History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c68.22

v5.c68.22

Chapter XV Kurukṣetra and some other famous tīrthas. History of Kurukṣetra and its other names viz. northern Vedi of Prajāpati and Samantapañcaka; tīrthas of Kurukṣetra such as Sarasvatī, Prthūdaka, seven forests; Mathurā, its history, twelve forests, Vṛndāvana, Govardhana, Gokula or Vraja, Puruṣottama tīrtha or Jagannātha; peculiar features of Jagannātha, viz. car festival, army of attendants, five important tīrthas, obscene sculptures on walls of Jagannātha temple. Narmadā, eulogy of and sub-tīrthas on Narmadā, Godāvarī and 100 tīrthas thereon described in Brahmapurāṇa such as Tryambaka, Janasthāna, Nāsik, Govardhana, Pañcavaṭī, Kāñcī, Pandharpur, its chief temple of Viṭhobā, large staff of priests, temple of devotee Pundalīka, Vārkarīs . 680–722