Verified with Documented VariantsEditorial Framework #28 of 51
Jansthan (Nashik / Panchavati)
जनस्थान (नासिक / पंचवटी) · Bhadrakali Mandir (Nashik) / Saptashrungi (Vani) (Maharashtra, India)
Editorial & Scholarly Protocol: AnantaMarg uses a 51-site Pithanirnaya-based framework for this catalogue. Other Shakta traditions preserve different enumerations and identifications.
Spiritual Significance
Enshrining the chin (Chibuka) of Sati in historic Jansthan along the Godavari river, intimately woven into the Ramayana narrative of the Dandaka forest.
Sacred Triad & Field-Level Provenance
Pithanirnaya RecensionShakti (Devi)Primary
Bhramari
भ्रामरी
Basis: Pithanirnaya, v. 28
Sources: pithanirnaya
BhairavaPrimary
Vikritaksha
विकृताक्ष
Basis: Pithanirnaya, v. 28
Sources: pithanirnaya
Relic / Body PartPrimary
Chin (Chibuka)
ठोड़ी (चिबुक)
Basis: Pithanirnaya, v. 28
Sources: pithanirnaya
Modern Location & Geographic Coordinates
19.9975° N, 73.7898° EIdentified Site
Bhadrakali Mandir (Nashik) / Saptashrungi (Vani)
Panchavati / Godavari river bank, Nashik
State/Province & Country
Nashik, Maharashtra (India)
Access Guidance: Located 8 km from Nashik Road railway station.
Geographic Uncertainty: Jansthan is the ancient Ramayana province of Dandakaranya at Nashik. The chin relic is honored at Bhadrakali Temple in Old Nashik, while regional Maharashtrian Shakta tradition also honors Saptashrungi Devi at Vani (60 km north) as the sovereign regional peetha.
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Alternate Identifications & Scholarly Discussion
Competing / Alternate Sites:
Shree Saptashrungi Nivasini Devi Mandir (श्री सप्तशृंगी निवासिनी देवी)Vani, Kalwan taluka, Maharashtra (India)
Traditional Basis: Eighteen-armed goddess carved on a sheer cliff of seven peaks; one of the three-and-a-half Shakti Peethas of Maharashtra.
Documentary Sources & Provenance Hierarchy
Tier 1 — Scriptural Texts (प्रामाणिक धार्मिक ग्रंथ)
- Pithanirnaya (Mahapithanirupana) (Verse 28) [D.C. Sircar (1948)]
- Valmiki Ramayana (Aranya Kanda (Jansthan accounts))
Tier 2 & 3 — Institutional, Archaeological & Scholarly Sources
- Shree Bhadrakali Mandir Trust Nashik (official temple)
- Shree Saptashrung Nivasini Devi Trust Vani (official temple)