History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.236

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¹⁴⁹³ The principal rivers, hills, padas are enumerated here in one place. Unless otherwise expressly mentioned the chapters and verses in this note refer to the वायुपुराण The holy rivers are; फल्गु often called महानदी (अग्नि. 115, 25), घृतकुल्या, मधुकुल्या (these two, वायु 109. 17), मधुस्रवा (106. 75), अग्निधारा (from उद्यन्त hill, 108. 59), कपिला (108. 58), वैतरणी (105. 44 and 109. 17), देविका (112. 30), आकाशगङ्गा (अग्नि. 116 5). Some of these are mere streams. The sacred hills and peaks are; गयाशिरः (109.36, अग्नि. 115 26 and 44), मुण्डपृष्ठ (108. 12, 109. 14), प्रभास (108. 13 and 16, 109. 14), उद्यन्त (वनपर्व 84.93, वायु 108. 59, 109. 15), भस्म कूट (109. 15), अरविन्दक (109. 15), नागकूट (111 22, अग्नि 115. 25), गृध्रकूट (109. 15), प्रेतकूट (109. 15). (*Continued from the last page*) आदिपाल (109 15), क्रौञ्चपाद (109 16), रामशिला, प्रेतशिला (110 15, 108 67), नग (108 28), ब्रह्मयोनि (नारदीय II 47 54) The principal bathing places are. फल्गुतीर्थ (111. 13. अग्नि 115 25-26 and 44), रामतीर्थ (108 16-18), शिलातीर्थ (108 2), गदालोल (111 75-76, अग्नि 115. 69), वैतरणी (105 44), ब्रह्मसरः (वनपर्व 84 85, वायु 111. 30), ब्रह्मकुण्ड, (110 8), उत्तरमानस (111 2 and 22), दक्षिणमानस (111 6 and 8), रुक्मिणीकुण्ड, प्रेतकुण्ड, नि क्षारा (निःक्षीरा) पुष्करिणी (108.84), मतङ्गवापी (111. 24). The sacred sites are पञ्चलोक, सप्तलोक, वैकुण्ठ, लोहदण्डक (all four, in 109 16), गोप्रचार (111. 35-37 where there were mango trees established by ब्रह्मा), धर्मारण्य (111. 23 ), ब्रह्मयूप (अग्नि 115. 39 and वनपर्व 84. 86). The sacred trees are, अक्षयवट (वनपर्व 84. 83, 95. 14, वायु 105 45, 111 79-81, अग्नि 115. 70-73), आम्र near गोप्रचार (111 35-37), गृध्रकूटवट (108. 63), महाबोधितरु (111 26-27, अग्नि 115 37). The verse about the mango tree is famous 'एको मुनि. कुम्भकुशाग्रहस्त आम्रस्य मूले सलिलं ददानः। आम्रश्च सिक्त. पितरश्च तृप्ता एका क्रिया द्वयर्थकरी प्रसिद्धा॥' वायु. 111 37, अग्नि. 115 40, नारदीय (उत्तर) 46. 7, पद्म, सृष्टिखण्ड 11 77 There are several other तीर्थs, such as फल्ग्वीश, फल्गुचण्डी, अङ्गारकेश्वर (all in अग्नि 116. 29) which are not mentioned here. The पद (stone slabs with foot prints thereon) are. वायु. 111. 46-58 mention 16 by name and refer to others generally अग्नि. 115. 48-53 mentions at least 13. The पदs mentioned by वायु. are विष्णु, रुद्र, ब्रह्म, कश्यप, दक्षिणाग्नि, गार्हपत्य, आहवनीय, सभ्य, आवसथ्य, शक्र, अगस्त्य, क्रौञ्च, मातङ्ग, सूर्य, कार्तिकेय and गणेश. वायु. 111. 56 states that four out of these are most eminent viz. of कश्यप, विष्णु, रुद्र and ब्रह्मा नारदीय (उत्तर) 46. 27 states that विष्णुपद and रुद्रपद are superior, but ब्रह्मपद is superior to all.