Adhyaya 167: Vipratirtha (Narayana Tirtha): The Rescue of Asandiva from Kankalini

Adhyaya 167 presents a tīrtha-māhātmya framed as Brahmā’s narration of the wonder associated with Vipratīrtha, also identified as a Nārayana-tīrtha. The episode centers on a learned brāhmaṇa youth, Ās