Place

Sarasvati River

सरस्वतीSarasvatī

verses
107
books
8
chapters
59

What the texts say

In the Mahabharata, the Sarasvati River is called supremely holy, adorned with a garland of sacred fords. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 3.90.3 There, Kurukshetra, a sacred region, lies south of the Sarasvati River and north of the Drishadvati river. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 3.83.4 The Bhagavata Purana tells of sages performing a Vedic sacrifice on the banks of the Sarasvati River. Bhagavatam 10.89.1 Elsewhere in the Mahabharata, Balarama, a Yadu descendant, sets out on pilgrimage along the Sarasvati River. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 9.35.13 The same epic says that bathing where the Sarasvati River meets the ocean gains the merit of a thousand gifts of cows. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 3.82.60

Where to read

Every verse that names Sarasvati River, book by book.

  1. Skanda Purana

    49 verses · 29 chapters

    All 49 verses in the Skanda Purana
    • 6.1.164.5

      Isliye utho, chalo chalte hain. Saraswati nadi ki taraf jana hai. Wahan uske kinare pe rukna hai. Wahan ek ashram bana lenge, pandit ji.

    • 6.1.168.32

      Wahan Brahma ki ek pavitra shila hai. Yeh Shwetdwip se judi hui hai. Wahan Saraswati nadi bhi hai. Yeh nadi paap door karti hai aur bhali hai.

    • 6.1.171.28

      Suta ne kaha, Brahma ne haan keh diya. Phir woh Brahma-lok chale gaye. Vishwamitra aur Vashishth dono Saraswati nadi ke kinare ruk gaye.

  2. Mahabharata

    28 verses · 9 chapters

    All 28 verses in the Mahabharata

    Also in the Gita Press edition: 146 verses

    • 9.50.8

      Woh bade rishi Saraswati nadi ke paas the. Woh bhagwan ko paani de rahe the. Raja, tab ek aurat wahan aayi aur paas khadi ho gayi.

    • 3.98.13

      Saraswati nadi ke us paar ek jagah thi. Wahan alag-alag ped aur belen thi. Bhonre wahan gaana ga rahe the, jaise koi pandit saama ga rahe ho. Kokil ki awaaz bhi aa rahi thi. Jeev-jeevak naam ki chidiya bhi boli ja rahi thi.

    • 5.154.33

      Isliye main Saraswati ke teerthon par chala jaaunga. Kaurav barbad ho rahe hain, main unhe aise hi nahi dekh sakta.

  3. Bhagavatam

    11 verses · 9 chapters

    • 1.16.36

      Dharti aur Dharam aise baat kar rahe the. Tab Raja Parikshit wahan pahunch gaye. Woh Saraswati nadi ke paas the, jo poorab ki taraf bah rahi thi.

    • 2.9.45

      Raja, Narad ne yeh baat Vyas ko batayi. Vyas bahut taakat wale the. Woh Saraswati nadi ke kinare baith ke bhagwan ko yaad kar rahe the. Bhagwan sabse bade hain aur sachche hain.

    • 3.1.21

      Prabhas mein use suna ki uske saare rishtedaar mar gaye. Jaise jungle mein aag lagti hai bambu ke friction se, waise hi gusse mein sab khatam ho gaye. Woh bahut dukhi hua. Chup-chap woh Sarasvati nadi ki taraf chala gaya.

  4. Devi Bhagavatam

    9 verses · 3 chapters

    • 1.4.4

      Suta ne kaha, bahut pehle ki baat hai. Sarasvati nadi ke kinare Vyasa rehte the, Satyavati ke bete. Ek din unke ashram mein do chidiya dikhi. Dekh ke woh hairaan reh gaye.

    • 6.24.10

      Yeh jagah Shamyaprasa hai, Saraswati nadi ke kinare bada tirth hai. Yeh jagah bada saaf karti hai mann ko. Yahan bade rishi rehte hain. Yahan aakar insaan ko sukh milta hai aur gyaan bhi milta hai.

    • 9.6.1

      Ab main tumhe batata hoon ki Lakshmi, Ganga aur Sarasvati dharti par kaise aayi. Sarasvati Vaikunth mein thi, Narayan ke paas. Ganga ki ek shrap ki wajah se woh Bharat mein nadi ban ke aa gayi.

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where Sarasvati River matters most.

  1. Sārasvata-Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha (Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context)

    Mahabharata 9.50 · 5 verses

    Maternal-preserver of Vedic continuity

  2. Origin and Establishment Narratives

    Skanda Purana 6.1.164 · 2 verses

  3. Origin and Glory of Dhārā in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

    Skanda Purana 6.1.168 · 1 verse

  4. Restraint of Divine Weapons in the Vasiṣṭha-Viśvāmitra Conflict

    Skanda Purana 6.1.171 · 1 verse

  5. Sarasvatī-māhātmya and the Ritual Order of Dāna-Śrāddha at Prabhāsa (सरस्वतीमाहात्म्यं दानश्राद्धविधिक्रमश्च)

    Skanda Purana 7.1.204 · 1 verse

  6. Camasodbheda Māhātmya: The Glory of the Camasodbheda Tīrtha

    Skanda Purana 7.1.268 · 1 verse

  7. भूमिदान-प्रसङ्गः । काश्यपी-पृथिवी तथा उतथ्य-वरुण-संवादः (Land-gift episode; Pṛthivī Kāśyapī; Utathya-Varuṇa dispute)

    Mahabharata 13.139

    Cosmic indicator of moral rupture

  8. Sarasvatī-Śāpavimokṣa, Rākṣasa-Mokṣa, and Aruṇā-Tīrtha (Indra-Namuci Expiation)

    Mahabharata 9.42

    Afflicted sacred geography given voice

  9. Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī

    Mahabharata 9.43

    Sacred venue toward which the narrative moves for the formal…

  10. The Determination of the Extent of the Sacred Field and Related Matters (Kurukṣetra Māhātmya)

    Narada Purana 2.1.64