Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.735

c5.735

DHARMASVA. A Brahmin. Once this Brahmin was coming home with water from the Gaṅges. On the way he saw Kāpakalpa, the servant of merchant Ratnākara, being killed by an ox. Though Kāpakalpa was a sinner, his end aroused pity in the heart of the Brahmin. So he sprinkled the Gaṅges-water on the body of Kāpakalpa, who instantly regained life and energy. The Brahmin who saw the power of Gaṅges-water began to worship the Gaṅges from that day onwards. It is mentioned in Padma Purāṇa, Kriyā Khaṇḍa, Chapter 7, that finally the Brahmin got a boon from the Gaṅges that only uttering the name of the Gaṅges should he meet with death.