The glory of Shree Shankheshwar Parshwanath Jain Tirth is unparalled.The Shankheshwar Jain Temple is located in the center of Shankheshwar town of Patan district, Gujarat, India. Jainism Facts present you a story of Shree Shankheshwar Parshwanath Jain Tirth.
The temple is dedicated to Parshwanath and is an important place of pilgrimage for the followers of Jainism.If you want to know The Complete Facts of Shree Shankheshwar Parshwanth then see the complete post .This post is part(1) of Shankheshwar Parshwanath Stories.
Shri Shankheshwar Parshvanath Jain Tirth - Part 1 Jainism Facts.
Intoduction:
If you want to see the construction, go to Ranakpur.
If you want to see the height, go to Taranga.
If you want to see glory, go to Shatrunjaya.
If you want to see the effect(Prabhav), go to Shankheshwar.
Shatrunjaya, Girnar, Shikharji, Ashtapada, Abu, Kshatriyakunda, Rajgruhi all these pilgrimages are on the mountain while Shankheshwar is below.
Shankheshwar Parshvanath Prabhu's Prashant Mudra is saying that if the plant of perishable love, in front of the indestructible star soul, see its misery which has been going on from eternity to eternity. Don't let this great opportunity for the worship of the path to manifest its infinite prosperity go to waste, make it successful,The journey of Shri Shankheshwar Mahatirtha should be for the purpose of this settlement.Let's take a trip to the wonderful and unforgettable price of Shankheshwar Mahatirtha.
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Shankheswar Parshvanath :
Today this shrine is an awakened shrine. This pilgrimage is frequented by thousands of pilgrims and they serve and worship Shri Shankheshwar Parshvanath Prabhu with fervent devotion. This Mahatirtha has come into existence since the time of Tirthankar Shri Neminath Prabhu.
Shri Shankheshwar Parshvanath Bhagwan's Tirtha is Mahatirtha,as it is
1.The idol of Bhagwan is innumerable years old i.e. 18 Kotakoti Sagaropam before, as well as
2.The Ashadhi Shravak who fills it, knowing it from God himself, is filled with the bouncing devotion and respect towards that unique beneficent Lord.
3.Moreover, this idol of Shankheshwar Parshvanath Prabhu has been taken and worshiped in Vaimanik Devlok, Chandraviman, Suryaviman and Bhavanapati Devlok etc.
4.Krishna Vasudeva's army of Jadavas became like a faint mortal with a little knowledge of Jarasangha, a little knowledge became powerless from the bathing water of this idol sprinkled on it.
5.Moreover, the various sufferings of many devotees are removed from the remembrance and worship of Lord Shankheshwar Bhagavan and it happens even today, so this shrine of Lord Shankheshwar is called Mahatirtha.
Shankheshwar Parshvanath Prabhu (Stuti)for the welfare of all.
History of Shankheshwar Dada's Antiquity Pedhi:
In Vikram Samvat 1766, it has been renovated with the inspiration of Vijay Sensuriji, a disciple of Jagadguru Hirsuriji. Vardhamansuriji, who passed away 700 years ago, became the presiding deity of Shankheshwar Tirtha by spending time in the meditation of Shankheshwar Dada while continuously worshiping 500 Ambils.
Then Shankheshwar village falls into the hands of Nawab of Radhanpur. To the Nawab all religions were equal but Begum was religious. Day by day the number of pilgrims visiting Shankheshwar started increasing and Chaitri Poonam even started filling the fairs.
Greed arose in the mind of the Nawab. If I put Mundakvero (i.e. tax on everyone) on the pilgrimage on the day of Purnima in Shankheshwar, the revenue of my state will increase. The Nawab also declared the Mundakvera order without thinking, without consulting any guild. News of this reached the Tirtha administration and the Jain Sanghs. The Nawab took a direct decision without consulting us. That's not right. At that time the leader of the Jain Sangh was Jivandas Godidas Seth. He conveyed the message to the Jain Sanghs all around and from village to village that no one is going to travel to Poonam ....
When the Nawab also came to know about this, he thought that if one does not go to Radhanpur, what difference does it make that pilgrims from village to village come here. So my bag will be full. While sitting down to eat, Begum also said that this black law is not fair. Laws against religion should never be made. But the Nawab did not believe.
Nawab arranged his troops for Mundakvero around Parshvanath's Jinalaya. On the morning of Poonam, everyone went to work early ... On the day of Chaitri Poonam, Shankheshwar was so crowded that there was no place to walk, but this time it was a surprise that a man did not come. The priests also fell into thought. The Nawab also became astonished. What is this? Mahajan's order seems to be more fulfilling than mine.
The next day when the Nawab called the Radhanpur Maharaj, Jivandas Sethe said that Mahajan has a great Maharaja. Shouldn't such a black law be made for his darshan?
At the insistence of the Mahajan, the Nawab withdrew his order. Chronological administration went from Radhanpur to Ahmedabad in the hands of Arvindbhai.
It was Jeevandas Seth who abolished Mundakvera so that Shankheshwar's generation was named Seth Sreejivandas Godidas and immortalized the protagonist of Mahajan forever. This was the history of Dada's antiquity generation.
Special Note:In the next post, we will introduce the area where the idol of Shri Parshvanath Prabhu is worshiped.If you like this post then please share amoung your friend.Please comment if any improvement needed.For new post stay tunned with Jainism Facts and please support my blog by becoming my follower.
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