Parshvanath Bhagwan ki kahani Jain dharm me 23rd Tirthankara ke roop me hoti hai. Unki itihasik jankariyan mukhya dharmik granthon me milti hain aur Digambar–Śvetambar dono paramparao me thodi alag vyakhya hoti hai. Yah bhagwan virajmaan, ahimsa aur tapas ki prerna ke liye jane jate hain. Parshvanath ki murtiyon par sarp (dharnendra) ki topi chhavi aur Padmavati ki upasana aam rup se jaani jaati hai.

• Aam taur par Parshvanath ka itihas: Rishabhdev ke baad 23rd Tirthankar ke roop me unka uday, sangh-sangat aur pravachano ki parampara me likha milta hai. Unki jeevani aur updesh kai Jain suthro me milte hain, aur unki moksha sthiti Shikharji (Sammed Shikhar) par manai jati hai. Digambar aur Śvetambar paramparaon me kai vividhataen hoti hain, jaise ki unke jeevan ki kathanushtaen ya kuch tattvo ki vyakhya. (Saaransh: Parshvanath ki prachin sthiti aur unke shikhar par moksha ki dharani dono paramparao me gehri maanit hai.)

• Sidhpur ki Sultan Parshwanath ki kahani (ek prasIdha katha): Sidhpur, Gujarat me Parshwanath ki murti se judi ek mashhoor kahani rakhte hain. Yahan ki murti ko “Sultan Parshwanath” ke roop me yaad kiya jata hai. Kaha jata hai ki Alauddin Khilji ke dauran is mandir par hamla hua, par bhakton ki bhakti aur bhajan se murti bach gayi; yahan 99 telon ke diye jal uthe aur dharanendra (sarap devta) ki upasthiti dekhi gayi. Is karan is murti ko Sultan Parshwanath kaha gaya. Ye kahani aur mandir ki parampara aaj bhi jain bhakton ke liye prerna ka kendr hai. ( jainknowledge.com)

• Parshvanath ki murtiyon ki pramukh sthal-jankariyan (saraltapoorvak): Parshvanath murtiyon ki chhavi me sarp ki chhatri ya sir par sarp-urdh chhatri ki chhavi hoti hai (dharnendra devta ke roop me), jo unki murtiyon ki pehchan hai. Murtiyon ki sthapna aur unki seva, dono Digambar–Śvetambar me milta julta prakriya hai, par kuch sthalon par alag-alag paramparayein mahatva rakhti hain.

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• Sultan Parshwanath ki kahani aur Sidhpur mandir ki jankari: You can read more here

Yadi aap “jeera wala Parshwanath” shabd se kisi vishesh sthaan ya murti ki taraf sanket kar rahe hain, to uski thodi aur spasht jankari dene par main usi par adharit vistrit jaankari dene ki koshish karunga.