Goraghat
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Goraghat (गोराघाट) is a religious place on the banks of river Narmada in Nepa Nagar tahsil of Burhanpur district in Madhya Pradesh.
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In Mahabharata
Brahmodumvara (ब्रह्मॊदुम्बर) (Tirtha) (III.81.58)
Vana Parva, Mahabharata/Book III Chapter 81 mentions names of Tirthas (Pilgrims). Brahmodumvara (बरह्मॊदुम्बर) (Tirtha) is mentioned in (III.81.58)[1]....One should then repair, O king, to that excellent region of Brahma which, O Bharata, is known on earth by the name of Brahmodumvara (बरह्मॊदुम्बर) (3.81.58). Bathing in the tank of the seven Rishis that is there, O bull among men, with pure mind and subdued soul, as also in the tirtha called Kedara (केदार) (3.81.59) of the high-souled Kapila, and beholding Brahma who is there, one's soul being purified from all sins, one goeth to the abode of Brahma.
ब्रह्मोद
ब्रह्मोद (AS, p.652): पुराणों में उल्लिखित ब्रह्मोद तीर्थ नर्मदा के तट पर स्थित वर्तमान गोराघाट नामक स्थान है. [2]
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- ↑ ततॊ गच्छेत राजेन्द्र बरह्मणः सथानम उत्तमम, बरह्मॊदुम्बरम इत्य एव परकाशं भुवि भारत (III.81.58)
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.652