Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga

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The Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga located in Andhra Pradesh is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the place of which according to Shivpuran is Sri Shaila Parvat, which is on the banks of the river Krishna in the Krishna Nagar district of Madras [also known as the Kailash of the South]. The Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga located in Varanasi symbolizes this. Is.According to Kashikhand, Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga located in Varanasi is situated on a mound in Tripurantakeshwar Dhasigara area. According to the story mentioned in the story of this Jyotirlinga in Shivpuran, when Kumar Kartikeya came to Mount Kailash after circumambulating the whole earth and went to Mount Kaunch after hearing about the marriage of Ganesha. Shiva-Parvati assumed the form of Jyotirlinga and settled there, eager to have a son, they both definitely come there to see the son on the day of new moon and full moon. The same iconic Jyotirlinga is called Mallikarjuna. The meaning of Mallika is Parvati and the word Arjuna is the reader of Shiva.