Virajā Devī
Virajā · vi-rajā, “she who is free of rajas”
Virajā has other meanings too: see all meanings of Virajā.
Virajā Devī is the Mother installed in Virajā-kshetra in the land of Utkala. The Brahma Purāṇa calls her “the Mother named Virajā” and also Sarasvatī Devī. One who sees her purifies seven generations, and one who even once sees her, worships her and bows to her uplifts his whole lineage and goes to the loka of Brahmā. She is not Virajā, the daughter of the pitṛs and wife of Nahusha.
Virajā-kshetra
Brahmā tells the munis that in the kshetra named Virajā the Mother Virajā is well installed. Many other Lokamātās (Mothers of the world) dwell there too; they take away all pāpa, are tender to their devotees and grant varas. There flows the river Vaitaraṇī, and one who bathes in it is freed of every pāpa. There too Hari dwells as Varāha, and those who see him with bhakti and bow attain Vishṇu, the Paramātmā.
The kshetra has eight tīrthas: Kapila-tīrtha, Gograha, Soma, Alābu-tīrtha, Mṛtyuñjaya, Kroḍa, Vāsuka and Siddhakeśvara. A wise man who bathes in them with his senses restrained and bows to the devatās is freed of every pāpa and is honoured in Brahmā’s loka. Piṇḍa-dāna in Virajā-kshetra gives the pitṛs undying satisfaction, and those who leave the body in this kshetra are freed.
Phala
- Seeing Virajā Devī purifies seven generations.
- One who sees her even once, worships her and bows to her uplifts his lineage and goes to Brahmā‘s loka.
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 42