Description of holy places on the bank of Narmada
The sage Markandeya said, “O Rajendra, besides the tirthas described earlier, one should know about the excellent Bhrgu tlrtha. In earlier times, the sage Bhrgu had worshipped lord Shiva there.
Therefore, by coming in face to face with Rudra, who is established there, one is atonce relieved of all his sins. This holy centre is very large and is destructive of all sins.
After having a bath in Narmada, a person after his death proceeds on to the heaven. By visiting the Bhrgu-tlrtha, a person should give away in charity, some gold, a chariot horse, a pair of sandals or the food items, according to his capacity. All these are bound to yield enonnous reward. О Yudhisthira, all the charities, the yajnas and the penances fade out in due course of time, but the penance performed at Bhrgutlrtha remains everlasting.
О Yudhisthira, Lord Rudra, the enemy of the Tripuras, getting pleased with the tapas of Bhrgu, lives there for ever. It is said by Rudra, the enemy of Tripuras.
О Rajendra, thereafter one should go to Gautamesvara, the place of pilgrimage. By adoration of the lord Shiva, the holder of a trident, the great sage Gautama, had attained Siddhi. О King, by taking a bath at that holy place and by fasting there, a person proceeds on to Brahmaloka boarding the aerial chariot of gold, where he is respected immensely.
Thereafter, a person should visit the place of pilgrimage known by the name of Vrsotsarga. It bestows the moksa. The people who are under the influence of the Maya of Visnu are ignorant of the glory of this place.
Thereafter, one should visit the place of Dhautapapa, where are washed all the sins by means of this meritorious act. О King, this place of pilgrimage is also located at the bank of riverNamada, and removes all the sins. By having a bath at this tirtha, a person is relieved of the sin of Brahmahatya.
Besides the above, whosoever meets with hjs death there, he taking the four-armed form, with three eyes, becomes as powerful as Нага himself.
Becoming powerful like Shiva, he lives in Shivaloka for a period of more than ten thousand kalpas there. After a long time, he is reborn on earth as a Cakravartin king,
О Rajendra, there is the Hastatlrtha thereafter. By taking a bath there, a person earns great glory in Brahmaloka. Thereafter, there is a Varaha tirtha, which leads one to Visnuloka. This is the place where Janardana is settled.
Thereafter, there is the Candra-tirtha. A person should take a bath there particularly on the full-moon day. By taking a bath there, a person becomes the sole emperor on the earth.
|
|
|
О Rajendra, thereafter, one should go to the Devatlrtha-the place which is worshipped even by the gods. By taking bath there, one rejoices along with deities.
О Rajendra, then, one should visit the excellent Sankha-tlrtha. Whatever charities are performed there, are multiplied into crores, in reward.
О Rajendra, one should visit the Paitamaha tirtha as well. A person who performs sraddha there, it bestows the everlasting reward.
By reaching the Savitrl tirtha, if a person meets with his end there, he washing all his sins achieves the Brahmaloka.
There is also a place of pilgrimage known as Manohara. By taking a bath there a person is established in Rudraloka.
Thereafter, there is an excellent Kanyatlrtha. By taking a bath there, a person is relieved of all the sins. One should take a bath there on the third day of the bright fortnight and by so doing, a person immediately becomes the sole sovereign ruler over the earth.
There is also a holy place known by the name of Sargabindu. By taking a bath there a person never faces any misfortune.
Thereafter, one should go to Apsaresvara tirtha and take his bath there. By so doing he enjoys all the sports in the heaven with the celestial damsels.
From there, one should go to the BharabhUti- tlrtha. By fasting there, in case one adores Ishvara, he is respected in the Rudraloka. By meeting with his end at this place, a person earns the position of a Ganapati.
In the month of Karttika, a person should worship Shiva, the lord of Parvati and according to the sages, one who does so, he achieves the merit ten times more than the Asvamedha sacrifice.
One who offers a white bull as lustrous as the jasmine flower and the moon, there, he reaches the heaven (Rudraloka) in a vehicle, in which the bulls are yoked.
Reaching this tirtha, one who meets with the end of his life, he getting relieved of all the sins, reaches Rudraloka.
О Great king, a person who enters the water of this tirtha, he mounting a vehicle driven by swans proceeds on to the heaven.
The confluence of Erandi and Narmada river is well known the world over. This place of confluence is extremely sacred, and removes all the sins.
|
|
|
Therefore, a person fasting there, should perform holy rites regularly. A person who takes a bath there, is relieved of the sin of brahmahatya even.
О Rajendra, one should go to the confluence of Narmada and the ocean, known as Jamadagni, where lord Janardana is present, and by taking a bath there, a person achieves merits three times more than the Asvamedha sacrifice. О Rajendra, from there, one should go to the Pingalesvara-tlrtha and by taking a bath there a person is respected in Brahmaloka.
A person who visits Pingales'vara, and fast there, he is relieved of the sins performed in seven births and goes to Shiva’s abode.
From there, one should go to the Alakatlrtha. Fasting there for a night, getting disciplined, one should consume satvika food and by so doing, a person is relieved of the sin of brahmahatya, because of the glory of this tirtha.
О Son of Pandu, whatever tlrthas have been described by me, in brief, are the prominent ones. All the tlrthas of Narmada cannot, however, he described in detail or comprehensively.
Narmada, having the spotless and sacred water is well known in the three worlds and is best of all the rivers. She is the beloved of lord Mahadeva. О Yudhisthira, one who remembers Narmada mentally, he earns merits much more than the performing that of a hundred Candrayana vratas. There is no doubt about it.
But the one who is devoid of devotion or is an atheist, he fall in the terrific hell. This is what has been ordained by lord Shiva, Lord Mahesvara, himself resorts to Narmada. Therefore, this river should be adored as an extremely sacred one, which removes the grave sins like brahmahatya.
О Brahmanas, in earlier times, six Brahmana families viz. from the races of Marici, Atri, Vasistha, Kratn, Bhrgu and Angiras, enquired from Brahma, who grants all the boons, was bom of lotus, having four faces, and the creator of the universe.
Chapter 43
Дата добавления: 2019-03-09; просмотров: 224; Мы поможем в написании вашей работы! |
Мы поможем в написании ваших работ!