The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.180

c5.s2.180

Bindu-sara—1. A sacred pool situated on the Rudra-Himâlaya, two miles south of Gangotri, where Bhagîratha is said to have performed asceticism for bringing down the goddess Gangâ from heaven (Râmâyaṇa, I, 43, and Matsya P., ch. 121). In the Brahmâṇḍa-Purâṇa (ch. 51), this tank is said to be situated at the foot of the Gauḍa Parvata on the north of the Kailâsa range, which is called Mainâka-Parvata in the Mahâbhârata (Sabhâ, ch. 3). 2. In Sitpur (Siddhapura in Gujarat) north-west of Ahmadabad : it was the hermitage of Kardama Ṛishi and birth-place of Kapila (Bhâgavata P., Skandha III). See Siddhapura. 3. A sacred tank called Bindusâgara and also Gosâgara at Bhuvaneśvara in Orissa (Padma P.). Mahâdeva caused the water of this tank to rise from Pâtâla by means of his Triśûla (trident) in order to quench the thirst of Bhagavâti when she was fatigued with her fight with the two demons of Bhuvaneśvara, named Kîrtti and Bâsa (Bhuvaneśvara-Mâhâtmya).