History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.231

v5.c74.t2.231

Chap. 108 presents numerous divergences in the Mss In the Ānandāśrama edition its contents briefly are: The śilā was placed on the head of Gayāsura and therefore there was union of two very holy objects, on which Brahmā performed Aśvamedha and when the gods came to receive their share of the sacrificial offerings the śilā said to Viṣṇu and others 'promise that you would remain on the śilā and would bring about the release of pitṛs'. The gods agreed and they stayed on the śilā in the form of images and foot-prints. As the silā was placed on the back of the head of the asura the hill was called Muṇḍapṛṣṭha (lit. the back of the head) which gave Brahma-loka to pitṛs. Then the chapter speaks of a hill called Prabhāsa, of Rāmatīrtha near the place where the great river (Phalgu) and Prabhāsa hill meet, the hermitage of Bharata, of Mataṅgapada, of the *bali* to be offered to Yamarāja and Dharmarāja and to the dogs of Yama, viz. Śyāma and Śabala, of the Udyantaka hill near the left of Śilā, of Agastya-kuṇḍa, and numerous other holy places such as Gṛdhrakūṭa hill, the hermitage of Cyavana, the river Punaḥpunā, Krauñca-pada, Janārdana on Bhasmakūṭa.