SECTION –LXXXIX
(Tirtha-yatra Parva Continued)
"Dhaumya continued, 'I shall describe to
thee those sacred spots capable of producing merit that lie on the west, in the
country of the Anarttas, O Bharata, there, flows in a westward course the
sacred river Narmada, graced by Priyangu and mango trees, and engarlanded with
thickest of canes. All the tirthas and sacred spots, and rivers and woods and
foremost of mountains that are in the three worlds, all the gods with the
Grandsire, along with the Siddhas, the Rishis and the Charanas, O best of the Kurus,
always come, O Bharata, to bathe in the sacred waters of the Narmada. And it
hath been heard by us that the sacred asylum of the Muni Visravas, had stood
there, and that there was born the lord of treasures, Kuvera, having men for
his vehicles. There also is that foremost of hills, the sacred and auspicious
Vaidurya peak abounding with trees that are green and which are always graced
with fruit and flowers. O lord of the earth, on the top of that mountain is a
sacred tank decked with full-blown lotus and resorted to by the gods and the
Gandharvas. Many are the wonders, O mighty monarch, that may be seen on that
sacred mountain which is like unto heaven itself and which is visited by
celestial Rishis. There, O subjugator of hostile cities, is the sacred river
called Viswamitra belonging to the royal sage of that name and which abounds, O
king, in many sacred tirthas. It was on the banks of this river, that Yayati,
the son of Nahusha, (fell from heaven) among the virtuous, and obtained once
more the eternal regions of the righteous. Here also are the well-known lake
called Punya, the mountain called Mainaka, and that other mountain called Asita
abounding in fruits and roots. And here also is the sacred asylum of
Kakshasena, and O Yudhishthira, the asylum of Chyavana also, which is famed
over every country, O son of Pandu! In that spot, O exalted one, men attain to
(ascetic) success without severe austerities. Here also, O mighty king, is the
region called Jamvumarga, inhabited by birds and deer, and which constitutes
the retreat of ascetics with souls under control, O thou foremost of those that
have subdued their senses! Next lie the exceedingly sacred Ketumala, and Medhya
ever graced with ascetics, and, O lord of earth, Gangadwara, and the well-known
woods of Saindhava which are sacred and inhabited by the regenerate ones. There
also is the celebrated tank of the Grandsire, called Pushkara, the favourite
abode of the Vaikanasas, and Siddhas and Rishis. Moved by the desire of
obtaining its protection, the Creator sang this verse at Pushkara, O chief of
the Kurus and foremost of virtuous men! If a person of pure soul purposes a
pilgrimage to the Pushkaras in imagination even, he becometh purged from all
his sins and rejoiceth in heaven!'"
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