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[2] ke anusar rrichik muni ko varun ne ek sahasr 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[3] mean bhi isi katha ke prasang mean yah ullekh hai-
'adoore kanyakubjasy gangayastiramuttamamh,
ashvatirthan tadadyapi manavai: parikshyate'.
- bad mean 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
- ↑ skand puran, nagarakhand 165,37
- ↑ mahabharat, anushasan parv, 4,17