History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s93.3
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s93.3
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v1.c6.s93.3
In the Tīrthaprakāśa he deals with the nature of *tīrthas*, the utility thereof for men, the persons entitled to undertake pilgrimage, the proper times for pilgrimage, the ceremonial acts to be performed at *tīrthas* such as shaving, fasts, bathing, gifts, the description of the several *varṣas* and *dvīpas* and of sacred rivers like the Ganges, Narmadā, sacred places like Gayā, Prabhāsa, Badrī, Puṣkara and Purī.