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Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Śaṅkhatīrtha  : nt.: Name of a tīrtha.


A. Location: On the river Sarasvatī (tatra tīrthaṁ sarasvatyāḥ) 9. 36. 24; Balarāma reached it from Gargasrotas 9. 36. 16, 19.


B. Description: Purifying (pāvana), famous in the worlds (lokaviśruta) 9. 36. 24; a tīrtha of those who get success (tīrthe yaśasvinām) 9. 36. 25.


C. Characteristic: The famous Mahāśaṅkha tree on the river Sarasvatī situated near it 9. 36. 20 (see Mahāśaṅkha ).


D. Epic event: Balarāma gave there vessels of copperiron and various kinds of garments to Brāhmaṇas and worshipped them; he was honoured there by ascetics (dattvā…tāmrāyasāni bhāṇḍāni vastrāṇi vividhāni ca); from there he went to Dvaitavana 9. 36. 25-26.


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Mahabharata Cultural Index

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Śaṅkhatīrtha  : nt.: Name of a tīrtha.


A. Location: On the river Sarasvatī (tatra tīrthaṁ sarasvatyāḥ) 9. 36. 24; Balarāma reached it from Gargasrotas 9. 36. 16, 19.


B. Description: Purifying (pāvana), famous in the worlds (lokaviśruta) 9. 36. 24; a tīrtha of those who get success (tīrthe yaśasvinām) 9. 36. 25.


C. Characteristic: The famous Mahāśaṅkha tree on the river Sarasvatī situated near it 9. 36. 20 (see Mahāśaṅkha ).


D. Epic event: Balarāma gave there vessels of copperiron and various kinds of garments to Brāhmaṇas and worshipped them; he was honoured there by ascetics (dattvā…tāmrāyasāni bhāṇḍāni vastrāṇi vividhāni ca); from there he went to Dvaitavana 9. 36. 25-26.


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