba).
- Shrishailam Mallikarjuna Temple


सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम् ।
उज्जयिन्यां महाकालं_ॐकारममलेश्वरम् ॥
- Dwadasa Jyotirlinga Stotra - verse 1 (Shrishaila has the Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga)

श्रीशैले च मम ग्रीवा महालक्ष्मीस्तु देवता ।
भैरवः सम्बरानन्दो देशो देशो व्यवस्थितः ॥
- Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 33 (Shrishailam has the Shrishaila Shakti Peetha where the Griva of Devi had fallen)


(Shiva Purana)
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

▬ Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga - Shiva-Parvati coming to meet their son Kumara and abiding as Jyoti
(Shiva Purana - Koti Rudra Samhita - 15)
▬ Shrishaila Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Shrishaila Shakti Peetha where the Griva (Neck) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Mahalakshmi and the Bhairava is called Sambarananda.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 33)

► Shrishailam - Mallikarjuna Temple
(Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh)

Shrishailam Mallikarjuna Temple is identified with the Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga mentioned in the Shiva Purana.

► Shrishailam - Bhramaramba Temple
(Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh)

Shrishailam Bhramaramba Temple is identified with the Shrishaila Shakti Peetha mentioned in the Peetha Nirnaya Tantra. Shrishailam Bhramaramba Temple is part of the Mallikarjuna Temple complex.