Tryambaka

Tryambaka

Tryambaka is a name used for more than one devatā and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Tryambaka (Rudra): one of the Eleven Rudras, whom Surabhi, by the grace of Mahādeva, bore to Kaśyapa; he is counted among the thirty-three devas. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 125; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3

Places

• Tryambakeśvara: the Jyotirliṅga of Bhagavān Śiva near Brahmagiri, at the source of the Godāvarī, where Bhagavān Śiva appeared as Tryambaka, the three-eyed one, in answer to the tapas of Gautama Maharshi. Nārada Purāṇa, Uttarardha, Chapter 73; Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapters 5–9

Named in passing

• Tryambaka, a name of Bhagavān Śiva: “the three-eyed one”, one of the many names of Bhagavān Śiva, told on Śiva. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 213