Tirthakanda 17.p87

17.p87

nago gayaśiro yatra puṇyā caiva mahānadī | ṛṣijuṣṭaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ tīrthaṃ brahmasaro'tulam || agastyo bhagavān yatra yato vaivasvataṃ prati | uvāsa ca svayaṃ tatra dharmarājaḥ savāhanaḥ || sarvāsāṃ saritāṃ yatra samudredo viśāṃ pate | yatra sannihito nityaṃ mahādevaḥ pinākadhṛk | tatra te pāṇḍavā vīrāścāturmāsyaistadejire | ṛṣiyajñena mahatā yatrā'kṣayyavaṭo mahān || tathā— balabhadratīrthayātrāyām— gayasya yajamānasya gayasyeva mahākratuḥ | āhratā susaricchreṣṭhā yatra yajñe sarasvatī || viśālāṃ tu gayeṣvāhurṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ | 'gayasyeveti' yajñasya tenaivopamānamatipraśaṃsārtham || tathā— āṅgirasatīrthayātrāyām— muṇḍapṛṣṭhaṃ gayāṃ caiva nairṛtaṃ devaparvatam | tṛtīyāṃ kauśvapādīṃ ca brahmahatyā vimucyate || vāmanapurāṇe— prahlādatīrthayātrāyām— gayāyāṃ gopatiṃ draṣṭuṃ sa jagāma mahāsuraḥ | ¹sarasi brahmaṇaḥ snātvā kṛtvā cā'sya pradakṣiṇam