Place
サラスヴァティー川
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 サラスヴァティー川, book by book.
- 6.1.164.5
それゆえ起きよ。聖なるサラスヴァティー河へ行こう。彼女の岸辺に住まうため、アーシュラマを建立しよう、ああ二度生まれし者よ。
- 6.1.168.32
そこには清浄なるブラフマシラー(Brahmaśilā)があり、シュヴェータドヴィーパ(Śvetadvīpa)と結ばれ、また吉祥なるサラスヴァティー(Sarasvatī)の河が住して、罪を滅する。
- 6.1.171.28
スータは語った。「そのように告げられると、梵天(世界の按配者)は『然り、そうあれ』と答えてブラフマローカへ赴いた。ヴィシュヴァーミトラとヴァシシュタはサラスヴァティー河の岸にとどまった。」
- 6.1.164.5
Bhagavatam
11 verses · 9 chapters
Devi Bhagavatam
9 verses · 3 chapters
Key chapters
The chapters where サラスヴァティー川 matters most.
Sārasvata-Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha (Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context)
Maternal-preserver of Vedic continuity
Origin and Establishment Narratives
Origin and Glory of Dhārā in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Restraint of Divine Weapons in the Vasiṣṭha-Viśvāmitra Conflict
Sarasvatī-māhātmya and the Ritual Order of Dāna-Śrāddha at Prabhāsa (सरस्वतीमाहात्म्यं दानश्राद्धविधिक्रमश्च)
Camasodbheda Māhātmya: The Glory of the Camasodbheda Tīrtha
भूमिदान-प्रसङ्गः । काश्यपी-पृथिवी तथा उतथ्य-वरुण-संवादः (Land-gift episode; Pṛthivī Kāśyapī; Utathya-Varuṇa dispute)
Cosmic indicator of moral rupture
Sarasvatī-Śāpavimokṣa, Rākṣasa-Mokṣa, and Aruṇā-Tīrtha (Indra-Namuci Expiation)
Afflicted sacred geography given voice
Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
Sacred venue toward which the narrative moves for the formal…
The Determination of the Extent of the Sacred Field and Related Matters (Kurukṣetra Māhātmya)
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