Gujarat
Śāṅkara Jyoti Prakāśa · शाङ्कर ज्योति प्रकाश
Galteśvara Mahādeva - Sarnal
A documented stop on Adi Shankaracharya's route across India.
- At Sarnal, the kṣetra of Galteśvara Mahādeva is held in reverence through enduring local recitation and memory. Tradition affirms that the Shiva Liṅga was worshipped by Galvi Maharṣi, sanctifying the space through tapas and sustained devotion.
- The same paramparā further recalls that Adi Shankaracharya worshipped this Shiva Liṅga during his yātra, continuing the current of Śaiva upāsanā at this sacred site.
- The kṣetra thus stands as a meeting point of ṛṣi-tapas and ācārya-anugraha, preserved through living remembrance.