Shri Sammed Shikharji Teerth Kshetra
has the top rank among all the Digambar Jain Teerth Kshetras, being the
salvation place of 20 Teerthankaras and large number of saints. So this is
called Teerthraj (King of Teerths)
History:
Sammet Shikhar and Shatrunjay are the most prominent
among all the Jainpilgrimages of India. Shatrunjay pilgrimage is on a hill-top
in western India and Sammet Shikhar is in eastern India. When just one
auspicious event of one Tirthankar, can convert a place into a pilgrimage, it
will be quite impossible for human intelligence to assess the holiness and power
of that pilgrimage where as many as twenty Tirthankars have litup the
inextinguishable light of 'nirvana'. Although the first light of 'nirvana' was
lit-up in Ashtapad (in the Himalayas), today that pilgrimage is invisible to us.
Under such a circumstance, Sammet Shikhar is that pilgrimage which we can hail
as the 'Shikhar' (Summit) of the first light of 'nirvana'. The truth is that
Sammet Shikhar is the topmost light of 'nirvana'.
Of the twenty-four Tirthankars of Jainism , twenty Tirthankars namely, Ajitnath,
Sambhavnath, Abhinandan - prabhu, Sumatinath, Padmprabhu, Suparshwanath,
Chandraprabhu , Suvidhinath, Sheetalnath, Shreyansnath, Vimalnath , Anantnath,
Dharmnath , Shantinath, Kunthunath, Arnath, Mallinath, Munisuvrat Swami ,
Neminath and Parshwanath spent the evening of their lives on this great mountain
and attained the supreme status of 'moksha'. Every Tirthankar made efforts to
enliven the density of power of this place, and consequently for millenniums
this place has been vibrant , awakened and anointed with their halo. Really,
Sammet Shikhar is an astonishing , unique and awakened holy
pilgrimage. Even today the atmosphere of Sammet Shikhar contains a sort of
holiness. This mountain's own special feature is that it always remains redolent
with the fragrant trees of a large Sandal forest situated over it. Several rare
herbal medicines are found on this mountain. The melodious sound of the cool
water-falls flowing on this mountain gladdens our heart.
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