Kathmandu Pashupatinath Kshetra (Shleshmantaka Forest) - A famous pilgrimage of Lord Shiva

• Meditation:

► Shiva: I meditate on Lord Pashupatinath abiding in the Shleshmantaka Forest (located on the bank of river Bagmati).
(Kathmandu district, Nepal)

• Greatness:

Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu district, Nepal

• Pashupatinath Kshetra (Shleshmantaka Forest) is a Shiva Sthalam (Pilgrimage of Shiva) having the famous temple of Lord Pashupatinath.

• Pashupatinath Kshetra (Shleshmantaka Forest) is the place where in ancient times Lord Shiva roamed as a deer and Devi Parvati as a doe.

• Pashupatinath Kshetra (Shleshmantaka Forest) is the place where the sacred river Bagmati flows and Bagmati Aarti is held on its bank. (Pashupatinath Mandir Ghat)

• Sacred Geography:

River Bagmati near Pashupatinath Temple — River Bagmati flows

▬ River Bagmati flows (Aarti)

• River Bagmati Ghats:
- Pashupatinath Mandir Ghat (Bagmati Aarti)

• Puranic Events:

1. Presence of Lord Shiva in Pashupatinath Kshetra (Shleshmantaka Forest): (Nepala Mahatmya)

• Pashupatinath Kshetra is the ancient Shleshmantaka Forest where Lord Shiva roamed as a deer and Devi Parvati as a doe (Pashupatinath Kshetra).

• Temples (Summary):

• Shiva:
- Lord Pashupatinath

• Places to See (Puranic Places mapping):

Presence of Lord Shiva in Pashupatinath Kshetra:
• Pashupatinath Kshetra is the ancient Shleshmantaka Forest (on the bank of river Vagmati) where Lord Shiva roamed as a deer and Devi Parvati as a doe. (Nepala Mahatmya)
► Kathamandu - Pashupatinath Temple (Kathmandu district, Nepal) Pashupatinath Kshetra is the ancient Shleshmantaka Forest where Lord Shiva roamed as a deer and Devi Parvati as a doe.

• Puranic References:

• Nepala Mahatmya (About Lord Shiva in Shleshmantaka Forest)

• Location:

• Pashupatinath is located in the Kathmandu district of Nepal.

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