बसतस्या महादेवः पातालभुवनेश्वरः l
ब्रह्माविष्णु महेशानां कृत्वैकत्वं नरेश्वरः ll
क्षयस्त्तिशेवगणाः सेवितु भुवनेश्वरम् ll
निवसन्ति हि पाताले महेन्द्रप्रमुखां इह l
Situated at the height of 1350 meters, Patal Bhuvaneshwar, a small village of district Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand is a place that has been bejeweled with Nature’s bountiful creations. There is a reference to Patal in Manskhand of Skandapurana. At this shrine, the natural rocks have taken the shape of the characters of the great Hindu pantheon, as if the gods had left their remnants behind after reposing in the cave. The hood of Sheshnag, the torso of Lord Ganesha with Sastradal Kamal hanging over it, Goddess Bhuvaneshwari standing guard with her weaponry, the cursed Hans (the swan of Lord Brahma) with his head turned, the heavenly tree, the Kalpavriksha, the udders of Kamadhenu, Jatas of Lord Shiva, the Saptahrishimandal, the thousand legs of Airavat, the elephant of Lord Indra are some of the features visible here.
According to mythology the temple was discovered by King Rituparna of Ayodhya. Once King Nala was defeated by his queen Damayanti. He asked Rituparna to hide him in the forests of the Himalayas with his face besmirched so that Damayanti could not recognize him. Both of them, with some warriors reached the deep of part of the woods, the Daruka Vana. On seeing a deer, the king ordered his men to catch it and announced chastisement for the man who allows it to escape. The stag escaped from the King's side.
The king followed the deer and reached a cave. He halted there overnight and sent back his companion, determined not to return without catching the deer. The animal appeared in the king's dream and asked him to give up the chase because he was not a deer.
The king worshiped Kshetrapal for two months. Kshetrapal appeared before him and informed that there lay the idols of all the Gods in the caves. He introduced Rituparna to Adisesha (Seshnag), creator of the cave.
Seshnag lifted Rituparna on his head and toured the cave all around for six months and sent him back with the warning that revelation of this secret place would result in his death. But unable to suppress the truth from his nagging wife (queen) he revealed the secret and lost his life. After sometime, with great difficulty, the queen reached this place. She went inside the cave with the help of a rope and later built the stairs. The queen could see only the idols and did not have Divyadarshan. On her return, the queen, described the region that had remained unknown for thousands of years, and later the Kings of Chand and Katyuri dynasties found this place on the basis of the purana. Emerging as a place of interest on the international tourism map, Patal Bhuvaneshwar is a wonder of the Nature.
Situated at the height of 1350 meters, Patal Bhuvaneshwar, a small village of district Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand is a place that has been bejeweled with Nature’s bountiful creations. There is a reference to Patal in Manskhand of Skandapurana. At this shrine, the natural rocks have taken the shape of the characters of the great Hindu pantheon, as if the gods had left their remnants behind after reposing in the cave. The hood of Sheshnag, the torso of Lord Ganesha with Sastradal Kamal hanging over it, Goddess Bhuvaneshwari standing guard with her weaponry, the cursed Hans (the swan of Lord Brahma) with his head turned, the heavenly tree, the Kalpavriksha, the udders of Kamadhenu, Jatas of Lord Shiva, the Saptahrishimandal, the thousand legs of Airavat, the elephant of Lord Indra are some of the features visible here.
According to mythology the temple was discovered by King Rituparna of Ayodhya. Once King Nala was defeated by his queen Damayanti. He asked Rituparna to hide him in the forests of the Himalayas with his face besmirched so that Damayanti could not recognize him. Both of them, with some warriors reached the deep of part of the woods, the Daruka Vana. On seeing a deer, the king ordered his men to catch it and announced chastisement for the man who allows it to escape. The stag escaped from the King's side.
The king followed the deer and reached a cave. He halted there overnight and sent back his companion, determined not to return without catching the deer. The animal appeared in the king's dream and asked him to give up the chase because he was not a deer.
The king worshiped Kshetrapal for two months. Kshetrapal appeared before him and informed that there lay the idols of all the Gods in the caves. He introduced Rituparna to Adisesha (Seshnag), creator of the cave.
Seshnag lifted Rituparna on his head and toured the cave all around for six months and sent him back with the warning that revelation of this secret place would result in his death. But unable to suppress the truth from his nagging wife (queen) he revealed the secret and lost his life. After sometime, with great difficulty, the queen reached this place. She went inside the cave with the help of a rope and later built the stairs. The queen could see only the idols and did not have Divyadarshan. On her return, the queen, described the region that had remained unknown for thousands of years, and later the Kings of Chand and Katyuri dynasties found this place on the basis of the purana. Emerging as a place of interest on the international tourism map, Patal Bhuvaneshwar is a wonder of the Nature.
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