Shri Somnath
This Jyotirlinga is established in the world-famous temple named Somnath on the bank of the sea in the Kathiawar region of Gujarat province. Earlier this region was known as Prabhas Kshetra. It is here that Lord Krishna had described his Leela by making the arrow of a huntsman named Jara an instrument. The story of the Jyotirlinga here is described in the Puranas as follows-
 
Daksha Prajapati had twenty-seven daughters. All of them were married to Chandra dev. But all the affection and love of the moon was only for Rohini among them. The other daughters of Daksha Prajapati were very unhappy with this act of his. He narrated this story of his grief to his father. Daksha Prajapati explained this to Chandradev in many ways.
 
But it had no effect on his heart under the control of Rohini. Eventually, Daksha got angry and cursed him to become 'decayed'. Due to this curse, Chandradev immediately became devastated. As soon as they were decayed, all their work of cool and cool precipitation on the earth stopped. There was uproar all around. Moon was also very sad and worried.
 
Hearing his prayer, the sages like Indradi Devta and Vasistha went to Brahmaji for their salvation. After listening to all the things, Brahma said- 'Moon, along with other deities, go to the holy Prabhas Kshetra and worship Lord Shiva, Mrityunjay, for the release of his curse. By his grace, their curse will surely be destroyed and they will become disease-free.
 
According to his statement, Chandradev completed all the work of worshiping Lord Mrityunjay. While doing severe penance, he chanted the Mrityunjaya mantra ten crore times. Pleased with this, Mrityunjay-Lord Shiva granted him the boon of immortality. He said- 'Chandradev! you don't grieve Not only will you get rid of your curses from my bridegroom, as well as the words of Prajapati Daksha will also be protected.
 
Every day in the Krishna Paksha your one art will decrease, but again in the Shukla Paksha, each and every art of yours will increase in the same order. In this way you will continue to attain full moon on every full moon.' The people of all the worlds were pleased with this boon given to the moon. Sudhakar Chandradev again started undoing the work of precipitation in the ten directions.
 
Freed from the curse, Chandradev along with other deities prayed to Lord Mrityunjay that you should reside here with Mother Parvati for the salvation of life forever. Lord Shiva accepted this prayer and started living here with Mother Parvati in the form of Jyotirlinga.
 
The glory of this Somnath-Jyotirlinga situated in the holy Prabhas Kshetra has been described in detail in Mahabharata, Shrimad Bhagwat and Skandapuranadi. One of the names of the moon is Soma, he had done penance here considering Lord Shiva as his Nath-swami.
 
Therefore, this Jyotirlinga is called Somnath, by its darshan, worship, worship, all the sins and evil deeds of the devotees are destroyed after birth. They become eligible for the inexhaustible grace of Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati. The path of salvation becomes easily accessible to them. All their worldly and transcendental actions automatically become successful.

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