vishay soochi
bharat savitri -vasudevasharan agraval
3. aranyak parv
adhyay : 89-153
rrishiganga nam ka karan bhi mahabharat ki katha ke anusar yah tha ki rrishabhakoot parvat par rrishabh nam ke ek rrishi ne apana ashram banaya. unhean ekantavas aur maun priy tha unhoanne yah niyam banaya ki koee yahaan akar shabd n kare. vayu tak ko unhoanne adesh diya ki kisi bhi prakar ka shabd n ho. yadi koee purush vahaan kuchh shabd karana chahe to megh use rok dete the. kaha jata hai ki ek bar devata nanda nadi ke samip pahuanch gaye. unake pichhe dev-darshan ke ichchhuk kuchh manushy bhi vahaan ja pahuanche. devoan ko yah achchha n laga. tab se unhoanne nanda devi ke is pradesh ko manushyoan ke lie agamy bana diya. nandadevi ki jo oob d-khab d sthali hai, usake sath is anushruti ka mel thik baithata hai. aj bhi parvatarohiyoan ke lie yah mahagiri atyant durgam mana jata hai. nandaprayag ke bad nandakot aur trishoolashikharoan ke jaloan ko lekar pindaraganga karnaprayag ke sangam par alakananda se milati hai. isase age chautha prayag rudraprayag hai, jahaan kedaranath parvat ki or se ane vali mandakini alakananda mean mili hai. usake age tihari-gadhaval mean gangotri ki or se aee huee bhagirathi devaprayag mean alakananda se milati hai aur unaki sanyukt dhara ganga nam lekar rrishikesh hoti huee kanakhal mean himalay se hoti huee bhootal par utari hai. isi ko gangadvar bhi kahate haian. jis samay pandav tirth yatra karate hue gangadvar mean pahuanche, us samay yudhishthir ne bhi bhim se kaha, ‘‘yahaan se age himalay ka jo pradesh hai, vah atyant durgam aur jokhim se bhara hua hai. achchha ho tum draupadi ko lekar yahian gangadvar mean thaharo aur ham is himalay ke bhitari pradesh ke darshan karake laut ayan.’’[1] draupadi ne ise svikar n kiya. kintu abhi pichhali shatabdi tak jab yatayat ke sadhan aur himalay ke path itane sulabh n hue the tab tak badari-kedarakhand ki yatra b de sahas ka kam samajhi jati thi aur usamean jokhim bhi poora tha. phir bhi draupadi ki tarah anek stri-purush apane sankalp-bal se vahaan jate hi the. lomash-tirthayatra ke is prakaran ka bhaugolik varnan oopar se ulajha hua jan p data hai. isaka kendr himalay par ganga ka prasravan kshetr hai, jahaan se bhoogol ka sootr bar-bar chhitakakar phir usi bindu par a milata haian. jnat hota hai ki bhinn-bhinn dishaoan mean yatra ki kee pattiyaan upakhyanoan ke is jamaghat mean age-pichhe jama di gee haian. yahi karan hai jo ganga, kailas aur vishal-badari ka bhoogol is ek hi prakaran mean kee bar yahaan a gaya hai, mano katha-prasang ke nirman mean kee karigaroan ka hath raha ho, jo sab apani bat kahana aur parasparik asangati ko n dekhate hue granth mean rakhana bhi chahate the. mahabharat ke kalevar ko jo upabrianhan hua, usamean rachana-shaili ki yah visheshata prayah milati hai. yatra ki pahali patti nanda-aparananda se hatakar poorab mean kaushiki nadi (vartaman kosi) aur vahaan se ganga-sagar-sangam[2] chali jati hai. kaushiki ya kosi uttari bihar aur poorvi nepal ki b di visheshata hai. kaushiki ke tat par vishvamitr ka ashram kaha jata hai[3] ajakal vishvamitr ka mukhy ashram baksar ke samip charit-van mean mana jata hai. |
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