[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1446 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1446 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1446 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1446](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1446) NĀRĪTĪRTHA. Common name for the five tīrthas, i.e. Agastya tīrtha, Saubhadratīrtha, Paulomatīrtha, Kārandhamatīrtha and Bharadvājatīrtha. Once Arjuna bathed in Bharadvājatīrtha. The Apsarā women called Vargās were living in the five tīrthas in the form of crocodiles as the result of a curse. With the arrival of Arjuna there, the crocodiles resumed their forms as Apsarā women and returned to Devaloka. (For the curse etc. see under Vargā). - [Previous: c8.1445](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1445) - [Next: c8.1447](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1447) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1446](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1446) · Pramāṇa