The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s1.41

c5.s1.41

Amareśvara.—On the opposite side of Oṃkārnāth, on the southern bank of the river Nerbuda (Śiva Purāṇa, Pt. 1, ch. 38; Skanda Purāṇa-Revākhaṇḍa), thirty-two miles north-west of Khandwa and eleven miles east of Martoka Railway station (Caine's Picturesque India, p. 397). In the Bṛhat-Śiva P. (Pt. II, chs. 3 and 4) Amareśvara is placed in Oṃkāra or Oṃkāra-kṣetra. The twelve great Liṅgas of Mahādeva are:—Somanātha in Saurāṣṭra, Mallikārjuna in Śrīśaila, Mahā-kāla in Ujjayinī, Oṃkāra in Amareśvara, Kedāra in the Himalayas, Bhīmaśaṅkara in Ḍākinī, Viśveśvara in Benares, Tryambaka in Gomatī (near Nasik), Vaidyanātha in Chitābhūmi, Nāgeśa in Dvārakā, Rāmeśvara in Setubandha, and Ghuśṛṇeśa in Śivālaya (Śiva Purāṇa, Pt. 1, ch. 38).