Jajpur Biraja - Viraja Kshetra or Utkala Shakti Peetha and Nabhi Gaya

► Jajpur Biraja (Shakti Peetha) (Ashta Dasha Shakti Peetha)
(Jajpur district, Odisha)

▬ River Brahmani flows
(Odisha Coastal Plain)

(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

• Devi: Devi abides in Jajpur as Viraja Kshetra or Utkala Shakti Peetha (identified with Jajpur Biraja). Jajpur Biraja is also an Ashta Dasha Shakti Peetha.
- Jajpur Biraja Temple

• Vishnu: According to puranic tradition, the body of Gayasura on which Lord Vishnu stood extended from Siro Gaya in Bihar (Head) to Nabhi Gaya in Jajpur (Navel) to Pada Gaya in Pithapuram (Feet). Also, Jajpur is associated with Varaha Avatara of Lord Vishnu who retrieved the stolen Vedas during an Yagna of Lord Brahma. There is a temple of Varahanatha (Yajna Varaha) in Jajpur.
- Jajpur Biraja Temple - Nabhi Gaya
- Jajpur Varahanatha (Yajna Varaha) Temple

उत्कले नाभिदेशञ्च विरजाक्षेत्रमुच्यते ।
विमला सा महादेवी जगन्नाथस्तु भैरवः ॥
- Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 13 (Jajpur has the Viraja Kshetra Shakti Peetha where the Nabhi of Devi had fallen)


(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

▬ Viraja Kshetra Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Viraja Kshetra Shakti Peetha where the Nabhi (Navel) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Vimala and the Bhairava is called Jagannatha.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 13)