Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2457

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BINDUSARAS. A holy place famous in the Purāṇas. The following information is obtained from the Purāṇas about this holy place.
(1) Bindusaras lies on the north of the Mount Kailāsa. (Mahābhārata Sabhā Parva, Chapter 3, Stanza 2).
(2) It was at Bindusaras that Bhagīratha did penance to bring Gaṅgā to the earth (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 3, Stanza 10).
(3) Devendra performed hundred sacrifices at this place. (Mahā Bhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 3).
(4) Once Śiva performed a sacrifice at Bindusaras. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 3).
(5) Śrī Kṛṣṇa did penance here for several years to get righteousness. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 3, Stanza 11).
(6) At this place, Maya, the asura gave Arjuna the famous conch known as Devadatta and to Bhīmasena the famous club of Vṛṣaparvā. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 3).