Bhānutīrtha

Bhānutīrtha

Bhānutīrtha 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

• Bhānutīrtha (Mṛtasañjīvana): the tīrtha on the Gautamī, also called Mṛtasañjīvana, Śāryāta and Madhucchandas, where King Śaryāti gave up his life in the fire and Bhagavān Sūrya, praised by Madhucchandas, restored the dead to life. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 68
• Bhānutīrtha (Abhishṭuta’s yajña): the tīrtha on the Gautamī where Bhagavān Sūrya came as the divine kshatriya to grant King Abhishṭuta the ground for his aśvamedha, the first of the six tīrthas of that yajña. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 98