Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.124

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Badarikāśrama.—The Mahābhārata (90. 27-34) refers to it. It also mentions Badarikātīrtha (85. 13; cf. Padma Purāṇa, Ch. 21; Tīrthamāhātmya). The Yoginītantra (2. 6. 167ff.) mentions this hermitage. According to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī Arjuna and Krishna visited it (p. 94). According to the Skanda Purāṇa (Ch. I, 53-59) a sinner becomes free from sins by visiting this holy place. Here a great pūjā (worship) is held, but no worship is held for six months every year when it is covered with snow (Padma Purāṇa, Uttarakhanda, 2. 1. 7).