अश्वतीर्थ

• ashvatirth ka varnan mahabharat, van parv ke tirthaparv ke aantargat hai-

'tatradevanh pitrin vipraanstarpayitva pun: pun:,
kanyatirtheashvatirthe ch gavaan tirthe ch bharat.'

• 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.