[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) › c8.2859 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2859 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2859 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2859](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2859) PUṢPAVATĪ. A sacred place. If one stays here for three nights fasting and bathes in the holy pond there one would get the benefit of making a thousand godānas (cow-gifts) and his family will be absolved of all sins. (Śloka 12, Chapter 85, Vana Parva). - [Previous: c8.2858](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2858) - [Next: c8.2860](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2860) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2859](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2859) · Pramāṇa