Narayanatirtha

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Narayanatirtha (नारायण तीर्थ) is a pilgrim mentioned in Mahabharata.

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In Mahabharata

Narayana Tirtha (नारायण तीर्थ) in Mahabharata (III.82.106), (III.174.9), VII.66.38),

Vana Parva, Mahabharata/Book III Chapter 82 mentions names Pilgrims. Narayana Tirtha (नारायण) is mentioned in Mahabharata (Tirtha) (III.82.106). [1].... O best of kings, should one proceed to the place of Narayana Tirtha (नारायण तीर्थ) (III.82.106), where, O Bharata, Narayana is ever present and dwelleth for aye. There the gods with Brahma at their head, Rishis endued with wealth of asceticism, the Adityas, the Vasus, and the Rudras, all adore Janardana, in that tirtha, and Vishnu of wonderful deeds hath become known as Salagrama. Approaching the eternal Vishnu, that lord of the three worlds, that giver of boons, one obtaineth the merit of the horse-sacrifice, and goeth to the region of Vishnu. There in that place, O virtuous one, is a well, capable of destroying every sin. The four seas are ever present in that well. He that bathes in it, O king, will have immunity from misfortune. Beholding (the image of) the boon-giving, eternal, and fierce Mahadeva who is there, one shineth, O king, like the moon emerged from the cloud.


Vana Parva, Mahabharata/Book III Chapter 174 describes Pandvas journey in twelfth year of their sojourn in forests having arrived reach Saraswati River. Narayana (नारायण) is mentioned in Mahabharata (III.174.9). [2]....Then all those magnanimous men having reached the place of Narayana, continued to live there, bereft of all sorrow, at beholding Kuvera's favourite lake, frequented by gods and Siddhas. And viewing that lake, those foremost of men, the sons of Pandu traversed that place, renouncing all grief even as immaculate Brahmana rishis (do) on attaining a habitation in the Nandana gardens.

नारायण तीर्थ

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[3] ने लेख किया है ...नारायण तीर्थ (AS, p.493) का उल्लेख महाभारत के वनपर्व में हुआ है, जो प्रसंग के अनुसार गंडक नदी (बिहार) के तटवर्ती क्षेत्र में अवस्थित एक पौराणिक तीर्थ स्थान जान पड़ता है। यहाँ शालग्राम विष्णु का तीर्थ स्थान माना गया है। आज भी गंडकी नदी में पाए जाने वाले गोल कृष्ण वर्ण के पत्थरों को शालग्राम के रूप में पूजा जाता है। नारायण तीर्थ में एक पुण्य कूप का भी वर्णन है- 'ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र स्थानं नारायणस्य च। सदा संनिहितो यत्र विष्णुर्वसति भारत। यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयश्च तपोधना:, आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा जनार्दनमुपासते। शालग्राम इति ख्यातो विष्णुरद्भुतकर्मक:, अभिगम्य त्रिलोकेशं वरदं विष्णुमव्ययम्। अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति विष्णुलोकं च गच्छति। तत्रोदपानं धर्मज्ञ सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् समुद्रास्तत्र चत्वार: कूपे संनिहिता: सदा'। महाभारत वनपर्व, 84, 122- 123- 124- 125- 126.

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  1. ततॊ गच्छेत राजेन्द्र सथानं नारायणस्य तु, सदा संनिहितॊ यत्र हरिर वसति भारत, शालग्राम इति खयातॊ विष्णॊर अद्भुतकर्मणः (III.82.106)
  2. ऊषुस ततस तत्र महानुभावा; नारायण सदानगता नराग्र्याः, कुबेर कान्तां नलिनीं विशॊकाः; संपश्यमानाः सुरसिथ्धजुष्टाम (III.174.9)
  3. Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.493