Shloka 30

Sacred Abodes of Vishnu & Shiva — Catalogue of Vishnu and Shiva’s Sacred Abodes (Tirtha-Mahatmya within the Pulastya–Narada Frame)

Devanagari script

महाबाहुं सुराष्ट्रे च नवराष्ट्रे यशोधरम् भूधरं देवकानद्यां महोदायां कुशप्रियम्

Transliteration

mahābāhuṃ surāṣṭre ca navarāṣṭre yaśodharam bhūdharaṃ devakānadyāṃ mahodāyāṃ kuśapriyam

Translation

سوراشٹر میں وہ ‘مہاباہو’ ہیں؛ نوَراشٹر میں ‘یشودھر’ ہیں؛ دیوکا ندی پر ‘بھودھر’ ہیں؛ اور مہودا میں ‘کُش پریہ’ کہلاتے ہیں۔

Speakers

• Narrator/teacher continuing the address to a Brahmin interlocutor within a geographic catalogue

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Hari/Narayana)

Key Themes

• Regionalization of Vishnu worship
• Pilgrimage mapping across kingdoms and river-sites
• Ritual symbolism (kuśa-grass and purity)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What does ‘Kuśapriya’ suggest about the character of worship at Mahodā?

Kuśa-grass is central to Vedic ritual (āsana, pavitra, and rites of purification). Naming the deity ‘Kuśapriya’ implies a shrine tradition emphasizing orthodox ritual performance, purity, and sacrificial/vaidika associations.

Is ‘Devakā-nadī’ identifiable with a modern river?

The verse provides only the hydronym ‘Devakā’. Purāṇic river-names can correspond to local/now-obscure streams or older names of larger rivers; without corroborating regional markers in adjacent verses, the safest scholarly handling is to record it as an attested sacred river-name in this itinerary.

Why are both regions (Surāṣṭra, Navarāṣṭra) and a river-site (Devakā) used in the same breath?

Purāṇic sacred geography is multi-layered: some forms are anchored to political-cultural regions (janapadas), others to natural features (rivers, mountains). The text treats both as legitimate ‘coordinates’ for locating divine presence.