Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1440

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1440

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c8.1440

NĀRĀYAṆASTHĀNA. (ŚĀLAGRĀMATĪRTHA). A sacred place where Mahāviṣṇu is always present. Brahmā, Devas, Sannyāsins, Ādityas, Vasus. and Rudras are also ever present here in the service of Viṣṇu. Viṣṇu is called Śālagrāma as he is being thus worshipped at Śālagrāma. Those who visit the place will enjoy the fruits of Aśvamedha yajña and ascend to Vaikuṇṭha. (Vana Parva, Chapter 84, Verse 115).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit