Prabhasa Shakti Peetha

Shree Chandrabhaga Shaktipeeth is situated near Triveni Sangam at Prabhas Patan in Gir Somnath district, Gujarat. The shrine belongs to the wider sacred landscape of Somnath, where the Hiran, Kapila and Saraswati rivers are traditionally believed to meet the Arabian Sea. Pilgrims often visit Chandrabhaga together with Somnath Jyotirlinga, Triveni Sangam, Dehotsarg and other places associated with the final earthly journey of Krishna. The present shrine is modest compared with the nearby Somnath temple, but it preserves an important local Shakta tradition.

The Peetha is known as Prabhasa and the goddess as Chandrabhaga. Source traditions differ over the body part of Sati connected with this place: some identify the abdomen, or udara, while others name the lower lip, or adhara. Bhairava is worshipped as Vakratunda. Because both anatomical traditions occur in Peetha literature, neither should be silently removed or presented as the only accepted version.

Navratri is the main season of goddess worship, and Kartik Purnima brings additional pilgrimage activity across the Prabhas sacred area. The temple’s value is best understood as part of a connected pilgrimage landscape rather than as an isolated monument. Its association with Chandrabhaga, the differing Peetha traditions and the proximity of Triveni Sangam and Somnath give it a distinctive place in Gujarat’s Shaiva and Shakta geography.