DIVINE INFORMATION2-14 Varaha Purana part 25 Posted by: "DILIP KUMARRAVINDRAN" [email protected] prdili Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:37 pm (PST)
BADRIKASHRAM Continuing with his tale,lord Varah told Prithvi-"There is a sacred place in the Himalayas which is very inaccessible. It is famouslyknown as Badrikashram and holds animportant place among all the holy places. One who makes a pilgrimage to that place gets all hiswishes fulfilled. There is a reservoir at themountain top called Brahmakund. One who observes fast forthree consecutive nights and takes a holy dip in that reservoir attains virtues similar to"Agnishtom yagya". One who takes his last birth in its vicinity certainly attains to my abode. Thereare several other holy places inthe vicinity of Badrikashram like Agnisatya pad, Indra loka, Satya loka, Chatuhsrota, Veddhar, etc. Ved dhar is the same place where the vedas had manifested from lordBrahma's mouth. MANDAR TEERTH Mandar teerth is named after acelestial tree called Mandar.This sacred place of pilgrimage issituated at the foothills of vindhya mountain. There is a large mandar tree over there which has someunique qualities. This tree is visible only onauspicious days of dwadashi and chaturdashi and becomes invisible on the restof the days. Some other holyplaces situated in the vicinity of mandar teerth are Prapan, Modan,Baikunthkaran, etc. Thereis another holy place called mandar but it is situated on the Meru mountain. This holy place is also known as 'Syamantpanchak' One importantcharacteristic of this holy place is that there are huge rocks resembling a mace ,a wheel, a plough and aconch. SOMESHWAR LINGA Chandradeva had once performed an austere penance to get absolved from the curse of his Daksha Prajapati hisfather-in-law. During the course of hispenance Chandra deva made a shiva linga and worshipped it. Finallylord Shiva appeared and agreed to dwell in that particular shivalinga as perthe request of Chandra deva. There is a reservoir situated to the south of Someshwar temple which isbelieved to liberate a man from all hissins. In course of time this place became famous as Someshwar linga. Varaha Purana part 26 Posted by: "DILIP KUMARRAVINDRAN" [email protected] prdili Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:31 pm (PST) Varaha purana Part 26 SHALGRAMKSHETRA Prithvirequested lord Varah to shed light on the famous penance which sage Shalankayan had performed. Lord Varah narratedthe following tale-"Long long agosage Shalankayan did an austere penance to please me(lord Vishnu).There was a'sal' tree nearby and the sage was ignorant of the fact that I dwell in that sacred tree.When I appeared, he requested me to bless him with a divine sonwho had qualities like lord Shiva. I revealed to him that hisson (Nandikeshwar) had already manifested and was presently staying at'Vraja'(Mathura) .I also revealed to him that although I was present in the'sal' tree but he was unaware of thisfact because of his ignorance. In course of time, this very place became famous as 'Shalgram teerth'. Adevotee who makes a pilgrimage to thisholy place is liberated from all kinds of worldly bondages." RURU KSHETRA LordVarah told Prithvi-"This holy place is named after Ruru-the daughter of Devadutt and an apsara namedPramlocha. Devadutt came from the lineage of sage Bhrigu.Once,Devadutt did an austere penance to please lord Shiva. His penance continued forten thousand years. Indra became worried and sent a beautifulapsara named Pramlocha to disturb hispenance. Unfortunately, Devadutt fell into the trap laid by Indra. Hewas infatuated by Pramlocha's divine beauty and enjoyed an intimate life with he regretted his foolishness. Hedecided to abandon Pramlocha and recommence his penance. Ultimately, he was successful in pleasing lord Shiva and attaining to shiva loka." "Meanwhile,Pramloch a who was pregnant, gave birth to a girl child and died. The baby girlwas nurtured and brought up by a deer named Ruru afterwhom she got her own name. In course of time Ruru after Ruru grew up and decided to please lord Vishnu by herpenance. She did an austere penance for one hundred years by remaining still ata place. At last I(lord Vishnu)became pleased by her total devotion andappeared before her. She requested me toname that place on her. Iblessed her and thus that place becamefamous as Ruru kshetra." GONISHKRAMAN TEERTH LordVishnu told Prithvi-"Gonishkram an teerth is situated in the himalayas. Sage Aurva had his hermitage atthis sacred place which was incidentallyburnt to ashes by lord Shiva. Aurva cursed Shiva as the result of which Shivastarted wandering throughout the world in a restless manner." "Once,lord Shiva visited the hermitage of sage Aurvanam accompanied by his consort-Uma. The purpose of the visit was to seek Aurvanam'shelp in curing his restlessness. Sage Aurvanam advised him to have a bath with themilk of surabhi cow. I(lord Vishnu) then brought down seventy-seven surabhi cows from the heaven and thus helpedShiva take bath with their milk. At last, Shiva's restlessness came to an end and this holyplace namedas above Posted on 13-11-2021 by R.Gopalakrishnan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1684405401.384809.1636798735745%40mail.yahoo.com.
