Palitana ke Shatrunjaya parvat (Shatrunjaya Giriraj) Jain dharma ka bahut pavitra tirth hai. Yeh Palitana shehar ke paas Gujarat mein sthit hai aur bahut saari mandiron ki ghatiyon se bana hai.

• Mool dharmik arth: Shatrunjaya ka arth hai “antah ka yayen (kaṣāya) par vijay” yaani man, vachan, karma ki kaṣāayon par vijay paana. Is parvat par Adinath (Rishabhanath) ka mukhya mandir hai, jo is tirth ke mukhya devta ke roop mein maana jata hai. Main temple Svetambar murti-pujak dharmik parikar ke liye ati pavitra mana jata hai. Digambar jain samudaay ke liye bhi yeh sthaan bahut mahtvapurn hai, lekin kuch mandir/uddishyon ki vyavastha alag ho sakti hai. ( bhavnagar.nic.in)

• Sthapit aur mandiron ki sankhya: Shatrunjaya par bahut saare mandir ya derasar hain—hazaron ke aas-paas sthaan, lekin ek pramukh mandir samuh (Adinath ke liye) sabse mahatvapurn hai. Lok-priya suchna ke hisaab se yahan 800–900 ke aas-paas mandir hain. ( bhavnagar.nic.in)

• Yatra ki prakriti: Yahan tak pahunchne ke liye kadam chalna padta hai. Maidaan par pahunch kar 3,500 se 3,800 se adhik paṛhi (steps) liye jaate hain; yatra ko ek pavitra aur nirmal bhavna ke saath kiya jata hai. Raste par dharmik niyam sakht hote hain (ahimsa, nishabdata, leather ki vastu par pabandi, etc.). Desh-videsh se aane wale bhakton ke liye Palitana ki yatra “moksha” ki or ek mahatvapurn yatra mani jati hai. ( bhavnagar.nic.in)

• Sht/sampraday ke antar: Svetambar Murti-pujak mandir yahan adhik pramukh hain, aur Adinath pramukh devta ke roop me darshan kiya jata hai. Digambar Jainon ki sangathan aur mandiron ki vyavastha alag ho sakti hai, par yeh sthal dono dharmo ke bhakton ke liye pavitra hai. Main temple Adinath ke liye hai, jo Svetambar dharma ko adhik mahatva deta hai. ( bhavnagar.nic.in)

• Shringar/kaala-kala: Shatrunjaya ki mandiron ki marbal ki kala aur unka shilpakar layak-e-tarif hain. Best time: thandi mausam (October–March) mein yatra acchi hoti hai; Kartik Purnima jaise teej par bhakt bhid jaate hain. ( bhavnagar.nic.in)

• Naam ya sanketik roop: Palitana ko kai baar “Shatrunjaya tirth” ya “Padliptapur” ki dharaniyon se bhi yaad kiya jata hai; yeh jagah Jain dharm ke liye bahut gahra aakarshan rakhti hai. ( en.wikipedia.org)

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