Kapālamocana Tīrtha
Kapālamocana Tīrtha · kapāla-mocana, “freedom from the skull”
Kapālamocana Tīrtha is a name used for more than one place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Places
- Kapālamocana Tīrtha (Kāśī): the lake in Vārāṇasī where Brahmā‘s skull fell from Bhagavān Śiva‘s palm when he bathed in it. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 2 and 3, 16
- Kapālamocana Tīrtha (Sarasvatī): the tīrtha on the Sarasvatī, also called Auśanasa, where Mahodara and Paraśurāma were freed. Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Chapter 42; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 31; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapter 18
- Kapālamocana Tīrtha (Purushottama Kshetra): the tīrtha in Purushottama Kshetra where Indra‘s brahmahatyā ended and Nārada, as Suśīlā, was freed from Vishṇu‘s māyā. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 229; Skanda Purāṇa, Vaishṇava Khaṇḍa, Purushottama Kshetra Māhātmya, Chapter 4; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 3