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- ashvatirth ka varnan mahabharat, van parv ke tirthaparv ke aantargat hai-
'tatradevanh pitrin vipraanstarpayitva pun: pun:,
kanyatirtheashvatirthe ch gavaan tirthe ch bharat.'[1]
- yah sthan kanyakubj ya kannauj (uttar pradesh) ke nikat ganga kaliandi sangam par sthit tha.
- kanyakubj ko is ullekh mean kanyatirth kaha gaya hai. yahaan gadhi ka tapovan tha.
- skand puran, nagarankhand 165,37 ke anusar rrichik muni ko varun ne ek sahastr ashv die the jinako lekar unhoanne gadhi ki putri satyavati se vivah kiya tha.
- isi karan ise ashvatirth kaha jata tha-
'tat: prabhriti vikhyatamashvatirthan dharatale,
gangatire shubhe punye kanyakubjasamipagamh'.
- mahabharat, anushasan parv 4,17 mean bhi isi katha ke prasang mean yah ullekh hai-
'adoore kanyakubjasy gangayastiramuttamamh,
ashvatirthan tadadyapi manavai: parikshyate'.
- pichhe kanyakubj ka hi ek nam ashvatirth p d gaya tha.
- vastav mean yah donoan sthan sannikat rahe hoange.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
- ↑ van parv mahabharat 95, 3