धूतपाप
dhootapap athava 'dhopap' sultanapur zila, varanasi, uttar pradesh mean sthit hai. yah ek prachin hindoo tirth sthan hai, jo dhootapapa nadi (gomati ki upanadi) ke tat par sthit hai. kabhi yahaan 'kushabhavan' ya sultanapur ke bhar nareshoan ka rajy hua karata tha. is sthan ka sanbandh shriramachandr ke ravan vadh ka prayashchit karane se jo da jata hai. yahaan ka qila sheragadh nadi ke tat par bana hua hai.
katha
treta yug mean shriram lanka ke raja ravan ka vadh karake jab avadh nagari laut rahe the to uttar pradesh mean sultanapur ke 'dhopap' sthan par snan karake unhoanne svayan ko bahmahatya ke pap se mukt kiya tha. manyataoan ke anusar is bat ki pramanikata us samay sabase pahale ek kauve ko snan karakar siddh ki gee thi, jisamean kala kaua snan ke bad safed ho gaya tha. ganga dashahara parv par snan ke lie lakhoan log door-daraj se yahaan snan karane ate haian.
kaha jata hai ki is ghat par snan karane se tamam doshoan se mukti milati hai tatha kee tirthoan ke puny ka labh milata hai. lakhanoo-varanasi rajamarg par lambhua bazar se 8 kilomitar ki doori par sthit is pauranik sthal par pahuanchakar adi ganga gomati vargakar ho gee hai. vishnupuran, brahmapuran, skandapuran v markandey puran mean gomati nadi ko 'dhootapapa' kaha gaya hai. ganga dashahara ke avasar par yahaan rajy ke hi nahian balki bharat ke any praanto se bhi log ate haian aur ganga mean dubaki lagane ke bad poojan-archan karate hai.
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